Music Review: Jamie Foxx & Ludacris "Unpredictable"
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Unpredictable
Album: Unpredictable
Year: 2005
Jamie Foxx promises exciting sex in the squalid “Unpredictable.”
Lurid keyboards open the single, setting a scuzzy tone. In the intro, Foxx says women have ordinary lovers. They stick to a single position and never try anything different. Foxx says he has thought of another way to attract women.
In the chorus, he tells his girlfriend to lie on the bed. He says it won’t be their routine lovemaking. He’s been doing some reading and wants to try new things tonight. He says she has to trust him and go along with it. He’s aiming to give her at least a couple dozen orgasms. He assumes she’s open to absolutely everything.
In the first verse, Foxx says they are truly one person when having sex. He rattles some nonsense about the alphabet, which he says she will understand it later. He tells her he’s not into doing the normal positions. He tells her they are going to do every position and maybe think of some.
The chorus is sung again.
In the second verse, he says their Friday nights are a dinner at a chain restraurant and then to the latest movie that weekend. He says tonight, he will give her oral sex and film it. He asks if she’s all right with it and she answers yes. He boasts that her other boyfriends wouldn’t have thought of such a kinky idea. Eventually, she will find out how freaky his imagination actually is.
The chorus is sung again.
In the bridge, Ludacris raps he’s an impulsive guy. He will start making out with his girlfriend on the pool table and then lead her to the kitchen, where they sleep together on the floor. He says he’s going to change her standards for excellent sex after being with him in a couple seconds. He says he’s a stress reliever and brushes off people who don’t find sex all that thrilling. He says they are boring lovers. He says he’s likely to wake her up at 3:30 a.m. and go at it. In the morning, she will giggly and tingly.
The chorus is sung again to close the single.
For Foxx, sex is a performance. It’s something to be talked about and acclaimed. Love doesn’t even factor into it. He wants to dazzle and impress, not express any feeling towards her. He’s made the decision to perhaps go farther than she may feel comfortable with and makes her agree. It’s as though his girlfriend is his toy.
His oily, prideful vocals are indistinguishable and simple. It’s hard to believe he won an Oscar for imitating the legendary Ray Charles or that his singing was considered phenomenal. While he may think of himself as a macho, experimental lover, he’s actually desperate as he pressures her to do what he wants.
Ludacris, who usually is able to prop up and save some singles, is at a loss. He has energy and attitude but is limited.
The beat moves too slow and holds him back. He has energy and attitude but is limited.
The brute R&B arrangement slides its slimy notes up and down the rhythm, lashing its tongue and smashing into its mouth.
The ugly “Unpredictable” makes sex as appealing as fuzzy bread.
Album: Unpredictable
Year: 2005
Jamie Foxx promises exciting sex in the squalid “Unpredictable.”
Lurid keyboards open the single, setting a scuzzy tone. In the intro, Foxx says women have ordinary lovers. They stick to a single position and never try anything different. Foxx says he has thought of another way to attract women.
“Yeah ladies I know you tired of the same old thing/Things have become so mundane/I mean your bedroom is just so cold, so cold but I'm here to tell you/I got a strategy, we ‘bout to heat it up (oh I like that).”
In the chorus, he tells his girlfriend to lie on the bed. He says it won’t be their routine lovemaking. He’s been doing some reading and wants to try new things tonight. He says she has to trust him and go along with it. He’s aiming to give her at least a couple dozen orgasms. He assumes she’s open to absolutely everything.
“Girl get comfortable we bout to do something you neva done before/Baby not the usual tonight we gettin’ unpredictable/So try to roll with it baby, baby/I’m a make you feel like you neva felt/Girl all because you let me get unpredictable.”
In the first verse, Foxx says they are truly one person when having sex. He rattles some nonsense about the alphabet, which he says she will understand it later. He tells her he’s not into doing the normal positions. He tells her they are going to do every position and maybe think of some.
“Baby 1 plus 1 ain't 2 when you wit me/'C' ain't after 'A' and 'B' when you wit me/It don't make sense right now but it will/
Later on when you see how I make you feel/Regular ain't in my vocabulary/When it comes to love makin’ neither is missionary/Positions girl, pick one, better yet some/Never mind that we tryin’ all the fun.”
The chorus is sung again.
In the second verse, he says their Friday nights are a dinner at a chain restraurant and then to the latest movie that weekend. He says tonight, he will give her oral sex and film it. He asks if she’s all right with it and she answers yes. He boasts that her other boyfriends wouldn’t have thought of such a kinky idea. Eventually, she will find out how freaky his imagination actually is.
“I know you're use to dinner and a movie/Why not be my dinner, while makin a movie/Do you get it get it/Do you got it got it/Good good good/Girl I knew you would/See what I got over a lot of fellas is that I'm more creative/And soon you will see what I mean, what I mean so.”
The chorus is sung again.
In the bridge, Ludacris raps he’s an impulsive guy. He will start making out with his girlfriend on the pool table and then lead her to the kitchen, where they sleep together on the floor. He says he’s going to change her standards for excellent sex after being with him in a couple seconds. He says he’s a stress reliever and brushes off people who don’t find sex all that thrilling. He says they are boring lovers. He says he’s likely to wake her up at 3:30 a.m. and go at it. In the morning, she will giggly and tingly.
“All Aboard!/The spontaneous express/Never the less always the more/From the pool table to the kitchen floor/Next stops the G spot... LUDA! Hahaha/Let me put a little bit of excitement/Up in yo lifestyle/You gotta know the times of the essence/I'm talkin’ right now/I can get, get rid of that headache/What you doin tonight/Some say that sex is overrated, but they just ain’t doin it right/I keeps it interestin’ baby just take them clothes off/I'll be yo Tylenol just take me till you dose off/Wake you up in the middle of the night and take you to another world/You'll wake up in the mornin feelin’ like another girl.”
The chorus is sung again to close the single.
For Foxx, sex is a performance. It’s something to be talked about and acclaimed. Love doesn’t even factor into it. He wants to dazzle and impress, not express any feeling towards her. He’s made the decision to perhaps go farther than she may feel comfortable with and makes her agree. It’s as though his girlfriend is his toy.
His oily, prideful vocals are indistinguishable and simple. It’s hard to believe he won an Oscar for imitating the legendary Ray Charles or that his singing was considered phenomenal. While he may think of himself as a macho, experimental lover, he’s actually desperate as he pressures her to do what he wants.
Ludacris, who usually is able to prop up and save some singles, is at a loss. He has energy and attitude but is limited.
The beat moves too slow and holds him back. He has energy and attitude but is limited.
The brute R&B arrangement slides its slimy notes up and down the rhythm, lashing its tongue and smashing into its mouth.
The ugly “Unpredictable” makes sex as appealing as fuzzy bread.