Music Review: Nivea "Okay"
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Album: Complicated
Year: 2005
Nivea is the star of the club in the immature "Okay."
The single opens with Nivea "la la'ing" with music which resembles a handheld video game system running on low batteries. Lil' Jon interjects with "yeah's" It leads right to the first verse.
She recently arrived at the hot spot. She has a bottle of Bacardi, which she's drinking. She's a lightweight, considering she's already feeling the effects of the alcohol. She and her girlfriends have been there for the whole night. Her girl hears her favorite song and heads for the dancefloor. ("Just got up in this party, tipsy off this Bacardi, bout to take this flight, so high, say bye, bye/We up in here all night now, my girl like hey that's my song, cuz I'm feeling fine, so fine, so fine.")
In the chorus, Nivea asks the other women around to follow her and say "okay" with the music. She compliments herself, saying she's hot and not for people to put her down for it. Next, she tells the guys in the club the same thing. However, when she compliments the guy it does comes across as flirting and not conceit. She then advises the girls to get manicures and go to salon. Then, they will able to say "okay" with the other cool people there. She tells women to find a guy who will pay for their next drink, and then wave their hands in the air. She then tells them to chant "okay" ("All the girls that feel me say okay/In the club you hear me say okay/Feeling good, feeling great I look good don't hate/If the fellas feeling good say oh yeah and if your liking what you do say oh yeah/Feeling good,feeling great you look good boy too don't hate/All my girls get your hair fixed and your nails done put your hands up and say okay (okay) okay (okay)/okay (okay) okay (okay)/Youou got the drink, get another one make him pay for it/put it in the air and say okay (okay) okay (okay) okay (okay) okay (okay.")
In the second verse, she's freaking with some guy in the club. He has his hands on her butt as she two steps to the music in her designer clothing. People are chanting "Go girl!," as they admire her dancing. She knows the guy is sexually attracted to her and tells she may sleep with him. ("Your hands all on my booty, two stepping in my Gucci/They're like go girl (go girl) go girl (go girl) go girl (go girl)/You like the way I shake it, you wanna see me naked/it could be your night, your night, your night.")
After the chorus is Sean Paul's rap. Sean Paul hits on Nivea. He introduces her and shows off his wad of money. He casually moves his wrist so she can see his diamond-encrusted watch. He brags that if she goes out with him, he'll pick her up in his Mercedes Benz and drive her to the mall. He gives her his number and advertises himself as a thug. If she calls him, he'll invite her into his life. He adds that he likes how she dresses, her manicured nails, and the way she looks in her tight jeans. ("What's happenin shawty, I'm Sean Paul, let me holla atcha/What I gotta do.throw a couple dollas at cha?/Lift my arm, show my wrists tell ya that I ball/Pick you up in benz and take ya to the mall and all/Here's my numba shawty in case you want the street thing/:ook me up I'll introduce you to a new game show you where I hang/Girl you'll be my sweet thang/I love your style, love your nails and your tight jeans.")
The Youngbloodz start right after "tight jeans." Youngbloodz smirks, knowing she likes him. He's tough and pays attention to what's going on his neighborhood. He asks how the party is and buys her a drink. He tells the other women in the club to the lame "hand dance" (throw your hands up in the air) He wonders where his friends are. At the club, they get crazy and drunk. He tells the DJ to put a song he can stomp to. ("I'm what you call a playa baby how you love that?/A youngblood feeling good and never laid back/Always run with that goose and never Cognac/And keep my ears to these streets cuz that's where home at/So what's shakin' in this party, pour a drink up/and to my ladies lookin' good throw your hands up/Now where my fellas at, ya know how we get crunk/So DJ spin it back for me now stomp.")
After the chorus is sung twice, Nivea adblibs "all my girls up in the club/all my girls up in the club." Lil' Jon interjects with "where you at?." Nivea then tells them to "say oh oh oh oh oh." She then changes it, telling the guys to do the same thing. ("All my fellas spin them thugs...All my fellas spin them thugs...say oh oh oh oh oh.") Thankfully, the "where you at's?" are Lil' Jon only contributions to the single. If he had been more involved, the single would be unlistenable rather than outright terrible.
The single then ends how it began: with Nivea's "la la'ing."
The trend of young R&B female singers who are conceited and are only concerned with partying needs to end. Now. The singsongy "Okay" is like Lumidee's previous failed single "Crashin' A Party." However, Nivea is at least tolerable and manages to sound a bit fun. But like Lumidee, Nivea's a flash in the pan. Without any personality of her own, Nivea is like every other fourth-tier R&B singer trying to make it big.
Album: Complicated
Year: 2005
Nivea is the star of the club in the immature "Okay."
The single opens with Nivea "la la'ing" with music which resembles a handheld video game system running on low batteries. Lil' Jon interjects with "yeah's" It leads right to the first verse.
She recently arrived at the hot spot. She has a bottle of Bacardi, which she's drinking. She's a lightweight, considering she's already feeling the effects of the alcohol. She and her girlfriends have been there for the whole night. Her girl hears her favorite song and heads for the dancefloor. ("Just got up in this party, tipsy off this Bacardi, bout to take this flight, so high, say bye, bye/We up in here all night now, my girl like hey that's my song, cuz I'm feeling fine, so fine, so fine.")
In the chorus, Nivea asks the other women around to follow her and say "okay" with the music. She compliments herself, saying she's hot and not for people to put her down for it. Next, she tells the guys in the club the same thing. However, when she compliments the guy it does comes across as flirting and not conceit. She then advises the girls to get manicures and go to salon. Then, they will able to say "okay" with the other cool people there. She tells women to find a guy who will pay for their next drink, and then wave their hands in the air. She then tells them to chant "okay" ("All the girls that feel me say okay/In the club you hear me say okay/Feeling good, feeling great I look good don't hate/If the fellas feeling good say oh yeah and if your liking what you do say oh yeah/Feeling good,feeling great you look good boy too don't hate/All my girls get your hair fixed and your nails done put your hands up and say okay (okay) okay (okay)/okay (okay) okay (okay)/Youou got the drink, get another one make him pay for it/put it in the air and say okay (okay) okay (okay) okay (okay) okay (okay.")
In the second verse, she's freaking with some guy in the club. He has his hands on her butt as she two steps to the music in her designer clothing. People are chanting "Go girl!," as they admire her dancing. She knows the guy is sexually attracted to her and tells she may sleep with him. ("Your hands all on my booty, two stepping in my Gucci/They're like go girl (go girl) go girl (go girl) go girl (go girl)/You like the way I shake it, you wanna see me naked/it could be your night, your night, your night.")
After the chorus is Sean Paul's rap. Sean Paul hits on Nivea. He introduces her and shows off his wad of money. He casually moves his wrist so she can see his diamond-encrusted watch. He brags that if she goes out with him, he'll pick her up in his Mercedes Benz and drive her to the mall. He gives her his number and advertises himself as a thug. If she calls him, he'll invite her into his life. He adds that he likes how she dresses, her manicured nails, and the way she looks in her tight jeans. ("What's happenin shawty, I'm Sean Paul, let me holla atcha/What I gotta do.throw a couple dollas at cha?/Lift my arm, show my wrists tell ya that I ball/Pick you up in benz and take ya to the mall and all/Here's my numba shawty in case you want the street thing/:ook me up I'll introduce you to a new game show you where I hang/Girl you'll be my sweet thang/I love your style, love your nails and your tight jeans.")
The Youngbloodz start right after "tight jeans." Youngbloodz smirks, knowing she likes him. He's tough and pays attention to what's going on his neighborhood. He asks how the party is and buys her a drink. He tells the other women in the club to the lame "hand dance" (throw your hands up in the air) He wonders where his friends are. At the club, they get crazy and drunk. He tells the DJ to put a song he can stomp to. ("I'm what you call a playa baby how you love that?/A youngblood feeling good and never laid back/Always run with that goose and never Cognac/And keep my ears to these streets cuz that's where home at/So what's shakin' in this party, pour a drink up/and to my ladies lookin' good throw your hands up/Now where my fellas at, ya know how we get crunk/So DJ spin it back for me now stomp.")
After the chorus is sung twice, Nivea adblibs "all my girls up in the club/all my girls up in the club." Lil' Jon interjects with "where you at?." Nivea then tells them to "say oh oh oh oh oh." She then changes it, telling the guys to do the same thing. ("All my fellas spin them thugs...All my fellas spin them thugs...say oh oh oh oh oh.") Thankfully, the "where you at's?" are Lil' Jon only contributions to the single. If he had been more involved, the single would be unlistenable rather than outright terrible.
The single then ends how it began: with Nivea's "la la'ing."
The trend of young R&B female singers who are conceited and are only concerned with partying needs to end. Now. The singsongy "Okay" is like Lumidee's previous failed single "Crashin' A Party." However, Nivea is at least tolerable and manages to sound a bit fun. But like Lumidee, Nivea's a flash in the pan. Without any personality of her own, Nivea is like every other fourth-tier R&B singer trying to make it big.