Keri Hilson featuring T-Pain & Lil’ Jon “Hey Girl”
It may have taken an eternity but Keri Hilson‘s In A Perfect World finally managed to see the light of day thanks to it’s, what, eleventh pre-single/ video “Turnin’ Me On” being the one cut to trigger enough attention to become her first official solo smash. Yeah, it’s not exactly setting the music press world on fire, but, whatever, we’re just happy to see Hilson one step closer to becoming the top R&B diva she seemed destined to be years ago.
As with every other major R&B release these days though, World‘s endless tracklist reconfigurings resulted in several songs being left on the editing room floor…only to be “leaked” to the inter-webs in rapid time. One of those emerging casualties was “Hey Girl”, a T-Pain and Lil’ Jon-assisted ode to the drank that might not have been a perfect fit in Hilson’s final product, yet still deserves to be snatched up by somebody so it can get a proper club push.
A tad Pussycat Dolls-mimicking with it’s cheerleader chant elements and tabla-prominent backbeat, “Hey Girl” (a sort-of sister record to Jamie Foxx’ current jam “Blame It”) sees Keri once again pulling out the mannequin-esque monotone vocal to let the people know how she gets down when she hits the town. “I’m on Patron, tequila/ I’m drunk on Margaritas/…By the end of the night I’m-a have you so fucked up,” announces it’s winning hook.
Too bad we don’t know her, cause it seems like she would be the ideal tag-along when it comes to really painting the town red.
DL: “Hey Girl” (alt)
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