Drake featuring R. Kelly “Best I Ever Had (Remix)”
When most people love songs, they simply play them over and over or turn them into self-identifying ringtones, but for the Kells, his adoration is taken a step further: he wants to BE on the record. Over the past couple of years, Robert has embedded himself within hit songs from Kanye West, Mariah Carey, The-Dream, Ciara and Beyonce, his, at-times hilarious, contributions always seeming to tinge with the regret that he didn’t record the songs first.
And like everyone else, it looks like he’s caught the “obsessed-with-Drake” bug too, so much so that he feels a need to bombard the rapper/ singer’s breakout single “Best I Ever Had”.
Unfortunately though, besides the semi-noteworthy “Baby girl I’m rich/ I can buy your ass whatever/ Money in the sky/ Look, see I changed the weather” line and an…erm, interesting dig about fucking haters with a “sandpaper dick”, his appearance here is a bit of bore, lacking the wacky sex metaphors he used to be able to sling out with ease with an over-reliance on more cliché-ridden lyrics about post-club, hotel sex sessions.
This is one instance where R. Kelly probably should have just stayed a hands-off admirer. Besides, instead of trying (and ultimately failing) at upgrading someone else’s career, he really should be concentrating on recording a buzz-worthy new album that could rescue his own.
DL: “Best I Ever Had (Remix)” (alt)
From your own hating comments it sounds like you need to be on the look out for that sandpaper coated member R was talking about. You take him to task for jumping on a Remix for a mixtape as if he’s not already the king of the R&B remix, and even dare to claim that the man needs to worry about ‘saving’ his own career. He’s a very in demand artist, the Double Up album was a top seller, and he’s finally able to put the criminal charges behind him. This song wasn’t his best work ever, but it’s very listenable, especially considering it’s just something he did for gangsta grills.