#Echo gorilla zoe full#

Martin Kavka: The chords change about as quickly as they do in the oeuvre of Morton Feldman, the beats are sparse, and the vocals are AutoTuned. ItвЂ™s a good song, though: nicely restrained and sort of sad, despite being a вЂfuck youвЂ™ to an ex, and could have been wonderful delivered by the right R&B voice (Ne-Yo, say), but a mildly gruff robot does not strike any kind of suitable note. This is barely rap: he more or less sings it. Martin Skidmore: The gruffness is still there, but itвЂ™s an undertone. Unfortunately, this brick of synth ballad cheese is anything but fresh, and the closest thing to a hook was annoying enough the first time when Timbaland did it on Nelly FurtadoвЂ™s вЂњSay It Right.вЂќ

вЂњEchoвЂќ is probably the least interesting Autotune experiment on the album, but itвЂ™s definitely the most immediate, a single so dumb, obvious and good that its chorus might as well be Zoe laughing in our faces.ДЄl Shipley: The grain of Gorilla ZoeвЂ™s voice is so unique, almost alien, that heвЂ™s just about the only rapper left whoвЂ™d be able to bring something new to the AutoTune craze. Naturally nobody cares about it, but itвЂ™s arguably the quintessential Southern rap album of 2009.

#Echo gorilla zoe full#

Jordan Sargent: Gorilla ZoeвЂ™s DonвЂ™t Feed Da Animals is an album full of half-assed raps and metallic-heart Autotune warbles over tinny, cheap-as-hell synth beats. IвЂ™m far from an Autotune autohater вЂ“ and indeed Zoe uses it to terrific, woozy effect on вЂњDope BoyвЂќ вЂ“ but his cack-handed attempt to use it to signify an ~emo moment~ is embarrassing. You wouldnвЂ™t know it from the spectacularly bad вЂњEchoвЂќ, though. ItвЂ™s not quite as amazing as that song, but itвЂ™s a fine use of Autotune and a very pleasing melody.ДЄlex Macpherson: Gorilla ZoeвЂ™s DonвЂ™t Feed Da Animals album is pretty good вЂ“ hooky ear candy which holds few surprises but which is consistently enjoyable. Vastly different from the macho posturing that starts off this AtlantanвЂ™s second album, вЂњEchoвЂќ reminds me of nothing so much as Enrique IglesiasвЂ™s вЂњDo You Know (The Ping Pong Song)?вЂќ in its cheerful commitment to cheese. Hillary Brown: Um, IвЂ™ve listened to this 15 times in a row, and IвЂ™m not tired of it yet. Michaelangelo Matos: I like how straightforward the lyrics are on this: at first I thought it was just 808s and Heartbreak redux, but while ZoeвЂ™s persona here may have fewer angles than KanyeвЂ™s, I know which one I prefer relating to. Tom Ewing: Robot gorillas used to feature weirdly regularly in very old school 2000AD stories, though I donвЂ™t remember any rapping over what sounds like old China Crisis chord changes: who says thereвЂ™s no innovation left? ThereвЂ™s an increasing whiff of pointlessness about all this voco-rap stuff, though, as is par for the course, вЂњEchoвЂќ is jolly pleasant, and nobody ever went broke playing the gentle giant card.

Pharrell WilliamsДЄpparently thereвЂ™s a version with Diddy on it. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment.Email (song suggestions/writer enquiries).