July 12, 2012 / 4:58PM 5 notes

‘Ignition (Remix)’ is the best song of the decade →

via nightcheese:

Grab your iPhone and click down to the song; at about a minute in, you’ll realize that there’s a lot going on there. The first hint that Kelly is reppin’ some serious poststructuralist self-commentary is the address to the invisible entity that will, if it abides by Kelly’s request, “go ‘head and break ‘em off wit a ‘lil piece of the remix.” One can assume that the “‘em” refers to us, the listeners, who will now be privy to a “piece” of the remix to the original version of “Ignition” (which appears immediately before “Ignition (Remix)” on Kelly’s 2003 album Chocolate Factory), but it is unclear as to whom Kelly is directing this demand. What this improvisatory-sounding preamble does accomplish, however, is that it informs us of the song’s primary focus: the song itself. And then, 30 seconds later, as the double-kicked snare hits and oscillating synthesizer lead us into the chorus, this hypothesis is proven true—the chorus, the song’s prime real estate is devoted to the proclamation that, yes, it is none other than “Ignition (Remix)” that is “Hot and fresh out the kitchen.” 

it’s time for us all to remember the best song (and article) of the 00s.

  1. I feel like I deserve some sort of award for having survived being nate freeman’s roommate
  2. ignition remix is almost TEN YEARS OLD

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    via nightcheese: I feel like I deserve some sort of award for having survived being nate freeman’s roommate ignition...
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