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SONG OF THE SUMMER 2008: Ray J. feat. Yung Berg - "Sexy Can I"

Posted 6/24/2008 11:32 AM by Cameron Cook

Tags: r and b, song of the summer

2006 had "Crazy", 2007 had "Umbrella". What will be 2008's Song of the Summer (SOTS)? Help us decide by leaving comments with your nominations!

We'll be frank: we were slow on the uptake on "Sexy Can I", mainly because we were so saturated with the Ray J./Whitney tabloid news (what can we say, we read Crunk & Disorderly a lot) and we've never really trusted anything that Ray's big sister, Brandy, has even remotely anything to do with, except of course "The Boy Is Mine". Anyway, when we finally were goaded into listening to "Sexy Can I" by one of our DJ friends, who recently got a gig at a Sweet 16 and got nothing but requests for this song, it all kind of made sense. It's catchy as hell--the sing-song, nursery rhyme aspect of the chorus is too much for our frontal lobes to handle. We've been whistling it all week. And as the saying goes: if you can whistle it, it's a hit (we just made that up). Let's review the pros and cons:

Pros:

• Catchy as all hell
• Ray J. already has a certain level of notoriety (Whitney, Brandy, etc)

Cons:

• "Sexy Can I" was released way back in January and already has over 5 million views on YouTube. While the song has lasted with radio airplay this long, most R&B aficionados are probably already over it.
• What's a Yung Berg?

SOTS probability: 55% .

So there you have it, another song compared and duly evaluated. Check this space for more in the coming weeks, and as always leave your suggestions in the comments field.

Previously: SOTS 2008: Estelle feat. Kanye West - American Boy

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