The aesthetics surrounding the lyrics ground the message: fast-fisted snowy guitar, drums that build up to double and triple time, and six sneering deployments of the word "fuck".
Edward Adoo argues that reggaeton has arrived at just the right time to give dancehall reggae - still bowed by the international pummelling it took during the controversy surrounding homophobic lyrics by stars like Beanie Man and Sizzla - a much-needed boost.
Mike Wass from Idolator commented that the remix felt unnecessary, following controversy in the media surrounding Ross' lyrics in the song "U.O.E.N.O".
While Ross seems to have chalked the controversy surrounding his lyrics up to some unspecified "misunderstanding," many are not buying his explanation.
Ellison commended Prince's recent community work and laughed off earlier political controversies surrounding his lyrics, referring to "Darling Nikki," a song that Tipper Gore's Parents Music Resource Center once named the filthiest song in America.*.*
Howe's method of surrounding conventional lyric with exegesis (at one pole) and illegible verbal collage (at the other) puts an enormous amount of pressure on the actual lines of verse stranded between the extremes.
In a politically charged staging that moved from shackled in jail to free in Africa and back again, the Compton rapper surrounded his lyrics with free-jazz-suggestive tones and stop-and-start punctuations.
He has built a solo career by surrounding his allegorical lyrics and elegant voice with a wide variety of styles and textures.
In the US, media scrutiny surrounding allegations of antisemitic lyrics were the catalyst for Jackson issuing multiple apologies and re-recording the song with altered lyrics.
Williams is still dogged by the row surrounding the song's lyrics.
