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Don’t recognize the name on the CD? That’s expected, since Montell Jordan is one of the many one hit wonders of the 90s. Instead, do you remember “This is How We Do It”? This R&B single hit it big in 1995, playing in every teenager’s car on a Friday night. The single held its place as #1 on the R&B singles chart for seven consecutive weeks. This is the first single of Jordan’s, and its popularity is primarily due to the growing genre of “new jack swing”. This new genre took the late 80’s and mid 90’s by storm with its mixture of jazz, hip hop, rap and funk.
The music video advertised nothing less than the lyrics, revealing the “party scene” of the artist. Montell Jordan is surrounded by dancing women at a party, alcohol flowing, poker playing, and of course, like any 90s video, a choreographed group dance. The lyrics are cliché and fun, making the song a perfect jam at parties. Jordan sings “all hands are in the air, wave them from here to there”, an obvious crowd pleaser. The rest of the lyrics involve drinking 40oz of beer, giving the keys to designated drivers, and being “kinda buzzed and it’s all because this is how we do it”, relating to the majority of young adults on the weekend.
I’d hope Montell Jordan’s partying days are over and doesn’t refer to any of his lyrics in his sermons; he gave up the music business to serve as the worship leader at Victory World Church in Atlanta.
God must have spent, a little more time on you. Alright, my future husband has to come up with something better than that (which is pretty impossible, so I might as well marry Justin Timberlake). The band consisted of five young men (in order of increasing cuteness): Chris Kirkpatrick (no one knew his name), Joey Fatone (goofy and adorable), Lance Bass (clean cut), JC Chasez (what a charmer), and Justin Timberlake (*swoon*). The teen heart throbs took the world by storm when they released their first single “I Want You Back” in 1998 and every girl knew in their hearts that one of boys would be their boyfriend one day. The band’s popularity grew with the help of Disney Channel, television spots on shows and opening for A-listers such as Janet Jackson.
Their first CD, *NSYNC, was the perfect bait for the audience of women of all ages. Who wouldn’t want to listen to a group of guys serenade you (as if they wrote the songs for you specifically) with songs of love and affection? After that first CD, their songs evolved like a high school relationship, from lovey slow songs to fast pop songs about the problems in relationships. “If I wasn’t a celebrity, would you still want to be with me?” Uh, yes, I WOULD JUSTIN! I WOULD STILL LOVE YOU! Their songs continued to dwell on the subject of trust in relationships and the “games” that people play. The change from lovey dovey to confronting their partners about trust and love was the significant marker of their growth from boys to men (AKA from total cuties to total hotties…except JC who got dreads later on).
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never-ending list of dudes i want to please secularly ♦ jason segel
When we started out—when I got Freaks and Geeks, I was like 18, Seth was 16. Judd wasn’t who Judd is now. And we would sit around and just wax poetic about how we’d take over Hollywood someday. And then it happened, that’s the weird part of it—but I think in our minds, we’re still those dudes, sitting around like, “We’re gonna show ‘em all!”
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The Many Faces of Ron Swanson
