Cause I'm! Having! A Good! Time! With You!
by MOLLY LAMBERT
Celebrating the achievements of musicians in pronouncing individual words in songs in memorable ways. These are mostly Top 40 type songs that I heard on the radio a lot, and a few that I didn't but wish I did. A semi-sequel to this post from earlier this year.
The 2010 Individual Lyric Pronunciation Awards
HEET "you are my number one heeeeeeeeet" R. Kelly, Number One Hit
YAYHUSS "Yayhuss, yayhuss. I can feel it now" Taylor Swift, Mine
NECKALUSS "got Jesus on my neckaluss uss uss" Ke$ha, We R Who We R
KALEE "we drove to Kalee & got drunk on the beach" Katy Perry, Teenage Dream
BIATCH "that's why I don't got love for a biatch" Too Short, Bitch
YUHHH "I tried to tell yuhhh but all I could say is" Elton John, All Of The Lights
LIYEEN "Did I mention that I was about to do that liyeen?" Fergie, All Of The Lights
MAHHH "OHHHHH MAHHHHHHHHH GOD" Will.I.Am./Usher, OMG
HOLSTA "that girl is the gun to my holsta" Iyaz, Replay
SEDUSSES "girl sedusses, they come in deuces" Kanye, Deuces remix
NAO "I could really use a wish right naooo" Hayley Williams, Airplanes
BOLSILLOOOO "She hides true love en su bolsilloooo" Lady Gaga, Alejandro
BAHDAY "Not everybody knows how to work my bahday" Rihanna, What's My Name
UHHHHHP "Why would you wanna break uhhhhp" Mario, Break Up
DAYUMN "Dayumn youse a sexy chick" Akon/David Guetta, Sexy Chick
PLAYN "Are we an item, girl quit playn" Justin Bieber, Baby
LAHV "Lahhhhhhhhhv! I don't get enough of it!" Jay-Z, Monster
LAHV "ya lahv ya lahv ya lahv is my drug" Ke$ha, Your Love Is My Drug
Nicki Minaj 2010 MVP Award: Special Acheivements In Single Word Pronunciation
ASBESTOS "and I just be comin' off the top, asbestos" Bedrock
NOICEUH "LOL smiley face have a noiceuh day" Up Out My Face
ADRUSS "I say meet me in the sky and that's my adruss" Teqkilla
TODLORE, "You're like a candy store and I'm a todlore" Your Love
MONATOWUN "I'm a stereo and she's just so monotowun" Check It Out
SLUGGA "Then I'ma go and get my Louisville slugga" Bottoms Up
FREDDAY "It's nightmare on Elm Street and guess who's playing Fredday" My Chick Bad
BLUFFERRR "I know you're not a blufferrr I'll take you to go see Usher" Little Freak
DEN-TAL "Den-tal, den-tal, yes bitch I'm mental" I Ain't Thru
Molly Lambert is the managing editor of This Recording. She is on twitter and tumblr.
