The 9 Most Offensively Stupid Parts of Pitbull’s Men in Black 3 Theme Song
As if you didn't already have enough reason to be afraid of the coming megabudgeted cash-in that is Men in Black 3, here comes the sequel's poppy theme song, courtesy of rapper Pitbull and not franchise star/Fresh Prince Will Smith. Oh, it gets worse: "My 19-year-old daughter turned me on to Pitbull," explained director Barry Sonnenfeld (via NME). "I'm thrilled that he wrote such a great song for our movie that totally gets it." If this monstrosity "totally gets it," we're all screwed. Hit the jump to listen and find out why.
Where do I even begin... How about by listing, in no particular order, the 9 worst, most idiotic and insufferable and insulting parts of this future hit single, which already inexplicably has 2,000 likes on Facebook and has virtually nothing to do with the movie itself?
1. The co-opting of Mickey & Sylvia’s "Love is Strange" AKA that song from Dirty Dancing that Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze crawled across the floor to which now sounds like that horrid Fatboy Slim "Brimful of Asha" remix.
2. Someone wrote these lyrics: "Excuse me, baby/Yeah, you baby/You’re groovy baby/let’s make a movie baby..."
3. Pitbull's spoken intro, in which he claims to be "reporting live from Cape Canaveral." YES OF COURSE YOU ARE.
4. "Black suits, white shirts, black glasses with a matching tie/like Agent J or Agent K and I wish the whole world would..." And aliens and dress socks and I wish the whole world would, too. You know.
5. "I’m trying to make a billion out of fifteen cents." Oh, the crass commercialization of perverting an iconic rap line about desperate street hustling into a throwaway lyric in your blockbuster tie-in pop-rap ditty. It is hard to be legit and still pay your rent, isn't it Pitbull?
6. "Give credit where credit is due/Know that I don’t give a number two." Worst. Line. Ever. You get credit for that for always.
7. At last, some words of truth: "To understand the future we have to go back in time…" Like to before I ever heard this song? Is that possible?? You see, in the movie Will Smith's Agent J has to go back to the 1960s to save Agent K and, um, learn things. About the future. Clearly Pitbull was only given the Men in Black 3 synopsis to go off of while writing this.
8. Something something "Ray Charles." Because why not?
9. "Let’s save the world/Men in Black/I know y’all understand." Nope, I do not. At all.
Sigh. Who else needs a palate cleanser? Here, this should suffice:
"Back in Time" is credited to songwriters Armando C. Perez (Pitbull), Marc Kinchen, Adrian Trejo and Urales Vargas. Men in Black 3 is in theaters May 25.
[via Coming Soon]
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You criticize him, how funny because he's famous, most of people like his music, so idk why you are judging, that's a bit stupid.. And his lyrics might be stupid, but just as other celebrities.. Look at Flo Rida's "Whistle" lyrics, it's awfully stupid.
well thats cuz flo rida sucks too! and no, MOST people do not like his music. pretty ridiculous statement to just personally decide is fact. in fact i could only tell you maybe one person who can stand his crap. lucky for him there are just enough deaf people in the world to keep him from going broke. and youre saying his lyrics are stupid... and you like him... quite the critic you are
I love this track. Don't really enjoy rap, but....love this track. That's what it all about. Just love the moozick, in da moment. Find three minutes of like in this life.
You love the track? Really?? What about the track do you love? The retarded lyrics or the beat? You love the song cuz of the beat, which isn't even his... you love Mickey & Sylvia’s "Love is Strange", you don't love Pit Bull's song.
That's like if I took the Beastie Boy's "Brass Monkey" song, reproduced it, said a few dumb words over their track, and put it out. And people are like "wow! I love that new song" wtf?
I want you to tell the world which TIGHT and AWESOME verse in that Back in Time song you love the most.
This woman dosn't know whats shes chattin, this pitbull song is sick, stop being so uptight relax and get into the beat and lyrics stop trying to be critics, no one cares what you think, or what i think so there is no point in me doin this, but i've done now. LMFAO
oh no. i dont like this song. how about i go tell the whole world how i feel because i got nothing in my damn awful life better to do. that will make me feel so much better. and im sure everyone will agree with me because i know my stuff and love the attention. shut the fuck up you dumb bitch and listen to a different song if you dont like it. dumb ass.
I personally love this song. The lyrics do not have to be profound or have some deep meaning in order for me to enjoy it. If you don't like it, cool, that's your opinion, but Pitbull is widely becoming one of the most popular artists today. He collaborates with the likes of Christina Aguilera, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony, Beyonce, etc. I could write paragraphs about the people he's worked with. One of the things he's known for is finding older songs and mixing them in and re-making them with his new one. I love that he does that, because, personally, I wouldn't even have known some of the other songs existed if it weren't for him. He's innovative, creative, and knows how to create a catchy song people will enjoy listening to. Men in Black is a fun movie about aliens. Does it need seriously profound lyrics? If the author is so concerned, maybe they should submit their own lyrics. Otherwise, check out the number of views Pitbull's music video for Men in Black got. The numbers speak for themselves.
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