Sometimes I sit, and I think to myself, "Man, I would really love to be bored right now."
Tory Lanez is a rapper and R&B singer from Brampton, Ontario. He's been releasing mixtapes since 2009, but his first major studio album I Told You came out earlier this year. This song, Luv, is one of the two top-40 hits to come off of that album, the other being Say It. Why am I talking about this song in particular and not the other one? For one, Say It is an ultimately forgettable and drab song. Luv, on the other hand... yes, it's exactly as forgettable. I really do have no reason for picking this other than that it came out later. Let's stop delaying the inevitable and get right to the song
The Wikipedia page refers to it as dancehall... as if we don't have enough of that already. Seriously, stop it. Something odd about the production is that the backing music track feels incredibly compressed and muffled. It sounds like a low-quality YouTube upload from 2007, and that is far from a compliment. It's harmless, but nothing worth praising.
The same can be said about the rest of the song, to be completely honest with you. Tory Lanez is not a terrible singer, but this song does not fit him at all. You can tell he's trying, but the producers needed tons of filters just to make him sound passable. In fact, I'd say a few of the filters actually made him sound worse than the intended effect.
Lyrically, this song is nothing special. Moving on to the overall.
Overall, this song is incredibly boring, lame, and forgettable. This is going to be a song rightfully forgotten by history, like... I don't know... Sugar Walls by Sheena Easton? It's not even a bad song, it's just completely average, almost mediocre, in every single area, kind of like pop music as a whole this year. Once again, thank you for reading, and remember, not even I know what's coming next.
SCORE: 5/10
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