It was nearly one year ago that I wrote of my fascination with the nearly unknown (to me) world of British popstars and especially my obsession at the time with the bizarro Brit version of Black Eyed Peas known as N Dubz. You may recall that at the time I casually mentioned how I was planning on doing everything in my power to promote them. Well … that never happened. In fact, other than listening to “Girls” over and over for a brief while, I generally kind of forgot about them myself. Then Ricky made mention of them in his post on Taio Cruz’ cover of “Little Lion Man,” which prompted me to seek out this track, the latest single from N Dubz ringleader Dappy (yes, he really does call himself Dappy and no, I’m not really sure what a “Dappy” is exactly) and his first outing as a solo artist. Yes, it appears that N Dubz have more or less broken up and I can’t help but think it was my fault for not doing everything in my power to hype them up. So I’m sorry about that. Or you’re welcome, depending on how you feel about Dappy and co. Personally, I’m not quite sure how I feel about them.
Anyways, this song is ok I guess. It’s a passable piece of hip hop pop with a few clever lyrical bits here and there. I dig the “Call me Gallagher ‘cos I’m so shameless” line, especially when coupled with a briefly sung snippet of Oasis’ “Whatever,” although I’m not really too sure about the line “I’m a changed man now/Chris Brown” – it’s cool to compare yourself favourably to Chris Brown now? Ugh. More importantly, if you can, you should check out “Being N Dubz,” the reality TV series starring Dappy and his bandmates Fazer and Tulisa. It’s ridiculous and entertaining.