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TLC - Silly Ho
An anti-feminist or a pro-feminist anthem? a girl group being exploited? All I know is that the critics got it wrong. this was miles above what Timbo was doing with Are You That Somebody. That was ultimately an electronic amusical rhythmic indulgence of an accentuation of funk. this was the utilisation of electro funk to create a butt thumping anti-funk. funk taken to its possible frictional limit.
the buzzing sound, the puerile synth melody and that rustling sound that is supposed to sound like a high hat but really sounds like counting banknotes, all put this in a lineage of capitalist realism you want to own. seductive, but real. investment firm, indeed. the mechanics of modern pop all encapsulated.