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What a long, strange journey it has been for Ludacris! He’s always been kind of a silly rapper, inserting lots of crass comedy into his rhymes, like some kind of gully Weird Al Yankovic, and his radio edits are practically for children. But he inserted just enough boasting and cursing (because that is how you keep it real) to maintain a certain level of respect and enthusiasm in his audience. His acting career obviously signaled his desire to break out to a wider audience, but his fight with Bill O’Reilly suggested that he was willing to do what it took to bring his original fans along for the ride, and his ill-conceived political song for the 2008 election showed he could still make the type of boldly terrible decisions of an artist who hasn’t settled or pandered.
Well that is all over now. Here is a video of him performing his song “How Do You Sleep?” with teen idol Jesse McCartney on Ellen. Basically the gulliest.
Nope. Bye, Ludacris. Wave bye bye. You are done.
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How long did this account last before breaking character? A noble effort, in any case.
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He’s doing “novice troll” performance art
GOD DAMNIT! What is wrong with people?
that was HO-rrible
Jesse McCartney? Who?
Oh Luda. Don’t do that. Please? But crazier is the fact that Jesse McCartney co wrote “Bleeding Love” with the dude from OneRepublic. That one blew my mind.
Jesse McCartney makes Metallica look like The Carpenters.
And to think… I only saw him just in time! Only a month or so ago. He did a blistering rendition of “Area Codes” with a smooth transition into “Ho”…
Why is Toofer singing backup for Jesse McCartney?
Aw dammit! I thought Luda was the one backup singer until he walked out. That would have been even better.
Jesse McCartney’s ball grabbing is not convincing. It looks more like pinching.
“How Do You Sleep?” An apt question after listening to 10 seconds of this song.
How Do You Live! Also imdb confirmed the fact I remember this kid from All My Children. Am I pleased to know this? No…but…everyone goes through a soap opera watching stage right?
is this in reference to john lennon’s paul mccartney diss? with JESSE mccartney singing backups? i bet jesse mccartneys last name isn’t really mccartney he just pretends it is so people will think he’s related to paul. sucker.
I totally thought the same thing when I read the title.
Man, he really “raises tha roof” when he takes it into the crowd. Ludacris is a fat paid guest star whore, and I’m sure he gets truckloads of teenager’s money to swim in just from the residuals of this song. He’s (become) one of those businessman first type of rappers. Also, anyone seen the video for this? If so you are ashamed of yourself, and you know that it’s like a G-rated 4 Fast 4 Furious.
i don’t get it.
why the outrage? i was waiting for him to slip and grab a tit or something.
it’s because he’s guest stars on a Jesse McCartney track? the dude (along with most rap guest stars) has been guest-starring on anything for the past 10 years. he’s never been shy about it. and surely he’s not the first one to cross over into pop ballad territory.
i don’t condone Jesse McCartney’s career, we all need crappy boy bands, but i don’t see the fuss. now, if 50 had done this, it would’ve been a whole new ballgame.
This has Teen Choice Award written all over it.
?The Hottest Duo?? I don?t think so…. maybe if Luda didn?t place himself as a rapper and more of a a… pop artist? Then maybe it?ll work? Just maybe? He is a silly rapper indeed. But perhaps he doesn?t want to fall under the stereotypes of what a typical African-American rapper should be? I mean, you don?t always have to curse in your songs and make terrible life decisions to be considered as a rapper; who says you have to fall into the stereotype?
However, I do not care for Jesse McCartney. Ludacris, why did you feel the need to help out a teenager? No more charity works from now on!