LONGEVITY: 3/5
When I first heard "Don't Matter", I despised it. This was blatantly similar to R. Kelly's "Intuition" in the chorus, and I thought this song only made it big because Akon's been banging out the hits lately.
Well, it's a couple months since then, and I still feel the same way. The tune and singing style of the chorus is exactly the same as R. Kelly's, with the same echoing and pausing by both singers in the same relative spots. Perhaps some of the younger teens were not listening to R. Kelly back in 2003, and for them this would be considered innovative.
To its credit, the song does have a reggae flavor and Akon reveals his vocal potential to the listener. Unfortunately, he does little more than sing the same chorus over and over. It's about time that he learn from Usher and show off his soulful vocals. Then again, as previously mentioned, the guy has mastered the art of putting out hit singles. This is not a great song to blast out of a car stereo, but the chorus grows on you...even I, a detractor of the song, was singing it after a while.
Join me on my mission to become one of the first DJs to mix Soulja Boy with Shwekey, Gaga with Gabay, Judas Priest with Yehuda!...and everything in between. I will pimp your simcha.
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