Ke$ha is one of the newest upcoming artists on the music scene today, or at least she would like to think she is. Ke$ha’s debut album Animal is fitting, because like many animals it is wild and lacks any sense of control or real substance. Ke$ha walks a thin line trying to define herself as a pop and rap artist but ultimately, the genre of dance and electronica is the style her music exudes. The album’s only saving grace is it’s title track but all in all it’s an album that is plagued with problems.

The majority of her problems have stem from its roots or lack thereof, first in its sound and production and then in it’s lyrical content.

In regards to her sound Ke$ha is unoriginal many of the songs on the album echo the sounds of 80’s era synthesizers and 90’s club thumping beats.  From the first track off the album “ Your Love Is My Drug” in which the melody too closely resembles Katy Perry’s “ Waking Up In Vegas” and “Take it Off” which sounds like Flo Rida’s “ In the Ayer” which makes some sense since she did work with him on the past with his single “ Right Round”.  However, it’s not just her song choice and melody that sound unoriginal but her vocals as well. She is basically just mimicking artists we’ve heard before such as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry and it’s not done well. Making the comparison all too real and proving they do it better.  Her appearance and the persona she presents on the cd seem conflicting with who she seems to be.

She exudes this tough “can’t touch me” exterior that she can go up against the boys but she looks like Madonna in the ‘80’s and vocally sounds like she could be the next pop princess.  And with lyrics that degrading and sexually explicit it’s hard to see who see wants her fan base to be. It seems that with this album Ke$ha is more concerned about her physical appearance and persona than she is on content and how people will portray her music.

The war seems to continue over creating music that matters and the next money-making machine that the labels crave which almost always means choosing style over substance at least in this case and Ke$ha is no exception.

Ke$ha’s debut like her persona is disingenuous, very few of her songs stand out. After this album, Ke$ha should take a step back and figure out who she really is because instead of defining and sticking to her own style she tries to mimic artists who have the whole package and have made their mark instead of regurgitating cheap knock-offs of sounds we’ve heard before.

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