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Taking a cue from Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster, Kesha's Cannibal is a mini-LP released on its own and also tacked onto her debut Animal, which has been squeezed dry of hits. Cannibal is expressly designed to rectify that situation, amplifying every annoying element of Kesha’s persona -- the sing-song hooks, the relentless Dr. Luke loops, the squeaked sleazy rhymes, the defiantly transparent Auto-Tune slathered on every track, the cheerful bragging about the dingy film left behind after hookups with douche bags. Despite a tacked-on, unnecessary remix of “Animal,” there is no slowing of momentum on Cannibal, no time spent on meaningless self-reflection, it’s just relentless, pulsating trash, its unapologetic vulgarity chipping away at your better impulses. Kesha is either smart or shameless enough -- ultimately the difference doesn’t really matter, not with music designed to appeal to your worst instincts -- to realize her calling card is her unrepentant filthiness, so she taunts that she’ll “C U Next Tuesday,” teases that this place is about to “Blow,” raves that “the beat so fat gonna make me come” on the apropos “Sleazy,” then far eclipses Katy Perry's malicious “Ur so Gay” on the nasty “Grow a Pear.” Sure, Max Martin's hooks, and especially Dr. Luke's neon-colored throb push these tunes into your head -- they’re in top form, aided by the tight focus of an eight-track EP, Cannibal’s brevity trumping the scattershot Animal -- but what makes them stick is Kesha, a pop star lacking pop star looks and a pop star voice. She’s all ravenous id, spitting at strangers and backstabbing friends, humiliating hotties, and laughing at the wreckage in her wake. She is who she is and she offers no apologies.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pebe Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Joshua Coleman, Composer, Lyricist - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Tatiana Gottwald, Assistant Engineer - Emily Wright, Engineer - Eric Eylands, Assistant Engineer - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Engineer - Ammo, Producer, Programmer, All Instruments - Mathieu Jomphe, Composer, Lyricist - Seth Waldmann, Engineer - Billboard, Producer, Programmer, All Instruments
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Benjamin Levin, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Joshua Coleman, Composer, Lyricist - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Benny Blanco, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Tatiana Gottwald, Assistant Engineer - Dr. Luke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Wright, Engineer, Background Vocal - Sam Holland, Engineer, Background Vocal - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Engineer - Ammo, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Composer, Lyricist - Jeremy Levin, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Klas Åhlund, Composer, Lyricist - Benjamin Levin, Composer, Lyricist - Shondraé "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Holmes, Engineer - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Benny Blanco, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Tatiana Gottwald, Assistant Engineer - Dr. Luke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Wright, Engineer - Sam Holland, Engineer - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Engineer - Jeremy Levin, Assistant Engineer - Łukasz Gottwald, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Martin, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Benny Blanco, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Tatiana Gottwald, Assistant Engineer - Dr. Luke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Wright, Engineer, Background Vocal - Sam Holland, Engineer, Background Vocal - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Engineer - Kool Kojak, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Levin, Assistant Engineer - Łukasz Gottwald, Background Vocal
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Coleman, Composer, Lyricist - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Wright, Engineer - Aniela Gottwald, Assistant Engineer - Eric Eylands, Assistant Engineer - Eric Weaver, Engineer - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Engineer - Ammo, Producer, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Martin, Composer, Lyricist - Pebe Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Dr. Luke, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Wright, Engineer - Sam Holland, Engineer - Aniela Gottwald, Assistant Engineer - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Engineer - Łukasz Gottwald, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Martin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer, All Instruments - Benjamin Levin, Composer, Lyricist - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Benny Blanco, Producer, Programmer, All Instruments - Tatiana Gottwald, Assistant Engineer - Dr. Luke, Producer, Programmer, All Instruments - Emily Wright, Engineer - Sam Holland, Engineer - Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Engineer - Jeremy Levin, Assistant Engineer - Łukasz Gottwald, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Gamson, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Marc Nelkin, Composer, Lyricist - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2009 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald, Composer, Lyricist - Pebe Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Greg Kurstin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Billboard, Producer, Re-Mixer
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pebe Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Joshua Coleman, Composer, Lyricist - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Marc Jackson Burrows, Producer, Keyboards, Re-Mixer - Bimbo Jones, Producer, Keyboards, Re-Mixer
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald, Composer, Lyricist - Claude Kelly, Composer, Lyricist - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Dr. Luke, Producer - Billboard, Producer, Re-Mixer
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Ke$ha, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald, Composer, Lyricist - Pebe Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Kesha Sebert, Composer, Lyricist - Greg Kurstin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Dave Audé, Producer, Re-Mixer
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Taking a cue from Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster, Kesha's Cannibal is a mini-LP released on its own and also tacked onto her debut Animal, which has been squeezed dry of hits. Cannibal is expressly designed to rectify that situation, amplifying every annoying element of Kesha’s persona -- the sing-song hooks, the relentless Dr. Luke loops, the squeaked sleazy rhymes, the defiantly transparent Auto-Tune slathered on every track, the cheerful bragging about the dingy film left behind after hookups with douche bags. Despite a tacked-on, unnecessary remix of “Animal,” there is no slowing of momentum on Cannibal, no time spent on meaningless self-reflection, it’s just relentless, pulsating trash, its unapologetic vulgarity chipping away at your better impulses. Kesha is either smart or shameless enough -- ultimately the difference doesn’t really matter, not with music designed to appeal to your worst instincts -- to realize her calling card is her unrepentant filthiness, so she taunts that she’ll “C U Next Tuesday,” teases that this place is about to “Blow,” raves that “the beat so fat gonna make me come” on the apropos “Sleazy,” then far eclipses Katy Perry's malicious “Ur so Gay” on the nasty “Grow a Pear.” Sure, Max Martin's hooks, and especially Dr. Luke's neon-colored throb push these tunes into your head -- they’re in top form, aided by the tight focus of an eight-track EP, Cannibal’s brevity trumping the scattershot Animal -- but what makes them stick is Kesha, a pop star lacking pop star looks and a pop star voice. She’s all ravenous id, spitting at strangers and backstabbing friends, humiliating hotties, and laughing at the wreckage in her wake. She is who she is and she offers no apologies.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:19
- Main artists: Kesha
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2010 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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