Customer Reviews

Knock You Down

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I really love this song. It's so upbeat and I love the energy they deliver in it. I am a BIG fan of analogies too so I am LOVING Ne-Yo's verse. lol Although I hate how I they bleep out "ship" on the radio. lol

"Knock you down" is the follow-up for Keri Hilson's surprisingly successful "Turnin' me on." And yes,it's better. It makes for good ambient music. Hilson is a superior singer to Fergie--because she can actually sing. The song has a beat. In the bridge, Kanye West raps "so sad,Michael Jackson" (a tragic irony,as noted in an April review of this song,was that he recorded those lyrics before MJ's passing) The Michael Jackson lyric is tragically prophetic. It's a sobering note in an otherwise peppy song.

Disclaimer: I HATE Keri Hilson, Ne-Yo and Kanye West, Always have, always will. But this song kicks booty.

It starts with Kanye West's tradmark, high pitched and repititive synth sounds and that's when Keri Hilson's voice kicks in and blows your mind.

Her voice is whiny and very artificial but fits very well with the background music, Ne-Yo's voice is much stronger and less studio-altered but not too much better. Kanye West's raps make him sound like he's freestyling, poorly (" real sad, so sad Michael Jackson, real mad, so mad Joe Jackson") but somehow it works.


And then there's the message that I think we can all agree with, when love comes around, it knocks you down, but you have to get back up again.

When it has came down to it, there just honestly have been very few collaborations that struck the strength of the song. Sadly, that has not really been a good case this year, with so many poor collaborations this year like Ciara & Justin Timberlake's Love Sex Magic, there just honestly haven't been much to hear when 2 sing one. For newcomer Keri Hilson, she hasn't been able to score a real strong song since she came out late last year with her debut single Energy. That even has shown with her recent collaboration on Knock You Down with Ne-Yo and Kanye West, the 3rd single frm her debut album In A Perfect World. The song honestly has a fair rhythm that isn't that bad, but I honestly was hoping that there could've been more chemistry with the three of them singing on that track. Keri really could've brought in a bit more to the sound, but that didn't happen. Knock You Down sadly wasn't fully a K.O., but felt like a soft jab to the face. She needs to simply find better songs to make all her own.

Song: D+

I love how you can find new talent on amazon and spread the word

Tiec Tocc's new song Frozen.
and cant get enough people asking me where did i get it
love it
.wow and keri hilson is the real truth you have to have it.

And no substance whatsoever. But is that a surprise? Nope.

There really isn't much to the song whatsoever. But I was nice with the rating because it's not the worst song I've ever heard.

But it could be sooooo much better. I'm not a Keri fan to begin with (and probably never will be) but at least her latest single (Making Love?) was a little better than THIS.

2 stars = D-

end note: Even one of my favorite contemporary R&B artists, Ne-Yo couldn't really breathe life into this dull song. I feel it's just another empty release.

timbaland's beat is boring kanye did'nmt impress me neyo sucks like always keri's alright though swear all this neosoul is sounding more like techno.