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Flo Rida featuring Kesha
Why we feature this artist Kesha gives Right Round a different kind of edge Right Round puts Kesha's vocal at the centre of its reworked refrain. The 2009 Flo Rida single turns a melody associated with Dead or Alive into a new rap-pop recording, with the guest…
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Kesha gives Right Round a different kind of edge
Right Round puts Kesha's vocal at the centre of its reworked refrain. The 2009 Flo Rida single turns a melody associated with Dead or Alive into a new rap-pop recording, with the guest singer giving the familiar contour a different attack.
The original R.O.O.T.S. credits
The Atlantic recording names Kesha on vocals and Flo Rida on lead vocals, with Dr. Luke and Kool Kojak producing. It belongs to R.O.O.T.S. (Route of Overcoming the Struggle), the album campaign that brought the two performances together before Kesha's own solo breakthrough became widely familiar.
A borrowed shape, a new delivery
The tune offers immediate recognition, but the vocal character changes what that recognition feels like. Kesha's bright, insistent refrain makes a different sort of entrance from Flo Rida's faster-moving rap. The production can therefore mark a section change through the performers themselves, with the sung return opening the track after a denser run of words. Familiar material becomes useful because someone has found a new way to inhabit it, giving the chorus a personality beyond the melody being recalled.
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Right Round
The R.O.O.T.S. single gives Kesha a defining early featured performance.