Fergie

When Fergie rhymes "delicious" with "promiscuous" and wonders "Would you love me if I didn't work out," you could be forgiven for thinking she has taken the post-modern step of self-parody on her debut LP. Such musings aside, Will.I.Am's cleverly scrubby production keeps things aurally interesting and the fact that The Dutchess is packed with more hooks than a long-line fishing fleet points to assured success. Just one criticism, however: Fergie, "London Bridge" doesn't go up or even "down" -- you're thinking of Tower Bridge.

All hail Fergie, the duchess of vaginal metaphors! Last year, in the Black Eyed Peas' "My
Humps," Fergie was a camel stomping her lady lumps across the desert; in her solo smash
"London Bridge," she's the mighty bridge across the River Thames, paving the way for
future sequels like "Panama Canal" or "Sacred Ruins of Machu Picchu." The Dutchess is a
shameless solo debut full of Eighties-style electro bangers, mostly produced by t... More >