You'd hope, when Luda says he, Usher and Jon had to "do it again," he was talking about "Yeah (Part II)". However, instead of another bangin' track about going to the club and getting with a girl that's all over you even though she's out of your league and your boo's waiting for your two-timing dead ass at home, it's a slow jam about finding pirate treasure in the arms of a friend. For Usher, ain't no thang-- that smooth slimy bastard sold America on his philandering and self-piteous ways eight million times over, so another verse about sticking closer to you than the bread on the meat of someone's sandwich is nothing to ahh-ahh-oooh at. Not that it keeps Usher from doing that at the end of the track, but whatever-- the heir apparent of pop is free to do what he pleases.

Those other two fellows, however, they don't do slow and sultry so well. Unless your idea of "slow and sultry" involves 16-year-old boys ogling a girl's bodacious ta-tas-- in that case, party up, brah. Luda tried to work that angle on "Splash Waterfalls", and that smack-it-up flibbertigibbetry dried up real fast. Here, he's slightly more successful: "I'd do anything just to feel your butt" is the sort of awkward honesty most ladies appreciate, and no doubt there are plenty of folks that saw the full-grown Rudy in that Chingy video and smiled when Luda mentioned her. But somewhere between pitching snuggle-wuggle woo and working legs like they're rabbit ears, Luda transmogrifies into incorrigible little pitbull that'll hump an ottoman, two end tables, and a bannister, and still glom onto your leg like it's a life preserver made out of bacon.

And then there's Lil Jon, showing his shawty a little of that Ralph Tresvant sensitivity: "Are you sure you wanna go this route?/ Let a nigga know before I pull it out." A chorus of thugs shout out "shawty" at the end of every one of these lines like a glorious (and grumpy) church choir, testifying to Jon's earnestness in wanting to respectfully tap dat ass. Somewhere, Dr. Phil is giving these proceedings an encouraging thumbs up. Or maybe he's raising the roof with Oprah. Regardless, this track should be cause to celebrate-- Lil' Jon's attitude towards the ladies in his other work isn't exactly the most, um, respectful or forward-thinking, so for him to ease off the A-town stomp and work the cotillion box step is a pleasant change of pace. You'd think something so ridiculous, crude, and over-the-top would just up and die, but it actually sort of works. Just please please please, any of you, don't ever do this again. Again. Shawty.