First it was Wale who boarded the Lady Gaga bandwagon; now fellow future star of hip-hop Kid Cudi has taken inspiration from the five-foot bisexual. Cudi’s take on Gaga’s “Poker Face†is a breezy track, built around a tweaked sample of the original song’s chorus and heavily reminiscent of Late Registration–era Kanye (specifically “Goneâ€). The song features Cudi mentor Kanye, plus fellow G.O.O.D. Music colleague Common, with the three trying to outwit each other with references to … erm, well, a certain sexual act. Kanye’s “getting brains in the library cause I love knowledge†wins second place, while one Common line (which our well-mannered upbringing prevents us from repeating here) takes the grand prize.
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