Jeffree Star
Cupcakes Taste Like Violence
Popsicle Records
3/10
Jeffree Star…a self-made, internet celebrity. It’s great that Star is passionate about music, but all the popularity, celebrity and connections in the world won’t make an untalented musician talented. The use of Auto-Tune is pretty evident throughout the recording, yet it does little to save this EP from itself. Star cannot sing or harmonize, not one lick. He basically drones throughout this entire album, and if not for the use of Auto-Tune it would be a completely disastrous piece of work. Even as is, it’s disastrous, just not completely so. The lyrics: self-aggrandizing, childish, and annoying; the music: overcompensatory, trite, and…annoying. Lord knows the man can do some damn makeup; hell, he looks better than half the female models out there. He might actually know music too (he was/is a club kid), so I won’t say he should stick to what he knows, but maybe he should stick to what he’s good at – makeup and self-promotion.
– Luke Toney