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"  Sometimes for a song to be important, it doesn&amp;#039;t have to be great. Or even good. The first single from hip-hop&amp;#039;s biggest-selling superstar&amp;#039;s foray into rock &amp;#039;n&amp;#039; roll sounds like a guy armed with a big idea (to play rock) and surprisingly little attention to detail (surveying the modern rock landscape and crafting a timely, interesting song with which to make the transition). &amp;quot;Prom Queen&amp;quot; gets by with an adequate live band, predictably autotuned vocals, and, unfortunately, something far short of a memorable hook. But it&amp;#039;s hard to imagine anyone else this year dreaming up a tune more divisive. Or ambitious. And when was the last time Coldplay or Springsteen pushed a boundary? You can call him an interloper or carpetbagger, but like Kanye West, Lil Wayne clearly feels as if he&amp;#039;s hitting his head on hip-hop&amp;#039;s glass ceiling, and thus rock &amp;#039;n&amp;#039; roll represents a means to extended world domination, not an end in itself. This kind of crossover bid is some daredevil shit \u2014 pass or fail, it&amp;#039;s going to be fun watching him try. If he succeeds, he will have defied expectations and single-handedly expanded hip-hop&amp;#039;s reach. If he doesn&amp;#039;t, he will return to hip-hop humbled and probably more than a little incredulous. And when you sell as many records as he does, anything that sparks disappointment and anger can&amp;#039;t be bad creatively. Only time will tell if he can be a two-sport superstar, but he&amp;#039;s already a triple threat: talented, likable, and watchable.  MORE FROM MUSIC WEEK AT ESQUIRE.COM:  MONDAY: The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own  TUESDAY: Ten Bands Set to Break Out at 2009&amp;#039;s SXSW Festival  WEDNESDAY: Katy Perry Is a Woman We Love  THURSDAY: Mary-Louise Parker&amp;#039;s Ten Types of Music No Man Should Own  FRIDAY: 50 Songs Every Man Should Be Listening To  CHRIS JONES: Who the F#@&amp;amp;amp; Is Taylor Swift?  CHUCK KLOSTERMAN: Benji Hughes Is a Singer for All Worldviews  MARY-LOUISE PARKER: Josh Ritter Is Not at All Pretentious  GLARING OMISSIONS: 30 Classic Records that Didn&amp;#039;t Make Our List   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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