The Short List of Things to Do

A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid

Sean Kingston

By IN STORES JULY 31 Friday, Jun. 01, 2007

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Beautiful Girls may be the song of the summer, but its fusion of lightweight rap, a Ben E. King sample and schlock lyrics hardly augurs well for a full 48-min. album. Yet Kingston's synthed-up voice and ripped-off hooks (seriously: he steals from Led Zeppelin and Diana Ross) prove surprisingly entertaining — largely because, like a Jamaican Jimmy Durante, he knows how to make songs about nothing sound like something fun.

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