Artist Lily Allen

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Lily Allen

The same way one wonders why certain women want to have one-night stands with rappers who eventually dish about not respecting them after they “opened up your gap,” it’s hard to imagine why a guy would date Lily Allen, only to have her sing about his small penis and premature ejaculation. But for the rest of us, Allen’s sweet-voiced disses are the icing on a sugary pop cake made with the assistance of producers who know about computer-generated hooks. Though Greg Kurstin’s contributions to Alright, Still were the most carnivalesque of the bunch, the Bird And The Bee member has helped Allen make a dynamic yet cohesive set of electro-pop in the form of It’s Not Me, It’s You, her 2009 sophomore disc.

Updated 04/10/2009