The third season of Parks and Recreation originally aired in the United States on the NBC television network between January 20 and May 19, 2011. Watch It`S A Free World... Online Hitfix' title='Watch It`S A Free World... Online Hitfix' />Whip My Hair WikipediaWhip My Hair is the debut single by American recording artist Willow Smith. The song was written by Ronald Jukebox Jackson and Janae Luann Ratliff, with the former producing the track as well. Initial reception of the song praised the songs kid friendly, yet universal appeal, while dubbing Smith baby Rihanna. However, other critics called the songs hook grating and a nightmare of a brain drill. The official remix featuring British rapper Tinie Tempah was released on January 3, 2. BackgroundeditIn the summer of 2. Smiths mother, Jada Pinkett Smith, revealed on Lopez Tonight that her daughter was recording an album. On September 2. Smiths single was leaked onto the Internet67Time magazine, CNN, and Billboard all covered the song the evening it surfaced. Watch Chapter Thirteen The Sweet Hereafter on TVGuide. See full shows episodes and clips of your favorite shows and celebrities. Everything you ever needed to know about the Mad Max movies. The fourth season of Torchwood explores this universe One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next. HitFixs Alan Sepinwall reviews the final season of The Killing on Netflix, in which Linden and Holder start cracking up while investigating a military academy. The effort was applauded by several celebrities on Twitter, including Ciara, Brandy, Solange Knowles, Britney Spears, and Alfredo Flores. Compositionedit. Like, you cant be afraid to be yourself, you have to be yourself, and you cant let anyone tell you that thats wrong. Willow Smith on the lyrics of Whip My Hair1. Lyrically the song is about letting loose, being as wild as can be, while she asks ladies to whip their hair and shake haters off. The lyrics have motivational undertones, speaking of self love and assurance, and referring to letting your hair down as a representation of this in parts like the line, Keep fighting until I get there, when Im down and I feel like giving upI whip my hair back and forth, I whip it, I whip it real good. A sample of the song, featuring the line, Dont let haters keep me off my grind. Problems playing this file See media help. Whip My Hair is a high tempo R B1. The song is said to be composed in an eclectic style, and makes use of heavy synthesizers and drums. Smiths vocals are auto tuned in some parts,1. The song features a knocking beat, including the vocal refrain of I whip my hair back and forth. Some critics have deemed the song too similar to Smiths musical influence Rihanna. Additionally, others said the song was similar to the style of Rihanna contemporaries Ciara and Keri Hilson,1. Lil Mama. 1. 9 Gina Serpe of E Online called the track a fourth grade version of Rihanna and Hilson. Critical receptionedit. According to critics, the song took influence from a number of other artists, namely Rihanna pictured. Comparisons to the Barbadian singer earned Smith the nickname baby Rihanna after the songs leak. A main point critics attributed to the song was its ability to be kid friendly, yet appeal to all music listeners, with Gerrick Kennedy of The Los Angeles Times calling the song radio, club, and recess friendly,1. Daniela Capistrano of MTV News calling it a kid friendly club banger. Kennedy commented, dont let her age fool you the song packs serious punch. Capistrano said that the songs crazy beat works on the schoolyard and dancefloor. Commenting that the song was age appropriate, Gina Serpe of E Online said, that accomplishment was commendable, stating, its got to be a bit of a battle finding material suitable for someone still in the single digits. Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly commended the song, complimenting the production value, stating the song was Lil Mama meets Rihanna. Watch Jimmy S Farm Episodes Online. CBC said while the song may not be deep, it was the best to be expected from a fourth grade fashionista, commenting the track was more schoolyard friendly than any music released by Miley Cyrus. The Guardian described the track as a pretty good R B belter in the same vein as Rihanna, all heavily treated vocals and huge juddering beats. BET Sound Off blog commented that Smith had more personality on the track than fellow artists three times her age. Melinda Newman of Hit. Fix complimented Smiths competent singing voice. Chart performanceeditPrior to radio add dates and release, the song collected greatest gainer recognitions on the US Rap Songs chart. On the week ending September 2. US Hot R BHip Hop Songs. It jumped to number 3. It has so far peaked at number five. Whip My Hair debuted at number 7. Billboard Hot 1. 00 the week of October 2. It has sold over 1,2. US alone. 2. 8 On December 8, 2. Whip My Hair debuted on the UK Midweeks at number 1,2. December 1. 2, 2. The Black Eyed Peas with The Time Dirty Bit. Music videoeditBackground and releaseeditSmith filmed the songs accompanying music video in Los Angeles the week of September 2. Ray Kay, known for Lady Gagas Poker Face and Justin Biebers Baby, among others, was to direct the clip. In an interview with Rap Up, Kay said Im certain people that are watching the video will feel inspired to develop their own individuality and freedom and express their own art after seeing Willow in this video. Kay also confirmed that the shooting would take two days, and require a lot from Smith, but said, the director was confident that Smith would kill it in front of the camera. Later, Kay commented to Rap Up in a separate piece, I think this video will be considered iconic in the future. Willow is definitely here to stay, shes a superstar. I think we managed to create a fresh expression using Willows amazing energy, a positive and inspiring concept, and mixing the colors of the sets with Willows fashion, which consisted of custom made clothing and exclusive One Z jumpsuits. Shes a trendsetter already and Im sure others will be copying her style soon3. A teaser video released on September 1. The video premiered on October 1. Vevo hosting its online premiere, and its first televised airing during Smiths appearance on 1. Park. 3. 4 Before the video received its official premieres, it was leaked online, and Roc. Nation removed all unauthorized clips. Just a day after release, the video had reportedly garnered over 1. You. Tube. 3. 5SynopsiseditThe video begins in a futuristic cafeteria with kids, dubbed the Warriorettes,3. Smith then enters the room in colorful attire, including a blue vest, orange pants and a belt with her name on it, while donning rhinestones on her lips and extravagant nail tips. With her braids shaped to form a heart, she carries a boombox filled with paint and plays it while undoing her braids and dipping them into paint inside the stereo, using her hair as a paintbrush and enlivening the atmosphere with colors. Smith then performs dance moves and gets the classroom involved, which is intercut with the singer now donning a colorful mohawk, performing choreography with dancers with blue shirts in front of a light blue backdrop. She alternates different hairstyles, and then walks down a hallway with her backup dancers, donning a cotton candy esque hairstyle. She further whips her hair to give color to the lockers and students attire, before performing extensive choreography with the hallway students. Midway, Smith and her dancers perform a dance routine with music not in the original song. The last scenes involves Smith with puff braids and in a yellow jumpsuit with her backup dancers in a different classroom trying to get them to dance, which is intercut with previous paint splashing scenes, as the students, including her brother Jaden,3. A writer for Rap Up said that Smith is in a class of her own in the breakout video for her empowering anthem, calling the video the birth of more B. S. 3. 3ReceptioneditNatalie Finn of EOnline commended the video for being sassy, yet kid friendly. Carina Adly Mac. Kenzie of Zap. Willow has more charisma in her pinky finger than half the artists twice her age. Ryan Brockington of The New York Post reviewed the video positively, stating, great thing about the video is that director Ray Kay kept it very young and colorful, the complete opposite of the very grown up sounding track. The Killing concludes on Netflix, more miserable than ever. Netflix. Two weeks ago, Netflix released the fourth season and what is allegedly the final season, though I have a hard time believing that, given history of The Killing, having revived the show after AMC canceled it for a second time. I have seen all six episodes, and while I already discussed it on this weeks podcast, I had a few thoughts I wanted to write up, as well as provide a space for non podcast listeners to weigh in on how they felt about the series latest conclusion, with spoilers aplenty coming up just as soon as Im somehow the most depressing character in a TV universe that also includes The Leftovers Season 3 of The Killing wasnt great, but it was easily the best of the shows three years on AMC. Confining the mystery to a single season reduced a few of the shows more aggravating tics to a more manageable size, and the work done with the guest characters and subplots was a dramatic improvement over the Larsens, viral wheelchair basketball videos, etc. Holders friendship with Bullet was the strongest relationship the show ever did, the episode where they executed Ray Seward was riveting except for the various moments where Sarah Linden again proved herself to be the most gullible police detective in television history, always believing the latest piece of information placed before her above anything she knew previously and it felt at times like Veena Sud and company had begun to figure out how to genuinely take advantage of telling a traditional police procedural story over 1. Then, of course, they botched the ending yet again, and I resolved that if The Killing ever returned, I might watch it, but only with the understanding that I shouldnt pay the slightest bit of attention to the plot. I entered this six episode Netflix season curious to see whether Sud and company could carry the improvement of season 3 forward, and also how the storytelling felt with half as many episodes to work with. But I also approached it with both lowered expectations and minimal emotional investment. And even given that minimal investment, these episodes were remarkably unpleasant to get through. We pick up in the immediate aftermath of Linden giving her serial killer ex boyfriend the suicide by cop that he desired Linden having been manipulated into it because, again, she believes with all her heart whatever it is that someone last told her as Holder helps her cover up the evidence of murder. But Linden turns out to be even worse at covering up crimes than she is at investigating them, and so she does remarkably stupid things like hold onto her exs phone, or dispose of crucial evidence right near his lake house. Were meant to view Linden who has had mental health issues in the past as going off the deep end in the aftermath of season 3, but playing bug eyed crazy for most of six episodes stretches the limits of what Mireille Enos does well as an actress. Joel Kinnaman was always the more interesting of the two leads, and he unsurprisingly does better at portraying Holders own struggles falling off the wagon, being cruel to his sister and his pregnant girlfriend, confessing to the crime at an NA meeting conveniently attended by a police informant but its still six hours of the shows heroes being trainwrecks even as theyre trying to work a new case. This is your periodic reminder that Fienberg is absolutely right in wanting Kinnaman to play the young Lou Solverson in Fargo season 2, especially when you compare photos of him to 1. Keith Carradine. That case, involving a private military academy cadet who may have massacred his entire family, is even more of a wallow than Linden and Holders struggles. Its an opportunity to trot out every clich about the cruelty of boys to one another, and how the sadism gets so much worse in a faux military setting. As the chief suspect and the one who carries large swaths of each episode in between our glimpses of Linden and Holder going to pieces, at times barely aware that they are actively investigating a multiple homicide Tyler Ross is asked to play every scene either through tears, or on the edge of tears, and it wears thin over even a half length season. As the academy headmaster and apparently its only adult employee Joan Allen is given almost nothing to play but steely impatience with these two idiot cops. And the explanation that the boy did, in fact, kill his parents after a psychotic break caused by the academys hazing does a very poor job of explaining the various mind games that Allens character orders her co conspirators to play as part of their own weird cover up. The Killing was never a light show in its AMC incarnation, though the culture clash between the deeply private Linden and open book Holder provided occasional levity. Season 4, though, amps up the misery, assuming that its inherently the same as profundity. One can be linked to the other the dark final season of Breaking Bad was incredible, and I remain under the spell of The Leftovers even as many others are not but bleakness doesnt inherently make something deep and compelling, especially not when your central character isnt well drawn enough to support all this unhappiness. Watch Torn Mediafire there. After a deux ex machina appearance from Billy Campbell as wheelchair basketball mayor Darren Richmond the chief red herring of season 1 takes care of whatever legal jeopardy our heroes are in, we jump ahead five years for a truly bizarre epilogue. Holders a father to an adorable little girl, and hes found a new home running a shelter for troubled teens an effective payoff both to Holders own struggles with addiction and his friendship with Bullet. He and his daughters mom have split up, but thats just fine and dandy, because who should return from her soul replenishing walking of the earth but Sarah Linden And who should be revealed to be each others One True Pairing but Holder and Linden, despite almost no suggestion in previous seasons that there was any romantic tension between them For that matter, it was barely even suggested in previous seasons that the two of them were even friends, and if you choose to read the final scene as simply the two of them realizing they need each other around in a platonic sense, The Killing didnt even really put in the necessary work to foreshadow that. Not all opposite gender partners must fall in love, even on television, and the LindenHolder partnership was presented as something where two opposites gradually developed respect and trust for one another, and not that they were each others soulmate, or even each others best friend forever. I suppose that the beating Sud took after season 1 failed to solve the Rosie Larsen case as the ad campaign had implied if not explicitly promised made her reluctant to ever again embrace ambiguity or try to deny her audience closure. And I would imagine that the majority of the people who toughed it out all the way to the end of The Killing season 4 did it out of genuine enjoyment of the show andor Linden and Holder, and that therefore they might appreciate an ending that leaves them together, even if theyre not cops anymore. For me, though, The Killing was largely a wasted opportunity. From time to time, it really did demonstrate the power of spending so much time on a single investigation. But too often, it just felt like an elongated version of a network police procedural that lasted longer without actually going any deeper. Season 3 could have been a breakthrough, and maybe even one that set the show up for an extended Netflix run say, with Holder as the veteran breaking in a rookie partner, but season 4 was a mess well before it got to the parts designed to wrap up the series for good. After two resurrections by two different companies, Im not ready to accept that The Killing has actually been buried just yet.