Far East Movement - Rocketeer

While not quite as stupid and annoying as their previous single Like a G6, Rocketeer is still an awful song.

While this song isn't offensive like many other songs I've recently reviewed, it is quite dumb.  I'm all for lighthearted love songs. I just like them to be high quality.

Verse 1:
Verse one has exactly one high point, a Back to the Future reference.  Outside of that, it's lazy, unoriginal rhymes.  I don't want to hear you repeat a word or the end of the word just to pad out you bars.

"Where we go we don't need roads, road
Where we stop nobody knows, knows"

etc, etc, etc.

Verse 2:
 "Baby, we can stay fly like a G6"

Did they just... I'm.... I'm stunned.  They worked in a reference to their last single in the follow up.  You couldn't have known that Like a G6 would blow up like it did, so why would you reference it.  You shouldn't refer to an older song until you've moved on to album number two.  (I'm aware of the fact that Far East Movement has released prior albums, but Like a G6 was the first time most of pop musicdom had heard of the band.)

"Go on to the next level, Super Mario
I hope this works out, cardio
Til' then let's fly, Geronimo"

Ah, hashtag rap.  Leave out the words that would form a simile, and throw the comparison on the end of your line like it's a punchline. 

Let's grade the lines here.
1) "Go on to the next level, Super Mario"
Not bad really.  It makes sense, and it certainly is something that their listeners will connect to. B-

2) "I hope this works out, cardio"
Ok.  Kind of obvious.  C-

3) "Til' then let's fly, Geronimo"
F- "Geronimo" is something people yell as they jump out of planes to skydive or jump off a cliff while bungee jumping.  Flying and Geronimo have NOTHING to do with each other!


Like I said, the song is inoffensive.  It's just dumb.