I enjoy Travis Barker in the way that I enjoy Tom Cruise, I rarely have anything good to say about the man but I pay attention all the same because of celebrity. That sounds kind of mean actually, I don’t think that Barker is bound to do anything that will put him remotely in the same arena as Cruise…cough, cough. I enjoyed Barker’s short-lived reality series and it wasn’t too long ago that he was a key part of a pretty cool band with Rob Aston and Tim Armstrong (who is currently recording the follow up to Rancid’s 2003 album Indestructable). It’s such shining glimpses of talent, such as this video, that keep him out of that whole Cruise sub-level of bizaare psycho-celebrity. How’s that for a back-handed compliment? Any way you look at it, this is the best version of T-Pain’s “Low” that I’ve ever heard (…too easy)? If you check out this next video though I think you’ll begin to understand my ever present flip-floppery:

See? But then I watch something like this and kind of like him again, just what is a boy to do:

Mark Hoppus: “I can barely play my instrument.” I think I’ve taken enough cheap shots for one post.

T-Pain feat. Flo Rida “Low (Travis Barker Studio Session Mix)” (mp3)

Travis Barker – MySpace Site

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