Ciara's 'Promise' is probably going to be my no 1 single of the year

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yet the ilx thread seems to consist of about three people and I want to rhapsodise about it without feeling like I'm just talking to myself!

I talked about it here, there is also a link to the video (a dancing video! for a ballad!). Stuff I didn't pick up on until I'd heard the full quality mp3: wonderfully tactile bass, awesome Daft Punk-esque vocodered backing vocals, light sensual breathing used as part of the percussion. This song is astonishing and I am completely obsessed with it.

Hip-Hop

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Like a hedgehog shaking itself awake after the long winter, the part of my brain marked "Liking Hip-Hop" awoke from dormancy over the weekend, and now I want to know what I've been missing out on. Anyone want to fill me in on the best tracks of '06 so far?

ALSO - Now 65 is out in a week or two, so today's Jop poll may be a NOW poll (or may not exist, dependent on how much work I have). We've polled all the songs on it before, obviously.

The History Of Jop Part 19 aka You have so many relationships in this life

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I decided to do a Jop poll after all, so here's 1997. With "Lovefool" left off for appearing twice, you have nine picks on twenty-five songs - a generous allowance!

( He picks the songs that remind him of the better days )

Joptimism 1996: Predictable, Us?

1. Common People (38 votes)
2=. California Love (33 votes)
2=. Born Slippy (33 votes)
4. Lovefool (31)
5. No Diggity (30)
6. Woo Hah! Got You All In Check! (28)
7. Setting Sun (23)
8. 1979 (20)
9=. Ready Or Not (19)
9=. Macarena (19)

Thank heaven the Macarena scraped in there ahead of Beck!]

TYPO ERROR: That should be "Cornershop" doing Brimful of Asha, not Chumbawamba - apologies for Cornershop and all their fans. Also it's "Da Funk" not "The Funk". Mondays, eh.