the most important pop things this week
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poptimistsOK all I can see on my last.fm friends page is Radiohead Radiohead Radiofvckingboringhead and I want y'all to STOP IT NOW it is hurting me in my heart! Here is a list of BETTER THINGS.
1. New Sugababes album released on the same day. I haven't heard it yet and would like to hear more about it, but I grow more in love with the single daily and frankly it should have far outstripped R****head as a topic of poptimist discussion. SHAME!
2. 'Bean Pop' by KP is an addictive bouncing southern hip-hop thing. The dancing in the video is brilliant; I like the girl whose top says GO AWAY, and the dance move where they mime popping a pill.
3. I have been waiting for a proper video to emerge for Cassie's 'Is It You?' but have resigned myself to this never happening - nevertheless the song is one of the most fantastic bubblegum things of the year. If you liked Cassie's album you will like this.
3. New Alicia Keys single! I think Alicia has one of the greatest voices around - her albums are both a bit samey but she has a really magnificent string of singles going. 'No One' is no disappointment - she's added a bit of a Mary J rasp to her voice which works very well, the bridge is amazing and the oh-oh-oh-oh-ohs of the outro are finally what make me fall hard for this. Google alicia keys no one site:zshare.net and you'll find it, here's the video.
4. I first heard Durrty Goodz's Axiom EP mixtape last week and it has totally blown me away - nine tight, focused grime bombs, not a wasted moment on the whole thing. This is the only song on youtube, 'Keep Up', and it's terrific - that sing-song flow! That incredible beat! - but there's even better on the album eg 'The Youngers' on which Goodz creates a schoolkid persona and feeds his voice through a machine for it accordingly, 'Give Me The Music' which is this glorious closing track featuring Ny, 'The Weather Man' which is a true banger...
5. Chamillionaire's new video is a MUST-SEE - a nine-minute concept video combining his new single 'Hip Hop Police' (straight-up irresistible hip-hop banger) and 'The Evening News' which is all CURRENT AFFAIRS and POLITICAL - and which works! We get commentary on racism, the Don Imus "nappy-headed hos" incident, Dubya and climate change, and it ends by calling for the APOCALYPSE. It is mad and brilliant.
6. And lastly, Miss Ashley Tisdale is what Aly & AJ would be if they REALLY wanted to take us back to the golden age of Britney copyists - not in sound per se but in aesthetic. 'He Said She Said' features an intro cribbed off Bach, a bubblegum rap chorus and a totally catchy melody. Five years ago this would have been a shoe-in for the top 10, now it appears we have to murder Jo Whiley for this to happen. I'm up for that!
There! No excuses now.
1. New Sugababes album released on the same day. I haven't heard it yet and would like to hear more about it, but I grow more in love with the single daily and frankly it should have far outstripped R****head as a topic of poptimist discussion. SHAME!
2. 'Bean Pop' by KP is an addictive bouncing southern hip-hop thing. The dancing in the video is brilliant; I like the girl whose top says GO AWAY, and the dance move where they mime popping a pill.
3. I have been waiting for a proper video to emerge for Cassie's 'Is It You?' but have resigned myself to this never happening - nevertheless the song is one of the most fantastic bubblegum things of the year. If you liked Cassie's album you will like this.
3. New Alicia Keys single! I think Alicia has one of the greatest voices around - her albums are both a bit samey but she has a really magnificent string of singles going. 'No One' is no disappointment - she's added a bit of a Mary J rasp to her voice which works very well, the bridge is amazing and the oh-oh-oh-oh-ohs of the outro are finally what make me fall hard for this. Google alicia keys no one site:zshare.net and you'll find it, here's the video.
4. I first heard Durrty Goodz's Axiom EP mixtape last week and it has totally blown me away - nine tight, focused grime bombs, not a wasted moment on the whole thing. This is the only song on youtube, 'Keep Up', and it's terrific - that sing-song flow! That incredible beat! - but there's even better on the album eg 'The Youngers' on which Goodz creates a schoolkid persona and feeds his voice through a machine for it accordingly, 'Give Me The Music' which is this glorious closing track featuring Ny, 'The Weather Man' which is a true banger...
5. Chamillionaire's new video is a MUST-SEE - a nine-minute concept video combining his new single 'Hip Hop Police' (straight-up irresistible hip-hop banger) and 'The Evening News' which is all CURRENT AFFAIRS and POLITICAL - and which works! We get commentary on racism, the Don Imus "nappy-headed hos" incident, Dubya and climate change, and it ends by calling for the APOCALYPSE. It is mad and brilliant.
6. And lastly, Miss Ashley Tisdale is what Aly & AJ would be if they REALLY wanted to take us back to the golden age of Britney copyists - not in sound per se but in aesthetic. 'He Said She Said' features an intro cribbed off Bach, a bubblegum rap chorus and a totally catchy melody. Five years ago this would have been a shoe-in for the top 10, now it appears we have to murder Jo Whiley for this to happen. I'm up for that!
There! No excuses now.
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Better late than never
Date: 2007-10-13 10:38 am (UTC)Cassie - this is awesome. Also, have you noticed it has exactly the same opening line as House of Cards off the new Radiohead ARGH stop where are you taking me???
Alicia Keys - I disagree with Alex, her voice is horrible.
Durrty Goodz - tremendous, made me really excited about hearing Axiom, especially as I have been caning the Tinchy album lately. The backing isn't all it could be but is flow as usual is so good. There's been some nastiness involving Doogz that's put me off listening to anything he's done of late and I can't quite get that bad taste out of my mind though.
Chamillionaire - I was thinking 'it's alright' up until the Evening News and then WTF this is batshit! I haven't heard of this 'nappy headed ho' controversy although I'm not sure it needs to be explained to me.
Ashley Tidsdale - This didn't do much for me. All the right bits in all the right places but dare I say there's a spark missing?
Re: Better late than never
Date: 2007-10-13 12:05 pm (UTC)"Nappy-headed hos" - Don Imus (apparently a controversial US radio shock jock?) called...some women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos", controversy ensued and I think he was quite rightly taken off air.
The idea of T Yorke singing "I'm looking for a lover, not a friend" is creeping me out!