Another Year In Pop: 38

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Sorry it's late dudes! This week sees barely anything new going on in the top 10 at all, and me feeling very stupid for not realising that P Diddy was just giffing on over a Jay-Z track instead of being a musical genius etc etc. I blame it all on the fact that I am HORRENDOUSLY busy (which has also meant a rather hasty poll, sorry if I've missed anything out).

[Poll #1265404]

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The arrangement of the Hudson (producers were Stargate, which I'm sure you aren't surprised at) has been fairly commonplace over the past year or so - the 4/4 beat hinting at a basic dance element, but fundamentally the song is a ballad or a midtempo jam. Alicia Keys' 'No One', Ne-Yo's 'Because Of You' and so on. I'm rather taken with the style, but it definitely needs a strong vocal and lyrical presence, both of which this provides in spades. I like that everything about it is so understated that you have to focus, eventually, on Hudson herself.

Though if you want disco here's the Quentin Harris mix (http://www.sendspace.com/file/7benx8)!