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Heard anything good yet?

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From:

koganbot

Cassie "Summer Charm" (not that I have the foggiest notion what month or year it actually leaked): Goes to a half-speed girl-group sound where she somehow achieves the same inexplicably imperious and insouciant vulnerability that she always does.

Cassie "Soldier 4 Your Love" (not that I have the foggiest...etc.) Would be a good but unsurprising r&b loneliness track that easily could be Paula DeAnda or JoJo in resolute sorrow except Cassie somehow achieves the same inexplicably imperious and insouciant...etc. and OMG it may be her greatest track ever, unless "Summer Charm" is or "Turn The Lights Off" is or [five or six others].

Brandy "I'm With You" (well, first heard it the last week in December, and not that I have the foggiest...etc.) Glistens up "Umbrella"-type swaying so as to give it a "Disturbia" shine.

Rihanna f. Akon "Emergency Room" (well, first heard it the last week in December, and not that I have the foggiest...etc.): Glistens up "Umbrella"-type swaying so as...etc., and Rihanna is dreaming hopefully that by withdrawing her love from Akon she will cause him to DIE OF GRIEF (so, kinda "Unfaithful" but with a happier attitude towards emotional murder)

Winfred E. Eye Til I Prune: Just got it. On their first album they got a good effect by taking a dark bluesy growl and giving it dreamy drifting accompaniment. On this one they go for even more of the dreamy drift, and it's beautiful an' all but I haven't decided yet if the dreaminess is too much; maybe I'll decide it's just right and I'll stop holding against the album that it fits in with modern indie's uncommitted soundscaping. (The first album took several months to really penetrate.)

Pink "Could've Had Everything" (has been around for a couple months as a bonus track, but I just heard it): Gives a gentle lilt to Pink's basic raw sadness.

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misspelledwerd.livejournal.com

Is there a version of "Soldier 4 Your Love" with Cassie? 'cause I can only find a demo w/ Jenna???.

Also, that Rihanna feat. Akon song isn't Rihanna feat. Akon. It's a demo for her; the singer (/co-songwriter) is the brilliant Priscilla Renea, who's been posting awesome youtube videos since like summer 2006 (pretty much all of them are gone, but some people posted a few mp3s on imeem). She's amazing at mimicking singers (that's definitely not her at her best). Anyway, she's releasing her own ep in March and an album in the summer.

From:

koganbot

Ha! I had no idea. I've been mizled. So perhaps the "Soldier 4 Your Love" is Jenna mimicking Cassie, too? I'll have to do some searches more and find out.

From:

koganbot

Also, I've seen "Soldier 4 Your Love" attributed to Cassie, to Jenna, and to Aubrey formerly of Danity Kane. Probably explains why it sounded more standard and less like Cassie to me, but I love it, whoever it is.

From:

koganbot

There only seems to be one version of "Soldier 4 Your Love," whoever it's by.

From:

koganbot

OK, here's Renea talking about it on YouTube. I probably would have guessed that "Soldier 4 Your Love" wasn't Cassie, eventually, since the voice doesn't have Cassie's blank space, and the singing wasn't Cassie's usual approach, but I would never have guessed "Emergency Room" wasn't Rihanna if you hadn't told me. Now that I listen, I hear how the voice is significantly thinner than Rihanna's usually is - but I'm only noticing that because I'm looking for differences. I hope the snafu doesn't cause Rihanna to can the song, though I wouldn't be surprised if it does.