World Cup fever is in full swing! The official 2010 FIFA World Cup album Listen Up! certainly helps capture the spirit of the games.
Included in the album is that Waka Waka song by Shakira (with a Spansih version as well), Wavin' Flag (which is the song you've been hearing with the World Cup previews on TV). It also includes all the 'official' world cup songs like the official world cup anthem, R.Kelly's Sign Of Victory, Waka Waka (which is the official SONG), and the official mascot's song, Game On by Pitbull.
Take note though, this is a very international album, which means it has a bit of everything. So there are going to be Spanish grunge songs, European dance tracks, tropical chill out & percussion tracks, etc.
Notable tracks include Shosholoza 2010 (various artists), Move On Up (John Legend and Angelique Kidjo), and One Day (Matisyahu). Most of the other tracks, as I said are just international pop trash.
Esmee Denters was discovered by Justin Timberlake through YouTube. She was one of the hundred of artists posting videos of covers. Lucky for her, Justin liked what he saw and signed her up with his record label.
Love Dealer sounds like and feels like a Justin Timberlake song, but with female vocals. He starts out the song with some rap then it's Esmee all the way. That's pretty brilliant actually. Since everything sounds like a JT track, it's like he's extending his persona to Esmee, and along with it he hopefully extends his fans.
And of course, an obvious, requisite, and expected last comment: Esmee's pretty hot. Enjoy!
Last for this week is Nas & Damian Marley with As We Enter from the Distant Relatives album.
Damian Marley's vocals actually remind me of Matisyahu. The quick reggae vocals mix well with hiphop. A very interesting mix indeed. I loved Matisyahu and this I think is the hiphop equivalent.
A lot of the tracks have either a hiphop or reggae base, but no song is just purely one style. There are no songs only by Nas or only by Damien, they all truly are collaborations. So it's fitting that in my itunes the artist is "Nas & Damien Marley". It's not Nas featuring Damien or the other way around.
This is a pretty decent album in as much as it offers something new. As mentioned, it's a brilliant marriage of the hiphop & reggae vibe. When you first start to listen to it, your body kinda gets confused on which vibe to respond to, but before you get a chance to complain, you're already bobbing to a brilliant musical mashup.
No comments:
Post a Comment