Good Stuff Released 29th November 2010:
James Blake – “Limit to Your Love”
I have to admit, I know little about James Blake, but what I can tell you is that today he has released an absolutely beautiful song. Very simple, with often just a piano part, vocals, and dark, throbbing ambient backing, this track is stark and haunting, with very interesting production and effect laid throughout that only serve to increase the generally somber, depressive atmosphere. Its not a happy song, and lyrical its content also reflects this. If you like you music to be happy happy smiley nicey then this won’t be for you, but if you like a bit of bleak realism every now and then, check it out. I found it staggeringly good, and the accompanying video is subtly fantastic too.
Mark Ronson & the Business Intl. – “Somebody to Love Me”
The video for this track just makes me long for the 1980s. Fair enough, there was a bad economy and no one had any jobs then either, but there was a vague romanticism in the air, of rebellion, of impulse, of individuality. We’ve all got a bit boring and sensible in the past 25 years. Anyway, I digress. Here, Mark Ronson provides us again with a great single from his new album, which in my opinion is much better and far more interesting than his last offering. More slow paced, but still with a strong beat and chorus hook, this is a good song, and demonstrates that behind all the scandal and exaggeration, Boy George is still quite a good singer.
Bad Stuff Released 29th November 2010:
Nicki Minaj – “Right Thru Me”
Aside from the dreadfully unnecessary introduction to the video, with a positively gratuitous usage of the word “disrespecting”, this track is a perfect example of the shitty levels contemporary R&B has sunk to. It’s become a weird amalgamation of turn of the centaury dance music and quite storm, which to me sounds sooo dated. I also don’t like her hard, Newe Yeork style of singing, and just generally am getting so sick of the strong independent black girl/all I need is a good man thing. Yet it’s had 9.5 million hits. Go figure.
See this at Here Comes Everyone: http://t.co/uauX25j
