
You all know Mark Brown as one half of MYNC Project and label head of the hugely successful Cr2 Records. Now he’s jumped behind the production desk himself and teamed up with the mighty Positiva Records to maximise the impact
Here is the stunning debut single title “The Journey Continues”, in which Mark enlisted the help of one of the finest female vocalists of today… Sarah Cracknell, who has had huge success with Saint Etienne.
Sarah has penned a vocal for the track and together they have delivered a stunner. Man of minute and Hyper pal Micky Slim thrashes his electro wand over it.
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“Is It You?” is taken from the Step Up 2 soundtrack, which is shaping up to be huge, and is rumoured to be appearing on her new album as well.
The track is produced by Ryan Leslie (didn’t take a lot of guessing) and is actually pretty hot, Cassie seems to have improved her vocals quite a lot.
The video is pretty standard, shots from the movie, which I’m sure will be a smash hit after the success of the first one. Let’s hope that Cassie will keep on improving and will end up to be more than a pretty face.
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The name of Lupe Fiasco’s sophomore set sounds like a Kanye-ism, and that’s fitting: The Cool spills over with Mr. West-style urgency, and it’s just about as smart as anything Fiasco’s more flamboyant mentor has issued. It could even land Lupe a little too close to the top of the hip-hop heap for Kanye’s comfort. The Cool is cool not only for its sober, clear-headed vibe — Fiasco ponders everything from the apocalypse to poverty to the weight of worldly possessions in these songs, some of them produced with a level of sensitivity uncommon among studio tracks by Soundtrakk — but also for its potential. Songs like “Dumb It Down,” about the music industry’s insistence on the same old sorry themes, burn with relatability and realness. But others go deeper. “Little Weapon,” produced by Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, and “Intruder Alert” shape-shift customary hip-hop dialogue to let the issues of the day come sharply into focus. They make you think. Overall, The Cool is fevered, fierce, and at times furious, but so is Lupe Fiasco, and the album easily earns its spot as one of the top 10 CDs of 2007.