The Feeling- I Thought It Was Over
on March 20th, 2008 by Dj top chart
To note that The Feeling polarise opinion is like saying Britney’s lacking a bit of direction at the moment. Twelve Stops and Home, their debut album, found its way into 800,000 British homes, but as many again sneered at it for being “boring”, “derivative” and, worst of all, “soft rock”. ‘I Thought It Was Over’, the lead single from their follow-up disc, Join With Us, is likely to widen the divide.
Springing from that most unfashionable of musical sub-genres, early eighties dance-rock, it’s a taste-shunning riot of tinny synths, cock rock guitar riffs and ‘Radio Ga Ga’ drum breaks. The references to the fall of the Berlin Wall tend towards crassness - “Another year and the job was done, the old republic was dead and gone” sounds like an excerpt from a damning GSCE examiner’s report – but, wrapped in a package this infectious, it’s hard to hold a grudge. The Feeling’s knack for crafting big, glorious pop hooks hasn’t deserted them, and, as ever, Dan Gillespie-Sells has a way of making ordinary sentiments sound very moving indeed.
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Cassie-is it you
on March 18th, 2008 by Dj top chart
“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.
moreLupe Fiasco - Santos Superstar
on March 17th, 2008 by Dj top chart
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.
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