Shine Accessories
 Rockferry
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Hard Candy
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Year Of The Gentleman
Something Else
Spirit
The Odd Couple
Santogold
Jennifer Hudson
Shine Reviews
Great CD I love nearly all the songs on here and really dig her vibe.
The compositions are what need work. Estelle's vocals are a mix between three: Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Lauryn Hill: There seems to be a bit much over-dubbing going on in post production. This collection of tunes isn't bad though. I think if Rodney Jerkins had produced / written this LP for Estelle, this would have been major ear candy. The writers are given kudos: The writing is great. There are no real hooks here. .
I heard American Boy on the radio the other day and just had to find out who was behind such a fun song. Definitely a unique sound, which is a bit hard to come by in R&B and hip-hop or music in general these days. Anyway, the rest of her album was pretty cool. I checked her out on iTunes, but they only have her previous albums. I had a feeling Amazon would have it because they usually do carry titles not found on iTunes, and luckily the program allows me to transfer to iPod. Sing on, Estelle.
I decided to give the rest of the album a try and was pleasantly surprised. Thought it was fun but not overly complex. She has a great beat, some songs with a jazzy-hip hop feel, and great lyrics. I had only heard Estelle's song with Kanye while I was in Italy.
Not happy about that. But amazon's price was ridiculous, so I'm not going to complain. Note: I bought the MP3 album version from Amazon, and "American Boy" has a curse word censored out.
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