The Friday Five: April 26, 2013
On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button in iTunes and share the first five tracks and thought for each track.
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On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button in iTunes and share the first five tracks and thought for each track.
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Though the term "crush" insinuates an inane, temporal connection with certain subjects, I was able to argue instead that the "Black girl crush" reflects a deep admiration for women of color in the limelight whose careers affirm that our ambitions are hardly anomalous and certainly attainable.
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"I'm not of-the-moment. I am a classic, yeah, I live at the MoMA," Estelle says in "The Life", the opening song from her new album All of Me. The UK rapper/singer intends this as a boast, of course, but it also highlights a key difference between her and most of the other women in her field.
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For her latest album, All of Me , singer-songwriter Estelle is singing from the heart.
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As if to show nameless super-group of dudes Gorillaz/ Andre 3000/ James Murphy from last week's premiered "DoYaThing" that girls can do their "thing" just as funk-tastically, Estelle and Janelle Monae have hooked up for a fun lil' retro-baked jingle edu-taining the benefits of being an individual.
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Estelle dazzles when she commands the stage, both in her spirit and her vocal capabilities, and Tuesday night (Feb. 28) at Irving Plaza in New York City, she stayed true to form for a set that lasted close to two hours.
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Estelle said she left the United Kingdom to pursue her career in America because performing R&B music back home was too tough.
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There were a number of hold-ups in the process of getting Estelle 's album released in a post-Nicki Minaj world, one in which her R&B/neo-soul scene has been largely overtaken by newcomers. 2008's Shine won over more than a few American boys, showing a vocal flexibility in the most glamorous and disco-popping of ways.
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"Ain't slowing down, I only know speed," raps Estelle on All of Me's second track.
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"But it's bloody freezing in here," she complains, and so refuses to relinquish her long red coat, her even longer scarf, and, perhaps a touch preposterously on a day as overcast as this, her pair of large sunglasses.
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Homeschool/Atlantic recording artist Estelle's new album 'All Of Me' ' which follows the Grammy Award-winning singer's 2008 album, 'Shine' ' will be released on March 12th, 2012, in the UK.
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It may have taken long enough, but Brit songstress Estelle is finally ready to unveil the follow-up to her 2008 LP, Shine .
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Estelle says her songs have more 'energy' because she believes in them.
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"Freak," "Break My Heart" and the jams on her DJ Trauma-assisted mixtape among them.
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Back in 1989, British acts led by Soul II Soul burst out of the underground to create what remains the most important and pivotal time for UK soul.
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Despite its boasting of a solid Rick Ross feature and the type of opulent retro-R&B production the Bawse consistently scores with, Estelle 's "Break My Heart " only managed a modest peaking of #33 on the R&B/ Hip Hop Singles chart, planting the song as the latest in an ever-increasing string of post- "American Boy" / Shine singles by the British songstress to fail at making much of a major impression on the masses.
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Fresh off the success of her latest single 'Break My Heart,' singer Estelle wants to test out her rap skills on the song's remix.
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British singer Estelle talks about not being sure whether Rick Ross was suitable for her latest Single, "Break My Heart."
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We hadn't really heard much from Estelle before today.
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Now roll yourself off the couch and be grateful for something other than crescent rolls.
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John Legend and The Roots took over Terminal 5 in New York City on Thursday night (Sept. 23) to premiere their collaborative covers album 'Wake Up!' with the help of some surprise guests.
Read MoreSince apparently people weren't buying into the hip-house flavor Estelle was working on her last single, the clubby flop "Freak" , it makes sense that the British singer would do a quick about-face and revert back to the sound that earned her her largest crowd.
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For their first effort in almost a decade's time, hip-hop supergroup Reflection Eternal (that's MC with the mostest Talib Kweli and super producer extraordinaire Hi-Tek ) decided to put together something of a concept album.
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