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Friday, October 10, 2008

♫ John Legend feat. Brandy - Quickly (full) - listen
Check out the Midi Mafia-produced new track “Quickly” from John Legend and Brandy. I’m already a fan of Brandy’s vocals, and I’m really digging John Legend’s new material from his upcoming third studio album, Evolver, which is due out October 28th. Their tones match really well together. I definitely think that this should be a single from Legend’s new set. This record really is amazing.

♫ M.I.A. feat. Jay-Z - Boyz (Remix) (full) - listen
Although this song is old as dirt, here’s a new remix of M.I.A.’s single, “Boyz,” featuring none other than Jay-Z, from her second album, Kala, which has picked up a lot because of the success of the latest single, “Paper Planes.” I was a fan of the album before, but it seems like people are just now getting on it. M.I.A. will rerelease Kala on November 4th (it originally released in August of 2007), while Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 is rumored to drop in December.

♫ London - You Should Be Loved (full) - REMOVED
We featured London in our Hot or Not section. He’s one of the latest signees to Universal-Motown. It’s good to hear some new material from him. “You Should Be Loved” has the 80’s pop-synth sound that everyone has been going for lately. I guess the closest thing I could say it feels like is Usher’s “Trading Places,” but not over-produced, with a more organic feel to it. London needs to get out a new single to create some more buzz.

♫ Joe - Heavy (full) - listen
Check out the Darkchild-produced “Heavy,” an outtake/bonus track from Joe’s new album, New Man, which dropped on September 30th, with little promotion. There’s nothing spectacular to be said about the song, which is disappointing, because I pretty much felt the same way about the album, and I hate saying that, because I enjoy Joe as a vocalist.