sigma feat labrinth - higher
call it a winning formula, but after the success of their collaboration with paloma faith, sigma have smartly found the talents of another vocalist/singer songwriter, labrinth, and given his sound a solid breakbeat backdrop. pre-destined to be a crossover hit, get ready to be hearing this track ALOT in the coming weeks!
jessie ware - jealous (labrinth cover) (live @ bbc live lounge)
hot damn! the ever brilliant jessie ware does an excellent cover of labrinth's current ballad (which truth be told, has never left much of an impression... until now!) and even mashes it up with a verse from chaka khan's "through the fire". not much more to say than just press play and enjoy this wonderful wonderful cover.
apologies for my complete lack of descriptions. i am away for work, but wanted to leave you a mini mix of wonderful songs for you to discover every day this week. press play. see if you like. discover new music. spread the word.
labrinth feat emeli sande - beneath your beautiful
performed live last weekend on the x-factor uk, this song (co penned by emeli, labrinth and mike posner) is one of those power duet ballads that really deserves to be at the closing credits of a soundtrack. i love how emeli has emerged as one of UK's biggest stars at the moment (plus she looks amazing these days too).
11. Olly Murs feat Rizzle Kicks – Heart Skips A Beat / Dance With Me Tonight
[alot of my newfound love of olly murs stems from his co-hosting gig on the UK xtra factor. his affable demeanor and catchy retro pop sound is just too crowd pleasing to ignore!]
12. Chris Brown feat Benny Bennasi – Beautiful People / Chris Brown feat Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now
[the open club silliness of 'beautiful people' is just too brilliant to ignore. with a pulsating beat and preposterous lyrics about inner beauty, it's definitely a gem unto itself! flip side to 'look at me now' and chris brown turns into a swagger filled lyrical hoodlum with the help of busta and lil wayne. the end result is two diverse sides to a fabulous coin that deserves props for 2011]
13. Bruno Mars – It Will Rain
[it's probably the most overproduced, over the top, oversung ballad of the year and yet it still managed to be one of the best cheesy songs o the year. bravo!!!]
14. Lady Gaga – The Edge of Glory
[to be honest, i love this song cause i sound like a real dude when singing this at karaoke. (fist pump) alright! alright! alright!]
15. Labrinth feat Tinie Tempah – Earthquake
[the best bassline for a pop song i've heard all year also has the stupidest lyrics about earthquakes and bombs and groundbreakers. it's rare that one can offer stank face grooves and still be awesomely silly in one go. brilliant!]
16. LMFAO – I’m Sexy And I Know It
[i love that the lmfao guys are basically a club clown act and own it (plus they work out!). wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah!]
17. Nicole Scherzinger – Don’t Hold Your Breath / Right There
[nicole offered two perfectly derivative songs for the year and proved that if you pay big bucks for strong songs you will be part of the music landscape... no matter how meh you are in real life!]
18. Cobra Starship feat Sabi – You Make Me Feel
[it's just so damm catchy... i have no other reason!]
19. Pitbull feat Neyo, Afrojack and Nayer – Give Me Everything
[i'm convinced that the lyric is 'grab somebody sexy time so hey!']
20. Gym Class Heroes feat Adam Levine – Stereo Hearts
[every time i hear a GCH track it takes me ages to admit that i like it. throw in the fact that i'm lukewarm about adam levine and well... it's only taken me til the end of the year to admit that this is a solid pop song for the guilty pleasure section]
labrinth feat tinie tempah - earthquake
[just three days after i posted the lyrics video of this song, may i present to you the official video. the bass is still wonderfully sick!!]
labrinth feat tinie tempah - earthquake
[this is a surprisingly dirty stank face groove coming from pop soulster labrinth. turn it up cause it's pretty darn impressive]
yasmin - finish line
[there's no doubt that yasmin is a hottie with just the right amount of cool circling around everything she does. but after the awesome-ness of her shyfx produced first single, this labrinth produced follow up is kind of underwhelming. hopefully the remixes will be fiercer?]
[after yesterdays' awesome announcement that the BBC chose jessie j as their sound of 2011 (compiled by a group of music critics, broadcasters and bloggers), i figured i'd offer up 2 sweet remixes of her current single 'do it like a dude'. jessie was already a fave of ours last year, so we're just SO happy that she's getting the boost from the tastemakers of the industry! can't wait to see her performance at the Brit awards!]
labrinth - let the sun shine
[even though this insanely catchy song has THE most twee bridge i've heard all year, the main crux of the song is so perfectly constructed that i totally am willing to ignore my better judgement (and that totally is kudos to the power of this song). you'll be humming this all day long and you'll either thank or curse me for it! enjoy!]
labrinth - let the sun shine
[nothing like a piece of utterly catchy pop music make your morning all better! labrinth (aka timothy mckenzie) is a singer/songwriter with two #1 hits under his belt thanks to his collaborations with UK rapper tinie tempah... it's definitely now his turn!]
UPDATE: check out this video that perfectly uses labrinth's music! though it says it's the official video, i think it's more viral than the official.
