kda feat tinie tempah & katy b - turn the music louder (rumble)
[UPDATED with official video!]
it's a big week for this underground dance track as it gets a serious overground makeover with a rap by tinie tempah and some hawt vocals by katy b on the mix. already getting major play all over radio 1 and kiss fm, this is gonna be falls big dance smash!
cheryl cole feat tinie tempah - crazy stupid love
i know i said the song left me meh last week, but it's slowly turned into a silly fun summer song for me. plus when she smiles perfectly at the camera, all bets are off!
cheryl cole feat tinie tempah - crazy stupid love
hand claps, a sax hook and a catchy chorus, the return of cheryl cole is built for total pop domination, but weirdly it's kind of lackluster. maybe it's a grower...
tinie tempah feat john martin - children of the sun
definitely more mainstream than his previous effort trampoline, this has an air of 'important' rap/pop song for the masses and could well offer some serious crossover appeal to US radio. what do you think?
tinie tempah feat 2 chainz - trampoline (lyric video)
diplo is in on the mix and the end result is a naughty fun twerk inducing silly anthem listing the crazy life that tinie has been living since his success. is this post hoochie? whatever it is, it's fun, it's catchy and i love it yo!!!
calvin harris feat tinie tempah - drinking from the bottle
nothing like spending a few mins with a pot smoking, hooker biting, bootie twerking loving angry devil. thank you calvin harris!
ellie goulding feat tinie tempah - hanging on (active child cover)
it was our song of the week last week and now we get the official video for this gorgeous cover! so excited to hear the new material and from the sounds of it, it'll be a lush experience! btw, if you love this song, you can download it for free here
ellie goulding feat tinie tempah - hanging on
as she's found her way into the US top 10 with her now classic 'lights', ellie is offering up new material for the rest of her fans teasing her way to her upcoming sophomore effort. the track is complex yet glorious and i can't wait to hear the remixes for this! oh and if you want it, it's available for free! love!
rita ora feat tinie tempah - r.i.p.
[it's definitely interesting to see the progression of how far the definition of a 'popular music' goes these days. case in point, rita ora's current smash has elements of dubstep, hip hop swagger, a sweet sample from nneka's 2009 anthem "heartbeat" and the poppiest vocal hook i've heard in awhile (thanks to rapper drake no less). weirdly, the mash up works wonders and offers rita a possible #1 this weekend on the UK charts. edgy pop lab experiment = success!]
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]
tinie tempah feat ellie goulding - wonderman
[alot of work went into making this video, but maybe just a little bit of that effort should have gone into making my girl ellie a smidgen less matronly... just a smidgen!]
swedish house mafia vs tinie tempah - miami 2 ibiza
[oh this song is so cheesy that it's almost perfect! throw in the fact that tinie really offers up some sweet catchy stuff and you've got one brilliant piece of dancefloor filler!]
tinie tempah feat eric turner - written in the stars
[wow this track song is SO primed to be released over in the US (the video is even shot in NYC). but before they do a crossover number, let this track go to the pinnacle of the UK singles chart instead.]
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.
swedish house mafia feat pharrell - one
[what happens when you get 3 of the biggest dj's in the world (axwell, sebastian ingrosso and steve angello) combining their talents to form a 'superDJ group' called swedish house mafia? you quickly produce one of the biggest dance smashes of the year (with pharrell no less) and just sit back and watch the club world go bonkers.
what do you do for a 2nd act, you get the talent of hot UK rapper tinie tempah and continue with the same vibe and produce what radio 1 dj zane lowe calls the hottest record in the world this week. holy shizz things are going well for this side project!]
