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Uploaded this batch days ago, but better late than never. :P

Lady Sovereign - Sad Arse Strippa

Bugged [livejournal.com profile] cis to get me this. XD Basically it's a song about how another song ("Bad Ass Strippa") and the UK R&B starlet who sings it (Jentina) suck donkey balls through a thin straw. The tailor-made venom of the put-down is more evident if you've heard the latter; I've only got it as part of a mix; but a quick google will tell you what you can imagine already even if you're not ahhh lucky enough to live in a part of the world where she's on the radio, namely that Jentina's something of a soft target. Am fairly fascinated by this track all the same. There's a quality of adolescent aggression to it. That turn of phrase is redolent of skater punks breaking windshields on parked cars, but what I mean is a sort of... idealism? That is, the utter disdain with which Lady Sov hisses "fucking fake" makes me extrapolate the existence of a sort of musical-industry Death Note, in which one writes the name of a performing artist, then has 6 minutes 40 seconds to detail the death of his/her career in the most baroque/embarrassing/ironically appropriate manner imaginable. I can see such an object floating about in the world; it would explain a lot, actually.

(Whose career would you kill - and how, and why?)

...Er, is genre of hip-hop called grime. I mention because the effect is startling if you've never heard any.

The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song

The last of the wine Christmas music. Bloggers kept mentioning this one, [livejournal.com profile] helvetius finally found someone who posted it... Basically it's one of those indiepop songs that sail right back up the river of time to ev'ry sha-la-la-la, ev'ry whoa-o-oah, please-please-mister-postman territory, all the while someone shaking a tambourine in the background to remind you it's Christmas. Appropriately enough only 2:13. Effing beautiful is what it is.

Boom Bass and Étienne de Crécy - Bit Torrent

French instrumental electro-house. I put it up and you're going to download it because it's called "Bit Torrent" (other track titles on this album include "Audio Galaxy", "Morpheus" and "Soul Seek"). Well, either that or you like French electro-house as much as I do. XD

Maeda Yuki - Sarasara no kawa

This is my Haruie songcall. ...Yeah, yeah, you were hoping to make it to the end of one single entry without Dreaded Japanese Novel Series content. Well, bite me. :P If I were making up genres I would call this "contemporary enka". One imagines it being used as the ending theme to a historical TV drama - but not one aired before the year 2000. Not much to say else, other than I like it very very much.

Date: 2004-12-30 09:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cis.livejournal.com
'Sad Arse Strippah' is only half grime, though - the production on the Jentina original is very Timbaland (whether actually him or no). It's just Sov's voice that makes it sound grimey.

Also, her Death Note totally worked - 'french kisses' was like a dozen times better than 'bad ass strippah' and died a death. (if you google jentina, I think you can find the videos to both singles, btw.)

I love how the Raveonettes have, like, only one song, just with different levels of fuzz on top. *squishes them*

Date: 2004-12-30 06:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jantalaimon.livejournal.com
we should refer to this subgenre as "grip hop." yes. ^^

Date: 2004-12-30 11:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amamiyarin.livejournal.com
am d/l-ing. I need the distraction. =)
Oohhh... Bit Torrent. XD

Date: 2005-01-05 04:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lesstraveled.livejournal.com
I haven't heard the song that this slams, but I found myself, uhm, doubting that Lady S.'s ability fuck up Jentina's career after that line about the ... the pigeons. And the chickens. O_O;;; (But thank you for the downloads! Very er educational. ^^;)

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