Are you meant to choose singles for this thing? Ah well, never mind. This is an absolute cracker of a song. It’s got that right mix I need for a ballad- a dash of melancholy, a bit of hopefulness, simplistic but inspired lyrics….and yeah, something that might make you cry just that little BIT (see also: Breaking the Law from the same album). Emeli’s ballads range from the trite through to the downright depressing, but Hope plays it right with its positive vibes. It’s not all doom and gloom, but it’s all definitely still balladry. Much better than that Read All About It dross she was peddling at the Olympics in that minging dress and those horrid Grandma boots anyway.
45. Global Empress and Celebrated Megastar Cher Lloyd ft. Sean Kingston- Rum and Raybans
What would my countdown be if not for Cher Lloyd? Here, we’ve got one of the year’s most unexpected and…frankly…unwanted collaborations. I don’t know why Cher agreed to it, I don’t know why Sean thought Cher Lloyd of rural Worcestershire was the right girl for Tropical Island vibes. But it just….works. 2012’s been all about the ‘drop’. That BOOOMWAGGAAGAWAGGAGAAPYUMDMMM noise. That sound you kinda shake yourself to awkwardly in the club (is it just me that never fully knows what to do with themselves during the wubstep breakdown of Hold It Against Me?). The Lord provides herself to be a competent hook girl on this “dubby banger”, and Rum and Raybans will fit itself perfectly as one of the loose ends in the backwaters of Cher’s discography in years to come.
I don't think she'll ever beat Nasti Muzik, but I love the experimental direction she takes on Motor Mouf
I was NOT prepared for the amount of jam realness on MotorMouf.
Turn You Out and Half on a Room are legit some of the best things she ever done. I'm trying to avoid putting multiple copies of songs by artists into this countdown but she TEMPTED me Madonnas.
I was NOT prepared for the amount of jam realness on MotorMouf.
Turn You Out and Half on a Room are legit some of the best things she ever done. I'm trying to avoid putting multiple copies of songs by artists into this countdown but she TEMPTED me Madonnas.
Let me go scan through your rate now.
Turn You Out really took me for a LOOP, but obviously the BEST song on it is either ***** Bill or Dickmatize.
Yas, Swedish House Mafia, Khia and Cheryl Hole. And the Supreme Queen of Pop, Rap, Dance, R&B, Folktronica, Witch House, Music, Hair, Life, and Breathing Cher Lloyd.
Yas, Swedish House Mafia, Khia and Cheryl Hole. And the Supreme Queen of Pop, Rap, Dance, R&B, Folktronica, Witch House, Music, Hair, Life, and Breathing Cher Lloyd.