Well, before I start posting, I'd like to apologize for taking this long to give you another update, but this week has been CRA-ZY at work. It has pretty much kept me incredibly busy. So, I had NO TIME to think about anything else but tests, resource books, grades and blah blah blah. And I would also like to say that if I didn't coment on your best of, it doesn't mean that I don't care about you, it's just that I had no time at all this week. Anyway, I PROMISE that next week everything will be said and done and I'll be able to coment and post more often.
Having said that, let's start with the real stuff. This years I saw myself obligated to do something different than previous years. I'm gonna start posting the singles because the albums list isn't final yet. So, I'm gonna start posting the singles, then I'm gonna interrupt the singles to start posting the albums, after finishing the albums, I'll continue with the singles. A MESS, I know, but I had no other choice, unfortunately.
| OneRepublic
Secrets
Waking Up
Well, OneRepublic never fails to deliver good songs, even though the person behind them is Ryan Tedder, aka the producer better known for recycling old stuff and making it into a "new" song. Secrets is a good song and definitely one of the best songs in their album Waking Up, but it's not remarkable. It's not the kind of song that gets stucks in your head or that makes you sing along with Ryan. It just goes unnoticed. At least for me. |
| Rihanna
Rockstar 101 (feat. Slash)
Rated R
When I first listened to Rated R, this song was one the songs to standout the most along with Rude Boy, Fire Bomb and Hard. This song being one of my favorites from her album didn't exactly mean that I wanted it to be released as a single though. It's just not strong single material. This song had flop written all over it. I like this song but I knew from the beginning this would flop, just didn't think it would flop as hard as it did. |
| Mary J Blige
We Got Hood Love (feat. Trey Songz)
Stronger withEach Tear
This is a great song. It describes perfectly our feelings when we love somebody, we just give and give without actually expecting to get it back because we just feel like that. And even though I like this song I didn't spin it that much this year cause this is a geat song indeed, but still one of my least favorites from her last couple of eras. |
| Shakira
Gypsy
She Wolf
I gotta say I just LOVE the vibe of this song. It's nice, it's light, it's relaxing, Shakira definetly has a unique and vesatile voice, she can sound aggressive as a lion (or a wolf for that matter, lol) if she wants, but her voice is smooth and soft here which makes this song very sweet even though the lyrics aren't so much about being sweet. LOL |
| Jessie James
Boys In The Summer
Daughter Of A Gypsy
Even though this is anobvious attempt to recriate a song like Wanted, something that this song didn't even come close, this is good. It wasn't a smash or an obvious single choice or something but still a nice jam. I kinda want to see Jessie taking more risks next time and come with a more different sound than this because this country influenced pop songs aren't working for her. |