Jessie J- Wild Download+Review

Hey everyone! Jessie J recently unveiled her new single Wild, featuring Dizzee Rascal and Big Sean.  This is her first single to be released after Silver Lining (Crazy ‘Bout You) (2012) from the movie Silver Linings Playbook.  Check out a review of the new single down below. You can download the song on Itunes or Amazon MP3 down below.

Wild sounds like nothing Jessie J has ever done, and it holds true to it's name. It starts out with a very hard beat with a huge emphasis on the bass. The lyrics are the same way, with Jessie J spitting the lyrics like she has a vengeance. However, the mood of the song changes as quickly as it began, with Jessie J softening a bit into a more mid tempo chorus, yet the heavy instruments don't let up. However, the second verse quickly sets in, with Jessie J bringing back the same fierceness from the first verse. However, it cuts off rather quickly as we launch into Big Sean's verse, and even though it isn't very long (about 45 seconds) it manages to be a hit and miss throughout, with some of it not going with the beat whatsoever. However, overall it's a quick, enjoyable rap verse. After that, we go into the chorus one more time, followed by Dizzee's rap. Let's just say British rap is something you have to hear and review for yourself... :) Anyways, after his verse, the chorus plays again, and there, the song ends.

Overall, this is definitely not at all what I expected from Jessie J. However, it has a great new style that fits her perfectly, and I expect to be hearing it on the radio very soon.


           

                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                           -Colby

Beyonce- Grown Woman Review

Beyonce's newest single, Grown Woman, leaked on Tuesday, and of course I immediately stole someone's phone to hear it as soon as I heard about it. Now that I've listened to it over 2,000 times, I figured, why not do a review about it. Let's jump right in.

Grown Woman starts out with the familiar beat from the Pepsi ad, and becomes danceable from the get go. When the lyrics start in Beyonce manages to create a sound that's electric, laid back, and has almost an African feel at the same time. This is partly due to the electric feeling beat being joined with marching drums, that work perfectly with the swaggerish lyrics Beyonce fiercely sings out. Sometimes overlaid on her swaggerish, yet also (somehow) laid back lyrics are upbeat pop vocals, which pair perfectly with the rest of the song.

This song takes on many different identities, and a quarter way through the song pairs African backing vocals  with Beyonce's lyrics (lyrics that take on a more pop variant), which make for a more danceable, upbeat track. 

The song slowly adds on throughout, and midway through the song, it starts to lose its electric beat and starts moving towards more traditional instrumentals, with a large emphasis on percussion, which still maintain a strong African feel.

From there the song just goes into Beyonce saying I'm a Grown Woman / I can do whatever I want, which gets rather annoying, but the instrument still progress throughout, even adding flutes, which makes the otherwise boring verse much more interesting. And then, after another line of I'm a Grown Woman / I can do whatever I want, the song cuts off, extremely abruptly.

Overall, I really enjoyed this song. It's much more Beyonce like than the previous track Bow Down/I Been On. However, this was a leaked track, and at some points it feels very empty, as if they could add a lot to some parts, which leads me to believe that the track isn't 100% finished. But with that being said, this is a great track that I could see on any urban radio station.

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*NEW SINGLE ALERT* Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull- Live it Up Review

Hey everyone! Today Jennifer Lopez revealed her (annual) Pitbull assisted track, Live it Up. I'm going to be reviewing the song right here, so let's jump right in!

The song starts out with a beat that is unrecognizably the same as most pop songs today, and starts off with Pitbull's first verse. And while this beat does sound the same as most of today's beats, it works well with the Pitbull's first verse, however, once again, it sounds exactly the same as most of Pitbull's song, but honestly, when does he sound any different? The song has about the same tempo as "On the Floor" and is faster than "Dance Again" and luckily, this song does differ from the above two. Lopez offers variety than rather just singing, she also chants I Hit the Spotlight/ All Night/ Ready to Go/ Give You a Hot Night/ So Tight/ Ready to Go/ (don't quote me on that one, I'm awful with lyrics) very rhythmically as the beat builds up behind her and drops (very un-climatically though) to her singing, followed by Pitbull getting uncomfortably close to the mic and saying "Make love! Don't fight! Let's hook tonight!" and the beat then drops into a banging dubstep interlude, coupled with chopped up Pitbull vocals. Then the song carries on with Lopez's pop vocals, but very quickly goes back to the I Hit the spotlight chant, and the song pretty much just repeats from there with little variety.

Overall, I did enjoy this song much more than their previous two singles, as it actually offers a lot of variety, from pop, to rap, to dubstep, it covers all the bases.

Well, I hope you all liked the review! Tell me what you think of the song in the comments below, and I'll see you all soon!

                                                                                                               -Colby