July 21, 2011

  • It's official; I'm buying Lady Essence's album soon as it drops. The girl is rather fantastic (that being an understatement - did you hear her verse??), and I have a strong feeling she's only going to get better. I need to cobble together a playlist of her stuff to keep me sane.

    Alyssa Marie doesn't seem that bad either, though I'm far less familiar with her. "Vision of division of the artificial until what's art is official". Loved that. She's got a pretty controlled and solid flow, too.

    And, just for old time's sake:

    I've noticed over the past 4 years that the number of cover, remix, and simply related videos to "Feelin' it" have gone up on YouTube. While that's great, predictably all remix/covers eschew the layered character development that Jay employs in favor of purer partying or bragging. The more time passes, the more strongly I come to love this track.