THE BEST:
'Uptown Funk' -
Get your bellbottoms on and slip on those platform shoes. Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars are here to funk you up! This is about as retro as it gets, but I'm not complaining.
'Powder' - Gengahr
London rock group, Gengahr are championing that Britpop morning-hangover
sound right now. They’re the bacon sandwich and paracetomol you take to feel
human again. The visuals dropped two weeks ago circa Halloween hence the séance.
'Memorials' - Laurel
20-year-old up-and-coming pop singer, Laurel, sings over a
moody, subtle electronica instrumental. I can’t get enough of the voice. It’s
like Lorde-meets-Lana-Del-Ray but backed up with a ton of emotion.
'Stoicville' - T-Pain
A couple weeks ago, the Floridian artist shocked many of us with
an NPR Tiny Desk Concert in which he proved that he could sing without auto-tune. Now, he’s also out to prove that there’s more to his lyrics than
partying and banging chicks, dropping quite possibly the realest rap song of the year. T-Pain, I have a new found respect for you.
'Deliver' - Lupe Fiasco
‘The Pizza Man don’t come here no more’. Lupe speaks out for all the pizza-deprived city-dwellers who can’t get a delivery because they happen to live in a neighbourhood deemed a ‘ghetto’. Not only is it refreshing to see Lupe bringing back the social criticism of his early days, the track’s also got a super-catchy chorus. His flow in the third verse is also on fire.
THE WORST:
'DnF' - P Reign ft.
Future & Drake
How much did Future get paid to wail ‘drunk and fuck’ repeatedly? Probably more than I make in a month. Oh
well, at least the video’s easy on the eyes.