Archive for March 5th, 2010

The latest in the steadily growing line of collaborations between singer Akon and Grammy-winning DJ/producer David Guetta is about—what else?—partying, dancing and hooking up at the club. “Party Animal” follows up the pair’s recently-surfaced tune “Nosy Neighbor”—though there’s no official word yet on whether either track will appear on Akon’s upcoming Stadium Music album.

Give “Party Animal” a spin after the jump.

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By David Guetta’s standards, this song’s pretty much a by-the-numbers snooze. For Akon, however, it’s basically par for the course. What more can you really expect from an unimaginative dance track with the chorus “I can see that you’re a party animal, a party animal, a party animal like me”?

Meanwhile, the in-demand Guetta is certainly keeping his plate full. In addition to cranking out recent tracks for Akon, Wynter Gordon and Kelis, the French whiz told us in January, “I’m now working on Kelly [Rowland]’s new album. I also have the new Madonna album coming up.”

He also worked his magic on Estelle’s appropriately-titled fetishistic new single “Freak.” Slap on some glitter and vinyl and watch the video here.

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Drake is finally dropping his album Thank Me Later this May, and he’s made sure that there’s something for everybody. “I got a lot of great songs on my album,” he said to Toronto radio station 93.5 The Flow before debuting his first single “Over.” “I got songs for women who wanna feel special. I got songs for dudes—if you ever thought my music was too soft, this is one you will enjoy.” We have to hand it to Drizzy, not every rapper can pull off name dropping Michael Jackson, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Roger Ebert in one song. Listen to  “Over” below.

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In the song, which sounds like he sampled the film score to a 70s caper film, Drake displays his adept rap flows while showcasing a deep growl in his voice not unlike his “Forever” collaborator Lil Wayne. (Let’s just hope he doesn’t have the same legal and dental problems as Weezy.)

But unfortunately, “Over” doesn’t impress us much—it’s little too downbeat for what should have been a powerhouse “I’m here, world!” hit first single. We’re not sure why the beat sounds so dreary when Drake’s rapping that he’s got “two thumbs up” like “Ebert and Roeper,” and “I swear this life is like the sweetest thing I’ve ever known/’bout to go Thriller, Mike Jackson on these bitches/all I need is a f***ing red jacket with some zippers.”

Still, we think Sprite spokesman could pull off that look better than Chris Brown did.

Download the clean or explicit versions of “Over” for free on Drake’s website. You can thank Drake later by buying his album this May.

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Jay-Z made a triumphant return to Madison Square Garden this week with the opening dates of his BP3 tour, but he’s taking a look back at his previous concert at the NY arena. Hova teamed up with director Danny Clinch for the documentary NY-Z, which chronicles Jay’s star-studded “Answer The Call” benefit concert at MSG back in 2009. And although Absolut is sponsoring the concert doc, this is a much, much, much subtler mogul-and-alcohol pairing than Diddy and Ciroc (ie. we don’t see a bottle of vodka in every other shot). Trailer below.

Absolut NY-Z Trailer

While showcasing Jay-Z’s performance on-stage, the doc also manages to artistically capture the beautiful imagery of the streets of New York, filmed in a very similar style to the rapper’s elegantly-photographed black-and-white videos  “Empire State of Mind” and “99 Problems.”

We’ve just got one question—was current d-bag king John Mayer the best artist to edit into the trailer? There are tons other musicians (Kanye West, Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, to name a few) who performed at the same show, so we’re scratching our heads why they thought highlighting Mayer’s guest spot would get more people to be excited to watch the film. Unless they think people will assume he’ll be making more disparaging remarks against Jessica Simpson in the doc. Which is very likely, knowing him.

The full documentary will premiere on Absolut’s Facebook page on March 22.

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AP – A founder of Bossa Nova music has died in Brazil after fighting prostate cancer. He was 80.

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AP – The president of Brooklyn has declared Beyonce an official Brooklynite.

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