Word: songfulness
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...wanna step,” the song warns, ”You gotta play it by the rules...
...Barnhill keeps spinning, turning, dancing till the song is done...
...baby… / If you think I’m gonna fall for this anymore / Everybody say nah nah nah.” You tell him, girl. Alicia’s strength—along with her determination to overcome adversity and prevail—is motivational. In her song “Lesson Learned,” featuring John Mayer, overcoming the “falls” of life is the main subject. The two sing, “Falling down ain’t falling down if you don’t cry when...
...certain of in this world, it’s this: Freeway is on top of his shit. A hyperbolic claim? Perhaps, but the sophomore effort from the Philadelphia-based MC, “Free at Last,” is nonetheless a masterful blend of word and song. This is classical rap, if you will—much-needed passionate rhymes delivered in a world dominated by pop-infected, Top-40-intended hip-hop. It makes sense then that the second track on the album, “It’s Over,” finds Freeway commanding...
...characters. Blitzen Trapper gives off a mellow, earnest vibe, even if they’re making country rock in a northern city. They don’t appear to take themselves too seriously: think less prep-schooled Strokes and more a down-home Modest Mouse. Their video for the song “Wild Mountain Nation” is a mash-up between a Best Week Ever skit and Warhol kitsch. Much like a disjointed nightmare, a Godzilla-sized lead singer dwarfs the skyscrapers around him, a cut-out plane flies overhead, and a man parachutes into a giant flower...