How good is 'American Boy' by Estelle?

"american boy" is just really sonically irritating to me -- the mix of the beat & her voice not to mention one of kanye's most annoying moments is something i just really can't stand

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:01 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

nothing pre-mbtdf is one of kanye's most irritating moments imo

the beat was better on william's album

nothing pre-mbtdf is one of kanye's most irritating moments imo

― the zing cheese incident (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:09 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

idk you could make a legit poll out of his 'american boy' verses:

- fake british accent
- making a pun on "pound"
- onomatopoeia in the second verse
- pun on "bespoke"
- use of the word "wags"
- pun on "gladys"
- elongating the r in "rubbish"

can yall fuck w/ this new track for me its hot

can yall fuck me w/ this new track its hot

was this prod by justice league

don cannon!

ross>>>

beat is dope right??

yeah it def is

i think this is a good look for her -- "american boy" is very likely an anomaly in terms of success for her so i think it makes more sense for her to try & carve out this niche like jazmine sullivan that's sorta classicly soulful but still modern enough to get radio play

she doesn't need to be on guetta productions

^^dont know what this means; dont care ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♪♪♫

― gr8080, Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:37 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

seriously i'm breaking this joint w/ sean paul out for the summer

can yall fuck w/ this new track for me its hot

pro-tip, mentioning what the new track is called is helpful - maybe even adding a link to it! - when you want people to hear something

deej give me a track i will fucks with it i swear!

\oO/ jordan figured it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPYcIxwyrzM

new album is REALLY good. so relaxed and confident. way better than i was expecting after the long time away

new album is REALLY good. granted i never paid much attention to her beyond the hits in the past, but this is impressing me.

yeah i was very taken with it on one listen. lots of intriguing choices in the first half but she's good at the more comfort blanket stuff towards the end as well

I really tried to get people into "Make Her Say (Beat It Up)" last year. THE DRUMS ARE AMAZE. Maybe now that the album's out more people will pay attention to it.

still in 2015 when i hear american boy i have to remind myself that it's not rachel stevens

never occurred to me to seek out other stuff by the actual singer, y because i am a fewl

some dude, did you begin your post with the exact wording lex used in his post two years prior on purpose? because if not, lol

lol

sad the album version of "make her say" isn't the MAKE MY PUSSY SAY vers

still in 2015 when i hear american boy i have to remind myself that it's not rachel stevens

never occurred to me to seek out other stuff by the actual singer, y because i am a fewl

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wtf tracer were you not familiar with "1980" (and her first album)? an actual minor uk hit and still the best thing she's ever done

I really liked "1980" back in the day and thought the first album was good, but the second album was a disappointment because she switched from rapping to singing, and I don't think she's particularly good or memorable as a singer. Is the third album more of the same?

sadly that is precisely what i intended to convey in my previous post lex!! years_of_missing_out_emoticon.jpg

ogmor posted this, from your friends over in the post-fahey takoma thread, this is really gorgeous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhvFg64_Gis&feature=youtu.be

her last album was so much better than "American Girl"

her theme song for the Carton Network series We Bare Bears is also so much better than "American Girl"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpfix3i6Q0o

or "American Boy," whatever, fuck that song

new album, LOVERS ROCK, out next month.

"In comparison to those of her formative years, Lover’s Rock is Estelle’s most personal album to date, as she centers in on her West Indian roots with a full-fledged reggae album. She has collaborated with esteemed Jamaican producer Supa Dups [Drake, Beenie Man], Reefa [Lil Wayne], Jerry Wonda [Wyclef Jean], Harmony Samuels [Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande] and more. In the forthcoming LP, Estelle has assured to fuse her signature R&B and hip-hop sound while paying homage to her Grenadian roots as she not only concentrates in reggae, but also embraces Afro-beats and Soca music."

i like the duet with luke james that came out last week:
https://soundcloud.com/estelleofficial/so-easy-feat-luke-james

her records are always good, can't wait for this one

i always loved this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSRE8aTy5GE

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30/641298429/first-listen-estelle-lovers-rock

maleek berry is on this record! that's so cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19SphXx3Eq8

damn

that anita baker interpolation

that song w maleek berry is awesome

the first two minutes of "Better" are phenomenal, wish it stayed in that zone the whole way, excited to hear this full album though

She sings "Take me to New York I'd like to See LA" but LA is nowhere near so she wont be able to see it from there.

they're separated by a semicolon

😌

It's a perfect lyric coming from someone idealizing the U.S. without having been there, and imagining that cities are a short hop apart.

New York and Los Angeles are two of the most iconic American cities, although the former is in New York on the East Coast and the latter in California on the West Coast, making travel between them hard. Both are also known for being notoriously expensive. However, with a net worth of $3 million USD, Estelle can certainly handle the costs.

this record is such a delight. for weeks now it's been my go-to whenever I'm not sure what to listen to next

yes!!

I posted about this song on another thread (help me identify a song thread). I somehow missed when this came out and hear it everywhere in the last year, but like, faintly in the background. And I knew I loved the song but had no clue who sang it. In the back of my mind, I always had a tickle, "this better not be fucking Kanye on this."

very good album, yes