How good is 'American Boy' by Estelle?

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

-- gr8080, Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:37 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

xp :(

this song isn't remotely fun

challopian boy

It's the number one challopian sound
Yeah, Estelle we about to get down

as said before, the general throwback jazzy sophistopop vibe of this is good - dr buzzard's i'd said before, but chuck swing out sister or freeez in there too i guess - but, to be frank, estelle has been an annoying uk gobshite flop for years and years and years now, and the thought of her being all smug about her supposedly rightful success is enough to kill this tune dead. so yeah, dom otm basically.

also the ppl who get all happy about the excruciating uk refs - SHOOT ON SIGHT.

"tell 'em wha gwaan blud!" is the best pop moment of 08

-- lex pretend, Thursday, 14 August 2008 10:19 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Link

chk-chk, BOOM

i prefer 'Wait A Minute (Just A Touch)'

New HHC has Excalibah interviewing Blak Twang and there's three or four references to "off the record discussions" between the two about how Estelle got her US connex. Anyway fancy rumourmongering?

xxp

also the ppl who get all happy about the excruciating uk refs - SHOOT ON SIGHT.

-- r|t|c, Thursday, 14 August 2008 17:22 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

F'real.

UK trying too hard to be ghetto again.

dentists be cheaper there?

kinda amazed the reverend hates this btw

ain't my problem if you dudes like irredeemably wack obnoxious bullshit

ok rtc but you still shouldn't be hating on the last verse of the "Get Silly" remix

yeah rev that's what i thought you liked!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One_with_Ross%27s_Wedding,_Part_One

dentists be cheaper dentists be cheaper rtc lookin boy

oh ha didn't realize you didn't like this either haha

this song is nice. it's just some light breezy lil' summer song. i don't get why dudes are so bullhurt about it.

anyone have a problem with the production on this or is it just lyrical qualms?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZIyEFONms8

^^ throwing get silly rmx open to the general british public

3 missed calls and i'll change my mind

i like the production fine, rev otm when he said 'impatient' was better though

this song is nice. it's just some light breezy lil' summer song. i don't get why dudes are so bullhurt about it.

-- M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:30 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

this

yeah...i don't like it much, but my distaste for it isn't very strong, and sometimes i'll listen to it and enjoy it a little...but it's pretty obvious that there are a lot of cultural factors at work when brits argue forever about this song, not really a mystery there.

this is still a great song with a jazzy vibe and as a result i will forgive kanye's terrible lines

anyone have a problem with the production on this or is it just lyrical qualms?

-- blueski, Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:32 AM (Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:32 AM) Bookmark Link

naw, no problem with the production (although I liked it better as house than as pop), but I have as much or more problem with the vocal performances as with the lyrics

before he speak big hoos bespoke

anyways this song ain't about grumpin' around, just embrace the silliness and the beat. i like alla kanye's pseudo bloke bullshit. it's kinda funny/kinda lame in a charming way...

what the fuck kind of position is "this song is just fun don't get butthurt"? shouldn't we all like morningwood then?

don't see you all telling us to stfu and listen to metro station

estelle's voice is annoying and the lyrics make her sound really dumb, those are two pretty valid reasons to not like this song

the rest of you are inching close to or have achieved sub-matt armstrong status, congratulations

haha we got ourselves a burgeoning hardman here

i mean i agree on all points, fwiw

still lolling at the Green Acres comment!

haha someone please tell me I'm not the only one who hears it!

anyways this song ain't about grumpin' around, just embrace the silliness and the beat. i like alla kanye's pseudo bloke bullshit. it's kinda funny/kinda lame in a charming way...

-- M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:35 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

what the fuck kind of position is "this song is just fun don't get butthurt"? shouldn't we all like morningwood then?

-- J0rdan S., Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:57 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

don't see you all telling us to stfu and listen to metro station

-- J0rdan S., Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:57 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i don't even know what morningwood and metro station are there chief.

aight i'm out. keep fighting the good fight.

they are "fun" rock bands

estelle's voice is annoying and the lyrics make her sound really dumb, those are two pretty valid reasons to not like this song

there's a catchy summery house beat and estelle's voice is serviceable and utterly unremarkable, which is all i need out of a house song in the middle of fuckin august. that's more than enough reason for me to like this. lol @ lyric crit

New HHC has Excalibah interviewing Blak Twang and there's three or four references to "off the record discussions" between the two about how Estelle got her US connex. Anyway fancy rumourmongering?

omg did she fuck a dude to get ahead?!? how terrifically unfair to the rest of your nation

the lyrics dont make her sound dumb.

seriously whats dumb about them? guys in rap do that kind of objectification all the time. this is pretty gentle stuff really

they make her sound dumb (nb: I don't actually believe that, what I really think is that they make her sound awkward rather than dumb, but to use the argument at hand) because she can't carry them off

there's a catchy summery house beat and estelle's voice is serviceable and utterly unremarkable, which is all i need out of a house song in the middle of fuckin august. that's more than enough reason for me to like this. lol @ lyric crit

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 14 August 2008 18:22 (1 hour ago) Link

I've said this before, but it was much better when it WAS just a catchy, summery house jam.

i love this song so much, and everytime this thread bumps i start singing it!

she can't carry them off

-- The Reverend, Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:47 PM (23 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

I don't agree, I think she delivers them with a coyness appropriate to an essentially insubstantial summer crush on a boy who'll be leaving when the season ends. It's an infatuation, why should we expect lyrics or a delivery with emotional depth when infatuation is all about surface obsession?

the fuck-it blaness of the vox sounds right on to me

(wait but are you guys talking about some remix or something? i don't know remixes)

there was a neat remix on palm out - the Estaw American Grill Fix

the fuck-it blaness of the vox sounds right on to me

-- Surmounter, Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:56 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

yes!!

lawl

Estelle and Adele are reportedly planning on collaborating.

The pair, each nominated for Grammy Awards this year, are keen to record a song together.

Both artists are currently working on their new albums and Estelle has said that working with the 'Chasing Pavements' singer would be "dope".

"I'm really excited to start working on my next album," she told The Sun. "I'm going to go totally left field and surprise a lot of people.

"I'm going to hit it out the ball park with this one. I’m thinking a mix of Coldplay and Marvin Gaye."

Gayeplay