How good is 'American Boy' by Estelle?

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