Extra Estelle

Straight outta Motown Compton London, we posted on new hit singer Estelle a couple of weeks ago.  She was then performing with Mr. KanYe.  This week, courtesy of PMA, we stumbled on a couple of new ditties that are sure to please.  For the first track, she does away with Kanye for an even better American Boy voice: Cee-Lo Green.  Check it out:

Pretty Please

Next she tackles a tune with John “Legend” Legend:

You Are (can’t get the track to load for now…will try later)

ENJOY

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New Music: Estelle (featuring Kanye West)

Estelle is a 28-year old black British (Black-ish?…no that combination doesn’t work) who features an American boy on her new single, which has reached the top of the UK chart.  Her new album is released Monday.  For now, read a BBC interview with her, and check out the latest:

American Boy

And be sure to buy the new album!

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People who listen to Daft Punk have too much time on their hands…

…and make my life infinitely better. MP3s below the videos.

Original video of our favorite Daft Punk girls…

And now…(thanks Music Slut)

Buy Daft Punk/MP3: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Buy Kanye West/MP3: Stronger

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Bonnaroo line up announced

Hot on the heels of Coachella, Bonnaroo has released their booked acts thus far, and given the choice, I would definitely opt for B-Roo.  Headliners are Pearl Jam, Metallica, Jack Johnson, and Kanye West.  I’m still holding out for Austin City Limits before deciding which fest to DEFINITELY attend, but after the jump are the top 11 acts of the upcoming Bonnaroo festival, with select MP3s at the bottom.

Name Dropping 4 Prince

Name-dropping is a self-glorifying tactic likely used since Plato first began formulating arguments and is used to many ends.  A probable exchange:

Polemarchus: A just man helps a friend.

Socrates: That is true, but he does not do harm to another.  That would injustice.

Polemarchus: Well, I was hanging out with Thrasymachus the other day, and he thought otherwise…

Republicans (and a couple of Democrats) have invoked the name of Ronald Reagan on the campaign stump, hoping to be associated with the conservative leader.

Hell, even blogs such as ours, drop names of artists or bands at times in order to increase the  traffic to their web sites.  For instance, if we wanted to increase traffic immensely, we could just include the names of currently popular artists such as Cat Power, Vampire Weekend, Justice, Hot Chip, Xiu Xiu, and Radiohead.  Including these names in a post would increase the likelihood of the blog showing up on search engines.  But we wouldn’t stoop that low.

Instead, we would like to right a wrong on this blog.  In its short existence, for one reason or another, this blog has never mentioned Prince.  Why this is, I do not know.  He is a favorite of the authors of this blog, and any individual should include a certain standard level of appreciation for the sex fiend.  And so, without further ado, a playlist of artists  that name-drop Prince in their songs (most likely in each and every case to increase their levels of sexiness).   List and MP3s after the jump.