Estelle - Wait A Minute
Artist: Estelle
Producer: will.i.am
Album: Shine
Label: Home School/Atlantic
While London is making its presence felt on both the Hip Hop (Lady Sovereign, Kano, Dizzee Rascal) and R&B (Craig David) map, very few artists are able to sing as well as they rap (or vice versa). One of those few is Estelle (signed to John Legend’s Homeschool Records) who demonstrates her skills in the breakout single, Wait A Minute (Just A Touch). While the U.K.-native sings the hook rather smoothly and skillfully, her voice and rhyme pattern on both her rapped verses will impress the most. Think Eve, circa now. Throw in will.i.am‘s jazz beat and background vocals and Wait A Minute should be an easy-listening hit that allows Estelle to get her Shine on in February of ’08 when her debut album hits stores.
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2007 |
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2007 |
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2007 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 21 |
was a bit confused when i first heard the beat but this track came up trumps an as for Estelle "big it up"
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2007 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 69 |
Dis Beat is aight 4 real,she deff dnt sound like anyone else, i like it, she doin her thing
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DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 8301 |
This is elementary style to me. Not feeling this...it would work better in the UK market IMO...
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2007 |
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im feeling this
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2007 |
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DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 11876 |
Not my cup of tea, no English pun intended, but I think its catchy enough to stick here in the States. Who sees a resemblance to Brandy??
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2007 |
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awwwww shit i jus threw up my tea and crumpets!!!!
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2007 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 468 |
The chrous and the beat are do-able but I'm not very fond of the lyrics. yuk!
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2007 |
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I'm a HUGE fan of jazz-driven beats based on hip-hop influences. The production from will.i.am is superb and Estelle's vocals are actually pretty good. This style will gain no interest in the hip-hop community, but I see success in the funk/R&B industry for sure.
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2007 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 5 |
still feeling this tune very much thanx to mr will.i.am. id say estelle is one of our best exports along with the list by M. Burmy
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| Posted on Nov 20, 2007 |
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It's a hot song... Great productions
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| Posted on Dec 13, 2007 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 3217 |
What's this?!
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| Posted on Jan 10, 2008 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 1642 |
well i like it.
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| Posted on Feb 29, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 1 |
im in love with her
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| Posted on Mar 12, 2009 |