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K. Sparks - Temperature ft. Julius Francis
Artist: K. Sparks
Featuring: Julius Francis
Producer: T-Mos
Album: Manic Mondays (Week 40)
Label: Unsigned
When underground emcees best known for gritty, lyrically-driven cuts set their sights on mainstream success, the results can be as painful as watching a straight-A student act like a ditz to score a date with the captain of the football team. Teen-movie stereotypes aside, Booth favorite K. Sparks is one artist who doesn’t have to adopt an “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” approach to hitmaking. Why? Because he can beat ‘em. Easily. Like ‘thinking man’s club record’ Bright Lights, Temperature (Manic Monday #40) finds Sparks joining forces with R&B up-and-comer Julius Francis to prove that pop appeal and virtuosic lyricism are two great tastes that taste great together. Visual Sound and Tattoo beatsmith T-Mos strikes a keen balance on the production tip, letting Sparks’ sharp-as-ever rhymes shine over a minimal, percussion-driven groove, but wreathing Francis’ radio-ready hook in a densely-layered mix of piano, strings and spacey background vocals. If life and the music industry were fair, this record would likely be getting spins on urban airwaves across the nation; for now, though, K. Sparks and Julius Francis can count on another round of rave reviews from our regulars.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on June 8, 2009
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1077 |
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Again, more of the same from K. Sparks... which is a great thing. I love how he can create a more mainstream sounding track, but not forget about his lyricism. Now that's a true emcee!
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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The beat is simple but it showcases K. Sparks lyrics well. The hook by Julius Francis is fire and the vibe of this song is great. Any type of genre K. Sparks tries..its usually dope!
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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Richard is spot on. If radio was run by DJBooth, you could expect to hear this on HEAVY rotation. Mainstream ready without selling-out... at all.
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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Yeah, everyone is talkin about how great K is and how he is the future (I completely agree, he murders everything and continues to impress me with every feature) but what about Julius Francis. The man can SING! Another banger from K.Sparks.
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2281 |
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This is heat. Do I really have to comment on sparks tracks. You already know dude is @roundho@ day of hip hop. He is maybe the most consistent new artist on the scene.
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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Bedstuy on the check in, agreed with BDF44. Sparks and Francis ripped it. Club banger
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 161 |
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K Sparks does it again! Hot song!
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 187 |
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I like the rapping and singing...sounds like it could be on the radio down here in the A : )
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 86 |
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Week after week sparks proves he is one of the most consistent new emcees in the game. Solid production mixed with solid lyrics equals good music period
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 267 |
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Cosign TrevorNestan. Sparks must have haters exhausted trying to find something weak in his game.
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 365 |
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HOT DAMN!
This is blowing my mind right now BLOWING....MY.....MIND |
| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 4267 |
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Manic Mondays Vol.1 < Vol.2 < Vol.3 ...
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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Wow. K. Sparks, k. sparks, K. sparks ypu know the usual. now for Julius Francis he is a person who can actually sing incredibly well. The good thing abut Sparks (back on Sparks again!) he helps other artists out to be honest the likes of Julius and Angelous (basically Jay-Z) which I have never heard of before were brought in through Sparks's tracks which is good because it sort of gives more flava to his songs aswell Exploiting there talents so you can look out to them in the near future. Genius!
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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T-Mos production is awesome!!! And of course K. Sparks and Julius Francis are the dynamic duo!
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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K spizzy provin to the haterz he can make a club record ha ha Str8 Bangz
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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| Posted on Jun 01, 2009 |
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Number one slot on my new mixtape dropping this week. Underground Phenoms Vol 1
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| Posted on Jun 02, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 77 |
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Good work on this :-)Smooth vocals and an upbeat but still kick-back style production. K Sparks spittin flame az uzual. This 1 is goin str8 on my playlist favourites. BANGER
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| Posted on Jun 02, 2009 |
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Sparks reppin for GOOD music! Heat
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| Posted on Jun 02, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 12 |
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dammit, i'm likin this
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| Posted on Jun 02, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 868 |
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man im slowly becomin a fan,this dudes been droppin dat heat lately,ill throw this into rotation
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| Posted on Jun 02, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 487 |
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This is a sexy groove and it makes you move. The lyrics are hot, and the pressure does rise. By the end of the song, you're soak'n wet and wanting more.
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| Posted on Jun 04, 2009 |
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Sounds a bit like Jamie Foxx in the chorus - but sucks you in none-the-less. His voice makes you feel like you're the girl he's talking about (as you move to the beat and start to squint your eyes into a sexy look). As a lover of any beat with an actual instrument in it... (i'm a hip hop/sample/orchestra lover) I was really feelin this.
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| Posted on Jun 12, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 182 |
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YES SIR!!!!....
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| Posted on Jun 13, 2009 |
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