Lauriana Mae - Like a Drum (Beat It)

Lauriana Mae - Like A Drum (Beat It)

Producer: Kwame

Album: Love Mae EP

Label: Atlantic Records

Don’t let Booth newcomer Lauriana Mae‘s innocent appearance and vintage-inspired style fool you. When it comes to sex and romance, the Atlantic Records pop songstress is hardly shy. In fact, her latest EP single is about as straight-up as you can get while still nursing hopes of radio airplay. If you didn’t immediately guess from the title, Like a Drum (Beat It) finds Mae using percussion as a thinly—and I mean thinly—veiled euphemism for the other kind of banging. Veteran beatsmith Kwame‘s gets eclectic on the production tip, layering modern-pop synth arpeggios over a jazzy, horn-fortified rhythm section as the Jersey crooner tests how far you can push a double entendre before it becomes singular. (”I want you hittin’ with conviction,” is one thing, but I can’t think of a music-related situation in which you’d utter the sentence, “I feel like an animal, wanna take off all my clothes.”) Has Lauriana Mae succeeded in seducing you with this bold and brassy selection? Like a Drum and two more original jams can be found on debut EP Love Mae, available now on iTunes.

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DJ Z DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 11676	Rating: DJ Z's Top Rated Songs Lauriana Mae, where have you been all my life? If the rest of your career sounds like this record you have plenty of success in your future. Shouts to Kwame on the dynamite production work. Follow @DJBooth
	Posted on Dec 20, 2011

djblaze DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 8015	Rating: djblaze's Top Rated Songs Wow, this girl has a good voice! Lauriana has a great sound. The beat is also sick. Good track. I'll throw it into rotation and keep my eyes open for the next tracks. Follow @djblaze_djbooth
	Posted on Dec 20, 2011

Max Pete DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 1640	Rating: Max Pete's Top Rated Songs Great intro to her. She has a really good voice, and I agree with Z, if she keeps making records like this then she will have a very successful career.
	Posted on Dec 20, 2011

DJ Spaz DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 385	Rating: DJ Spaz's Top Rated Songs Female version of Mayer Hawthorne/Raphael Sadiiq? L.O.S.E.R. - Lyrical Operative Supplying Excellent Rhetoric :)
	Posted on Dec 20, 2011