Guilty Pleasures List 8

Nelly Furtado - Manos Al Aire
I like old Nelly Furtado, that is "Whoa Nelly!" and "Folklore" her two lowest grossing albums...I guess that's why she called on Timbaland to work on her colossal third release. However this new latin album brings back memories of the highly underrated Folklore. I like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttRmn84uv-I


Young Love - Discotech and Find A New Way
He can sing and the beat is great...but seriously STOP writing your own songs. This is why Young Love is on my guilty pleasures list, he can sing, its well produced but the song writing is too lame.





Hilary Duff - Stranger, Wake Up
Ok I know what you are thinking..."MusicGeek! You have posted some pretty messed up artists in your sorry excuse for a blog...but this is the final straw! I am unsubscribing!" But please don't unsubscribe...I can explain...please!!! Although there is no excuse for the Hilary Duff music fetish, and she is a product of the fascist Disney music machine, some of her songs are quite catchy. And she is no Miley Cyrus...I mean at least she can carry a tune.

Stranger

Wake Up

Timbaland - Throw it On Me, and Time
This is from his extremely pretentious album. it got slammed by critics but I thought the collaborations with The Hives and She Wants Revenge were quite good.

Throw It On Me




Natalie Imbruglia - Want
I'm a sucker for Natalie. She may be a pop artist but she has some depth at least...then again I just listed Hilary Duff above her so anyone that comes after Hilary has more depth! Her newest single from her up coming album, is miles better than her first single "Wild About It." Its dark and brooding, and I like it even though its co-written by Chris Martin.

Want

Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me
She has been compared to Amy Winehouse, and they both have powerful voices, however that's where the similarities end. Amy's style is much messier, and that's how she rose to fame, her sloppy take on soul, Galbriella is more cleaned up. Although she lacks Winehouse's edginess she has her own take on the genre playing up her "good girl gone bad image." I would also like to point out that Gabriella is only 18! And her voice is already so powerful! Unlike the Disney brood (although I do have Hilary up there) Gabriella gets by on her talent, not her daddy and preteen fan base. Take that Miley Cyrus.

Sweet About Me

Son Dambi - Cry Eye
Stupid song title but oh so catchy. Son Dambi definitely my favorite Korean pop singer at the moment.



T-ara & Supernova 티아라 & 초신성 - TTL Time to Love
Yeah so the beginning of the MV kind of reminds me of 2PM's "Again and Again" and the Supernova is sort of like a Big Bang rip off, but I like the song.



2NE1 - Pretty One
I love them, they kind of remind 0f the Korean version of TLC...

Another 2NE1 Post

I am actually really growing to like this group, I know they are really manufactured pop fluff, but they all generally have strong voices and they have a toughness that a lot of other Korean girl groups lack. They aren't cutesy and they are sexy in a strong instead of Pussycat Doll slutty way. They remind me a tiny bit of TLC (but TLC wrote almost all their material) or early Destiny's Child circa The Writings On The Wall if Beyonce actually let her other group members sing. I even like some of their get ups...but I wouldn't have the balls to wear them in public...

New Song - I Don't Care

2NE1 - Fire

2NE1 is another manufactured pop group from one of South Korea's biggest entertainment companies YG. YG Entertainment also manages Big Bang (who are now branching out into Japan) as well as Se7en, YG is more hip hop oriented than other labels like competitors JYP and SM Town. This song is something I shouldn't like...but I end up listening to a billion times anyway. I'm not sure if I would still enjoy it if I understood Korean or they were singing English...mostly because I'm afraid of how stupid the lyrics actually are. The great thing about Korean pop is if you are a non speaker you never feel too lame listening to it, because if the lyrics are really horrible you have no way of knowing.