After a brief absence from the music scene, UK-bred/US-based singer Estelle is back with new single ‘Freak’. Produced by hit-maker of the moment David Guetta, the Dance/Urban mash-up sees the Londoner embrace a markedly different sound to that of soulful R&B of her last LP, 2008’s ‘Shine’. The question however, is whether it actually works….
Luckily for Estelle, the answer is a ‘yes’…just about. Getting the ‘bad’ out of the way first, the production and overall busyness of the track may put off some of her Urban loyalists, while the Kardinal Offishal feature wasn’t really needed. That said, with ridiculously catchy hooks, including one which samples Soul II Soul’s ‘Back To Life’, as well as Ms. Swaray re-engaging with her rap roots while dually trying something new, this one is a winner.
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pat yo wigs ladies
the gays will love this!
I love……. I love Soul II Soul’s ‘Back To Life’ samples, Kardinal Offishal made it more interesting but it’s so catchy.
am not gonna lie.. this gonna be a hit!
jst when i thot Estelle was gon be our 2day’s Lauryn Hill, she gon do somethin like this??
i still hear them vocals are hot tho, but this is trash! she shud get bck 2 real music b4 it gets dark 4 her…
and btw @ TJD betcha look like that gravatar of Mary J Blige doin ur momma’s face! 😉
mixed feelings on it…
on one hand, it is ungodly catchy and campy and will be a monster in the clubs
i like that she did something different + the kardinall guest spot was cool
but i hate that EVERYBODY is doing dance-y stuff now (it’s already redundant as hell IMO) and the track’s a little busy for my taste
I LOVE THIS SONG, WHY DID RIHANNA LEAVE IT OF HER ALBUM! SHE WAS OFFERED THIS SONG FIRST, ESTELLE YOU SOUND GOOD BUT YOUR JAW LINE IS UITTERLY HORRIBLE, YOUR TEETH ARE SO NOT CUTE!
that chorus is STUCK in my head, lol
I LOVE THIS……this is gonna b BIG in the clubs
Yesss!!!i luv it
i luv it!
I cannot wait till this hits the club … its a TUNEEE
pretty good!
The kids will LOVE this.
i’m not feelin this AT ALL, not from Estelle
why dont you post about beyonce being in court ONCE AGAIN? Last week she was acused by a bulgarian designer that she stole his ideas for her HOUSE OF DIARRHEA and this week a musician acused her of stealing ideas for her “Bootylicious” song, she said she created the word ROFL, WHY DONT YOU POST THE TRUTH ABOUT THE THIEF? DIVA MY ASS, TALENTED MY ASS, LEGEND MY ASS!!!
aloha anotherwoman I would MARRY just KISS her on those LIPS! mahalo aloha hb
i am ur no one fun i love you and your songs you are great estelle