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Some news – The Sugababes line-up has changed! Keisha has left the group and has been replaced by Jade Ewen, who I think will be quite a good replacement. However, for me Keisha added something to the group that the others didn’t. Her voice was just different to Amelle’s and Heidi’s and added some variety. It’s good to see Amelle still there though – I really liked her in “Never Leave You” and she should have a good career ahead of her.
First up today is a new remix of La Roux’s new song “I’m Not Your Toy,” by Nero, one of the best dubstep producers out there at the moment. It’s a great remix, I just love what Nero has done with it and it sounds insane. The limited vocals work well with the hard dubstep production. The remix is exactly what you’d expect from Nero really.
La Roux – I’m Not Your Toy (Nero Remix)
I’m Not Your Toy is out 28th September. Buy the album version here.
One song which has firmly lodged itself in my head the past week is Cobra Starship’s “Good Girls Go Bad.” Being totally honest, it’s not even that great a song. It’s quite fun, upbeat and electro-poptastic but that formula is becoming all too common nowadays. Stills seems to be working however, as the song managed to get to #9 in the US. Anyway I heard the Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Club Mix of the track a couple of days ago and quite liked it. Obviously, it’s got a club feel to it. The instrumental was already a good base but I like what Mike Rizzo has done with it. The instrumental towards the end is especially good. Check the remix out below:
Cobra Starship – Good Girls Go Bad (Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Club Mix)
Good Girls Go Bad is out 19th October. Pre-Order it here. If you can’t wait, flick through the music channels. It’s on a fair bit.
I was waiting for some new hip-hop to post and as soon as I was about to give up, I got sent this new joint produced by Troublemaker. The song is by The 87 Stick Up Kids and is called “Lights, Camera….” It sounds really good, although I love all of the stuff that Troublemaker does. This is some raw hip-hop production though, which I love. Great drums throughout and I just love the whole song really. The rapping is good and manages to fit well with the beat, I even like the hook on this. The future could be big for these guys, and I hope I hear more from them based on this.
The 87 Stick Up Kids – Lights, Camera… (produced by Troublemaker)
