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Title:
Shine
Description:
SHINE is the new album by West London’s Estelle, set for through Atlantic Records/Homeschool. It includes the wil.i.am produced club banger `Wait A Minute (Just A Touch)’ and the funk infused `American Boy’ which features a guest appearance by KanYe West.
Estelle, who now lives in New York, is the first signing to soul sensation, John Legend’s Homeschool label, which goes via Atlantic Records. ”Her sound is a unique blend of hip hop, pop, reggae and soul,” explains Legend. ”She has a special voice, unlike any other voice out there in mainstream music, and she can really write. She writes hip lyrics with unforgettable melodies. I recognized that in her when I first worked with her in 2004”. He continues, ”I believe the world is going to fall in love with her album, as I already have.”
SHINE marks the first time Estelle has brought other producers and artists into the creative process with her. Indeed KanYe West, Swizz Beatz, Wyclef Jean, will.i.am, Mark Ronson, Cee-Lo and Jack Splash all lend their talents to the set, executive produced by John Legend.
Award-winning British artist Estelle never got her just desserts for her 2004 debut album The 18th Day. Though the record was a critical success, it failed to make the mainstream splash many had hoped for. Her sophomore project, Shine, seems hell bent on avoiding the same fate. Backed up by a coterie of high profile US starlets--Wyclef Jean, will.i.am, Mark Ronson and Kanye West--Shine has surefire commercial success written all over it; though that’s not to say Estelle has sold out. Despite the high-impact American-style production, Shine remains reassuringly British. Estelle’s West London twang is as sharp as ever, and even Kanye drops rhymes about ”WAGS” and ”London Boys” (see single ”American Boy”). It’s every bit as diverse as its predecessor too, featuring dancehall party jams (”Magnificent”, produced by Mark Ronson and featuring Kardinal Offishall), the will.i.am produced ”Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)” (which uses a twisted up sample from Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ ”I Put a Spell on You”) to lovers’ rock (”Come Over”) and, of course, some love ballads too, such as ”Substitute Lover”, overseen by Wyclef. A solid all-round follow up, Shine should give Estelle the commercial success she deserves. --Danny McKenna
Review
”(Shine)...may just provide Britain with its first successful female Hip Hop artist since The Cookie Crew” -- The Guardian
”A comeback album that’s set to put British soul back on the map...bangin” -- AXM
”From funk to soul to reggae...sparkling ” -- Mojo
Track Listings
1 Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)
2 No Substitute Love
3 American Boy (feat. Kanye West)
4 More Than Friends
5 Magnificent (feat. Kardinal Offishall)
6 Come Over
7 So Much Out the Way
8 In The Rain
9 Back in Love
10 You Are (feat. John Legend)
11 Pretty Please (Love Me) [feat. Cee-Lo]
12 Shine
13 Come Over (feat. Sean Paul) [Supa Dups Remix]
Estelle, who now lives in New York, is the first signing to soul sensation, John Legend’s Homeschool label, which goes via Atlantic Records. ”Her sound is a unique blend of hip hop, pop, reggae and soul,” explains Legend. ”She has a special voice, unlike any other voice out there in mainstream music, and she can really write. She writes hip lyrics with unforgettable melodies. I recognized that in her when I first worked with her in 2004”. He continues, ”I believe the world is going to fall in love with her album, as I already have.”
SHINE marks the first time Estelle has brought other producers and artists into the creative process with her. Indeed KanYe West, Swizz Beatz, Wyclef Jean, will.i.am, Mark Ronson, Cee-Lo and Jack Splash all lend their talents to the set, executive produced by John Legend.
Award-winning British artist Estelle never got her just desserts for her 2004 debut album The 18th Day. Though the record was a critical success, it failed to make the mainstream splash many had hoped for. Her sophomore project, Shine, seems hell bent on avoiding the same fate. Backed up by a coterie of high profile US starlets--Wyclef Jean, will.i.am, Mark Ronson and Kanye West--Shine has surefire commercial success written all over it; though that’s not to say Estelle has sold out. Despite the high-impact American-style production, Shine remains reassuringly British. Estelle’s West London twang is as sharp as ever, and even Kanye drops rhymes about ”WAGS” and ”London Boys” (see single ”American Boy”). It’s every bit as diverse as its predecessor too, featuring dancehall party jams (”Magnificent”, produced by Mark Ronson and featuring Kardinal Offishall), the will.i.am produced ”Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)” (which uses a twisted up sample from Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ ”I Put a Spell on You”) to lovers’ rock (”Come Over”) and, of course, some love ballads too, such as ”Substitute Lover”, overseen by Wyclef. A solid all-round follow up, Shine should give Estelle the commercial success she deserves. --Danny McKenna
Review
”(Shine)...may just provide Britain with its first successful female Hip Hop artist since The Cookie Crew” -- The Guardian
”A comeback album that’s set to put British soul back on the map...bangin” -- AXM
”From funk to soul to reggae...sparkling ” -- Mojo
Track Listings
1 Wait a Minute (Just a Touch)
2 No Substitute Love
3 American Boy (feat. Kanye West)
4 More Than Friends
5 Magnificent (feat. Kardinal Offishall)
6 Come Over
7 So Much Out the Way
8 In The Rain
9 Back in Love
10 You Are (feat. John Legend)
11 Pretty Please (Love Me) [feat. Cee-Lo]
12 Shine
13 Come Over (feat. Sean Paul) [Supa Dups Remix]
Band or Artist:
Estelle
Release Year:
2008
Length:
51
Barcode:
075678995422
Country:
United Kingdom
Format:
CD
Genre:
Hip Hop
R&B
Reggae
Soul
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Record Label:
Atlantic
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Number of Tracks:
12
Album Type:
Album
Quality:
320 kbit/s
Number of Discs:
1
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:43:47
Packaging:
Jewel Case
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$7.89
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-10-01
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:43:47
