The Urban Retro Playlist

Just realized this and it is so true.

The song of the day is The A Team by British singer Ed Sheeran from the album + (2011). The song was Co-written by  Jesse McCartney, Aileen Marie Quinn, Ryan Tedder. I just developed this sudden affinity for Ed Sheeran after a friend of mine played  a different version of the song "Little Lady" featuring Mikill Pane. That version was very sad and deep it talk about child trafficking if I can call it that, but its not just what they talked about it was how they talked about. Its like a soul song just too calming .
What surprised me was that Mikill Pane is a black guy. There are several covers of the song and it got nominated for a Grammy. I recommend you listen to the song its very nice.

See link to the song here and here

I was feeling down for a while then I thought "if I'm sad what is the true meaning of happiness?" I happy to say I have found it. The meaning I mean...

The song of the is Thank You by The Choc Boys from the album Everybody Loves Ice Prince(2011). Well this was from a few years ago,it had the whole Choc Boyz collaboration thing I talked about a while back. Their collaboration makes me very happy because they just bring something new to the table. But sadly it looks like they may not be collaborating any time so seeing the recent string of events. I think the point of the song was to thank his(Ice Prince) fans and every one that supported the song. This song was motivated to thank all  the people that read my blog. I apologize for the lack of posts I've been having exams for the past week and I will be having more in the weeks to come.

See the link to the song here

The song of the day is Stronger by Kanye West from his Second Album Graduation (2007). The song contains a vocal sample of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by French house duo Daft Punk. This is one of his best and most successful projects,It went 5x Platinum. It has this electronica-infused hip-hop vibe like this. I don't even know how he thought of such a concept, its just brilliant.It won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 50th Grammy Awards. I like the song because he produced it himself and he was able to fuse several concepts together and not make it sound disorganised.


See link to the song here