NOVAJAVABLEND #7 [11.20.09] (subscribe)
- FULL CRATE // 80s Sugar [ft. Mar]
- REEL PEOPLE // Amazing [ft. Tony Momrelle & Imaani]
- AMERIE // Some Like It
- THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS // Galvanize [ft. Q-Tip]
- KELIS // 80s joint
- FAITH EVANS // Back To Love
- ZAPP // Doo Wa Ditty [Blow That Thing]
- PRINCE // Soft And Wet
- THE JACKSONS // Everybody
- REBBIE JACKSON // Centipede
- JANET JACKSON // R&B Junkie
- DE LA SOUL // A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays [Disco Fever Mix]
- THE JUNGLE BROTHERS // Tribe Vibes
- N*E*R*D // Things Are Getting Better
- DAVID BOWIE // Let’s Dance
- NOISETTES // Don’t Upset The Rhythm [ft. Wale & Estelle]
- KENNA// Loose Wires
- MADONNA // Music
- KLYMAXX // The Men All Pause
- DEBARGE // You Wear It Well
- THE EURYTHMICS // Sweet Dreams [Are Made Of This]
Amerie will always have joints, but a cursory skim through In Love and War by this blogger resulted in not a little ambivalence. Most of my indifference comes courtesy of tracks like “Heard ‘Em All” (adding Weezy is insult to injury but I understand how calculated this was, though it was too contrived) and “Swag Back” (based on title alone). With that in mind, I can’t write a proper review. Let’s see what other folks had to say, since my soft spot for her has become a callous: