Ashley

RedOne = yawn. He is a bigger recycler than Timbaland.

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What have they done to Quicksand? The original version I have from the Kitsuné EP is great but they've somehow managed to make her voice even shriller on the new version. I'm quite liking this album overall though. It doesn't have the same pure pop goodness that Little Boots - Hands has though.

I'm glad everyone's loving this. I seriously don't get it though. It doesn't usually take this long for a Shakira song to grow on me but I'm not even listening to it over and over again because I'm just not fussed about it at all. I'm hoping the English versions gonna get me - although language is never usually an issue for me.

They should release Cover My Eyes to change things up a bit.

The vocodery bit at the bridge is the best part of the song. I wish it could be like that all the way through.

I don't get it...it's growing on me slowly...but I seriously don't get it.

I've corrected my points.

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Lovely. The chorus is just impeccable.

Yeah, I know. It's just that some songs, even in LQ, you can hear they're great, but this sounds awful. I think the HQ will be great because we've already had better quality clips so I'm keeping my hopes up. I think this will be a big hit in the UK. It's wacky in Shakira way, but has none of the things that usually turn people off Shakira songs; trumpets, goat noises, Wyclef.

The full Spanish version leaked. Sounds terrible in LQ. I have hope though. VvP8xaUruL0

Maybe now it has a video they will give it a push with some promo and it might get picked up. I know Radio 1 has already played I Am Not A Robot. I surprised Radio 2 haven't jumped on it though - it's right up their alley.

The video is really nice. Hopefully it'll get some plays on TV - it's such a great song it really deserves to do well.

Sounds great. You can actually hear the beat rather than just the snare. I think I'm gonna like this now...all I needed was some vocals.

Sounds great. You can actually hear the beat rather than just the snare. I think I'm gonna like this now...all I needed was some vocals.

Nice to see Keri's album climbing. She deserves success.

This is the kind of Ciara I like. Not that pap that she released with Justin.

Spanish radio is going to eat this up. I remember they played Te Busque to absolute death.

Think I need to work on this some more but don't know whether I'll have the time: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/pudsack/laroux2.png

I thought Dog Days was top 20 on iTunes, how did it only reach #89 :o

I don't think we're going to hear much else until 29th June. Radio adds date in America is 21st July.

Well, I have a few problems with this. Firstly, the lyrics: What's she trying to say? That black girls are automatically presumed to be making "urban" music? Well there's plenty of black girls out there making music just like this - like someone already mentioned, Jamelia for one! The line that gets me the most is the bit about "bet you didn't think that I could do this too" like we're all that racist. Anyway, Remi Nicole already did this on Rock N Roll and at least she kinda had an excuse because she was making "rock" music (I'm using that term very loosely). Secondly, the Echo Beach sample is just a bit too prominent - if it wasn't relied on so heavily the song would be better but I just get the impression the song would be absolutely nothing without it. Saying all this, I think she has a lot of potential. I like her voice and I think if her other songs don't rely on samples like this then they'll sound pretty good. So I'll get over my quarms and just enjoy the song, because it's not actually that bad.

I loved One Word until I found out it was a Visage cover/sample...the original $h!ts all over Osbourne.

Some more official looking artwork coming through: http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp354/d...shaki/Loba1.gif And check out the site: http://lalobaestacerca.com/ Looks pretty cool! June 29th is too far away though!