Turmoil here in Crazyland as it turns out that Princesa's "Más Fuego," number three on my singles list, is definitively mid (like spring) 2009; and she was talking up the album back in 2009 too, it seems, though I suppose I could justify voting for it on the grounds of its being self-released down by the banks of the Rio De La Plata, normal release dates being fairly irrelevant when there's no advertising budget and the recording emanates from distant shores. But I'd still want it to be a couple of months later, I guess.
So my tenth spot, which had been occupied solidly by After School's "Bang!" until that was bumped up to nine, is a dogfight between the Dizzee/Florence live "You Got The Dirtee Love," I Blåme Coco's "Caesar," and Didi Benami's AI performance of "Play With Fire." Where I am with those three is that "Dirtee Love" has the most electrifying moments, stuff like the flurry of words from Dizzee right at the start, the bass and drums adding drama when they enter along with Dizzee's re-entrance, and the transitions back and forth between Dizzee and Flo, she propelling herself off of his speed, he lifting off from her volume. "Play With Fire" is by far the most original achievement, Didi not compromising her delicate delivery but nonetheless delivering the threat of the song. A flighty whispy surface with steel inside. Whereas "Caesar" simply has warmth that rolls powerfully through it from start to finish. Maybe I shouldn't just say "simply," since of the three this is the one that leaves me fundamentally inarticulate about my reasons for liking it.
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