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Dev Like Cassie (Mid Year Singles & Albums 2011)
Been meaning to gather up the tracks featuring Dev that are scattered across the 'Net and then give her a proper write-up, but in case the write-up never materializes, here's my thesis: Dev hits me in my Cassie spot. Their image and sound are different - Cassie's a model/starlet at an audition, while Dev is a 1950s shopgirl offhours, reincarnated in 2011, preparing for her Friday night. But they both have a drifting, inexplicable sexiness, Cassie's maybe more dreamy and Dev's more scrappy, but it feels like the same thing.
(Don't think Dev is at the Cassie point yet where she can do no wrong, but unlike anything recent from Cassie, some of her tracks are actually released for purchase and such.)
Singles:
1. Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me"
2. Jeremih "Down On Me"
3. GD&TOP "High High"
4. Galaxy Dream ft. Turbotronic "Ready 4or Romance"
5. IU "The Story Only I Didn't Know"
6. Bobby Brackins ft. Dev "A1"
7. Big Bang "Tonight"
8. Far East Movement ft. Lil Jon & Colette Carr "Go Ape"
9. Dia Frampton "Heartless" (live)
10. GD&TOP "Knock Out"
11. Rihanna "S&M"
12. 2NE1 "I Am The Best"
13. Rihanna "Man Down"
14. Reba McEntire "If I Were A Boy"
15. Nicola Roberts "Beat Of My Drum (Loverushuk Radio Remix)"
16. Secret "No. 1 (Inst.)"
17. Big Freedia "Almost Famous"
18. Girl2School "Let's Play Dance"
19. Kara "Jumping"
20. Lemonade Mouth Cast "Determinate"
21. Rainbow "To Me"
22. T-ara "Why Are You Being Like This?"
23. Kelly Rowland ft. Lil Wayne "Motivation"
24. AB ft. Jacob Eye "Slip"
25. Metronomy "The Look"
26. Celia "D-D-Down"
27. Crookers ft. Róisín Murphy "Royal T."
28. Xoxo "Mocha Java"
29. The-Dream "Fuck My Brains Out"
30. Roach Gigz ft. Lil 4Tay "Wild Child"
31. Dev "In The Dark (Proper Villains Remix)"
32. CREEP ft. Nina Sky "You"
33. Dev ft. the Cataracs "Bass Down Low"
34. Avril Lavigne "What The Hell"
35. Camo & Krooked "Nothing Is Older Than Yesterday"
36. Alexandra Stan "Mr. Saxobeat"
37. Jamey Johnson "Heartache"
38. Dionne Bromfield ft. Diggy Sim "Yeah Right"
39. Phaeleh ft. Soundmouse "Afterglow"
40. Cee-Lo Green ft. Wiz Khalifa "Bright Lights Bigger City"
41. Rittz "High Five"
42. The Decemberists "Down By The Water"
43. Nicholas Jaar "Keep Me There"
44. Robyn "Call Your Girlfriend"
45. T-ara "Ya Ya Ya"
46. 4minute "Mirror Mirror"
47. Nero ft. Alano "Guilt"
48. Yasmin "Finish Line"
49. Kim Kardashian "Jam (Turn It Up)"
50. Blady "찌릿찌릿"
My previous round-up included links to my write-ups on some of these; here are subsequent musings and convos: "Heartless," "I Am The Best," "Motivation." Am determined to review "You" for the Jukebox if it gets on the board; and I ought to defend "The Look" one of these days.
A couple of weeks ago on Rolling K-pop I did quick shots for some of the Korean tracks.
My albums list doesn't mean much, since a lot on it I've only heard once, and I never got around to listening to the albs you people recommended in May. I hope that doesn't stop you from making more recommendations in the comments. You should link other people's mid-year lists where warranted, too.
I'll need to make a decision between John Travolta Wannabe and Temptastic one of these days, as the former is simply disco remixes of the latter, plus new single "Roly-Poly" and another new track.
Albums:
1. SOOLj Electro SOOLj (EP)
2. SNSD 1st Japan Album
3. Various Artists Mr.Collipark Presents Can I Have The Club Back Please
4. Britney Spears Femme Fatale
5. Roach Gigz Roachy Balboa 2
6. LPG The Special
7. T-ara John Travolta Wannabe (EP)
8. T-ara Temptastic (EP)
9. Rainbow SO女 (EP)
10. DJ Bedbugs Teen Pop Lock And Drop Vol. 1
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