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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall Making Of Set It Off Video]]></title>
<link>http://datruhater.wordpress.com/?p=1002</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>datruhater</dc:creator>
<guid>http://datruhater.wordpress.com/?p=1002</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall ft. Clipse - Set It Off(Behind the scenes)]]></title>
<link>http://the4thquarter.wordpress.com/?p=561</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jo$h</dc:creator>
<guid>http://the4thquarter.wordpress.com/?p=561</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall - Set It Off Video Shoot (Behind The Scenes)]]></title>
<link>http://highendtheory.wordpress.com/?p=59</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>514k</dc:creator>
<guid>http://highendtheory.wordpress.com/?p=59</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Bishop Lamont and more show up for some cameos. This is a crazy summer joint, video on the way.
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<p>Bishop Lamont and more show up for some cameos. This is a crazy summer joint, video on the way.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardi ft. Lindo P "BURNT"  ]]></title>
<link>http://incubate.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/kardi-ft-lindo-p-burnt/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>incubate</dc:creator>
<guid>http://incubate.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/kardi-ft-lindo-p-burnt/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t even front, and turn it up quick! From Kardi&#8217;s new LP, Not 4 Sale, out in August.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don't even front, and turn it up quick! From <strong>Kardi's</strong> new LP, <a href="http://www.kardinaloffishall.com/" target="_blank"><em><strong>Not 4 Sale</strong></em></a>, out in August.</p>
<p><span style="display:block;width:425px;margin:0 auto;"> [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.633579&#38;w=425&#38;h=350&#38;fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] </span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/4949678-5ca" target="_blank"><strong>Kardi ft. Lindo P - Burnt.mp3</strong></a></p>
<div style="font-size:10px;"><a href="http://vodpod.com/wordpress"></a></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall Sets it Off With the Clipse]]></title>
<link>http://highendtheory.wordpress.com/?p=14</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>514k</dc:creator>
<guid>http://highendtheory.wordpress.com/?p=14</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Gotta represent for my man from T-Dot, great to see him finally getting into the American limelight]]></description>
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<p>Gotta represent for my man from T-Dot, great to see him finally getting into the American limelight. Track is a blazer.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/15027354dbdaa2c3/">Set it Off (Feat. Clipse)</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[kardinal Offishall - Burnt (featurting Lindo P)]]></title>
<link>http://sarcasticdbag.wordpress.com/?p=854</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dsuth313</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sarcasticdbag.wordpress.com/?p=854</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Street vids are dope. Toronto stand up!
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<p>Street vids are dope. Toronto stand up!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Wale, Kidz in the Hall and Kardinal Offishall Featured on Madden '09]]></title>
<link>http://bringing88back.wordpress.com/?p=347</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bringing88back</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bringing88back.wordpress.com/?p=347</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Billboard announced the soundtrack for the 20th edition of the best-selling franchise in gaming his]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://billboard.com">Billboard </a>announced the soundtrack for the 20th edition of the best-selling franchise in gaming history.</p>
<p>Featured on the 26-song mix:</p>
<p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=U0O7dhbSYm0">Wale "Breakdown"</a></p>
<p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=KPTP0Q7CNt8">Kidz in the Hall "Blackout"</a></p>
<p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=JB8eJV4U8Qc">Kardinal Offishall Feat. Lindo P "Burnt"</a></p>
<p>Here's the rest, there are more notables (like Izza Kizza and Busta Rhymes, minus the Linkin Park though):</p>
<p>Airbourne, "Stand Up for Rock'N'Roll"<br />
Busta Rhymes, "We Made It" featuring Linkin Park<br />
Disturbed, "Inside the Fire"<br />
Franz Ferdinand, "Lucid Dreams"<br />
From First To Last,	"Worlds Away"<br />
Gym Class Heroes, "I'm Home"<br />
Hollywood Undead, "Undead"<br />
In Flames, "The Mirror's Truth"</p>
<p>Izza Kizza, "Millionaire"</p>
<p>Innerpartysystem, "Don't Stop"<br />
K'NAAN, "ABC's"<br />
KOVAS, "Wax On, Wax Off"<br />
Mindless Self Indulgence, "Never Wanted to Dance"<br />
Rev Theory, "Hell Yeah"<br />
Senses Fail, "Wolves at the Door"<br />
Shinedown, "Devour"</p>
<p>The All-American Rejects, "The Real World (Demo)"</p>
<p>The Fashion, "Like Knives"<br />
The Offspring, "Hammerhead"<br />
Trivium, "Into the Mouth of Hell We March"<br />
Tyga, "Diamond Life"<br />
Underoath, "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures"<br />
The Truth, "Workin'" featuring Good Charlotte</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall &amp; Clipse - Set It Off]]></title>
<link>http://tylersmusic.wordpress.com/?p=5</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ttylerr</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This here is a bangin&#8217; beat from Kardinal Offishall! If yur feelin it download it below

Kardi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This here is a bangin' beat from Kardinal Offishall! If yur feelin it download it below</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/1475883996a543c5/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.konvictmuzik.net/biography/Kardinal-Offishall-Biography-picture.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/1475883996a543c5/">Kardinal Offishall feat. Clipse - Set It Off</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall Feat. The Clipse "Set It Off"]]></title>
<link>http://bringing88back.wordpress.com/?p=340</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bringing88back</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bringing88back.wordpress.com/?p=340</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Listen/Download &#8220;Set It Off&#8221;
Off 2dopeboyz
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<p><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/148753839f643d0f/">Listen/Download "Set It Off"</a></p>
<p>Off <a href="http://2dopeboyz.com">2dopeboyz</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall - Set it Off (featuring The Clipse)]]></title>
<link>http://sarcasticdbag.wordpress.com/?p=841</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dsuth313</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sarcasticdbag.wordpress.com/?p=841</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Canada, stand the fuck up! This one was on that mixtape Kardi dun did, but now you can hear it indi]]></description>
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<p>Canada, stand the fuck up! This one was on that mixtape Kardi dun did, but now you can hear it individually. Sweet.</p>
<p>Kardi! Links:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/14876256174ef137/" target="_blank">Kardinal Offishall - Set it Off (featuring The Clipse)</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[New FIRE from Clipse and Kardinal Offishall]]></title>
<link>http://legindarystatus.wordpress.com/?p=104</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>legindary</dc:creator>
<guid>http://legindarystatus.wordpress.com/?p=104</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yea that&#8217;s it&#8230;.

I said earlier I&#8217;d be posting this, wow, this is some heat. Kard ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Yea that's it....</em></p>
<p><a href="http://legindarystatus.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/clipse.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-105" src="http://legindarystatus.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/clipse.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>I said earlier I'd be posting this, wow, this is some heat. Kard may not be the best, but this is a banger and the Clipse absolutely obliterate this beat. Check this out!!!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/1475883996a543c5/">Kardinal Offishall ft The Clipse-Set It Off (Hot!!)</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon - "Dangerous (Pressure Remix)"]]></title>
<link>http://on221.wordpress.com/?p=1920</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Des</dc:creator>
<guid>http://on221.wordpress.com/?p=1920</guid>
<description><![CDATA[

Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon - &#8220;Dangerous (Pressure Remix)&#8221;
Shouts to the homie Press]]></description>
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<p>[audio http://on221.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/kardinal-offishall-feat-akon-dangerous-pressure-remix.mp3]<br />
<a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/148311801e0173f8/">Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon - "Dangerous (Pressure Remix)"</a></p>
<p>Shouts to the homie <a href="http://www.myspace.com/pressurebeats">Pressure</a> for sending this joint over.</p>
<p>More joints at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/pressurebeats">Myspace.com/PressureBeats</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Akon and Kardinal Offishall-Dangerous]]></title>
<link>http://legindarystatus.wordpress.com/?p=79</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>legindary</dc:creator>
<guid>http://legindarystatus.wordpress.com/?p=79</guid>
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This is hot! It just shows all you need is a little bit of Akon, and you can have a smash hit. This]]></description>
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<p>This is hot! It just shows all you need is a little bit of Akon, and you can have a smash hit. This is Kard's first official single from his album dropping in August. He's also got a new track with Clipse I will be posting soon...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/92005440e670e9/">Kardinal Offishall ft Akon-Dangerous</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinall Offshall feat. Clipse - "Set It Off"]]></title>
<link>http://on221.wordpress.com/?p=1910</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Des</dc:creator>
<guid>http://on221.wordpress.com/?p=1910</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Kardinall Offshall feat. Clipse - &#8220;Set It Off&#8221;
Shout out to Konvict. Nova, I see you.
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<p><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/148247812f57b742/">Kardinall Offshall feat. Clipse - "Set It Off"</a></p>
<p>Shout out to Konvict. Nova, I see you.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall Feat. Lindo P - "Burnt"]]></title>
<link>http://nickynet.wordpress.com/?p=131</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nickynet</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nickynet.wordpress.com/?p=131</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall Ft Lindo P-Burnt]]></title>
<link>http://datruhater.wordpress.com/?p=757</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>datruhater</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Bonus Food Porn - Potatos and 'Skins']]></title>
<link>http://fracas.wordpress.com/?p=2733</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fracas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fracas.wordpress.com/?p=2733</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Do you have any idea how I fear the idea of being mistaken for some hardened criminal?
You see]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you have any idea how I fear the idea of being mistaken for some hardened criminal?</p>
<p>You see... I've turned into a degenerate, and I don't mean Ellen. Once in a while, you're watching television, and some news magazine show comes on and it's about some poor soul who was mistaken for a criminal, convicted though innocent, and sent to prison.</p>
<p><img style="border:0;margin:3px;" src="http://fracas.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/foodporn_9.png" border="0" alt="Potato Porn, potato looks like a penis" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="182" height="292" align="left" />Seriously, I worry about these things.</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>Have you <em>any</em> idea what the 'Fracas Stuff' folder on the fraccy hard drive looks like?</p>
<p>Oh sure you do.</p>
<p>Do you realize that I have dozens of images of (nearly) bare boobs, sexy lips, sexy legs, half-naked men, food that looks like penises, boobs, butts and vaginas, as well as other assorted photos that are anything but innocent?</p>
<p>I have photos on there that would surely convince any cop-type dude sent to raid the fraccy home, that I am <em>dangerous</em>.</p>
<p>And I don't mean in that good, Kardinal Offishall/Akon Dangerous way, I mean in that <em>who the heck has pictures that whacked on their hard drive unless they're a little fracced</em> kind of way.</p>
<p>[Brief intermission to enjoy... oh just watch it.]<br />
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<p>So, though the <strong><a href="http://fracas.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/friday-food-porn-plum-dandy/">loquat boobies</a></strong> in the folder probably wouldn't raise an eyebrow, how exactly, would I 'splain <em>this</em>?</p>
<p><img style="border:0;margin:3px;" src="http://fracas.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/foodporn_nature3.jpg" border="0" alt="Mole rat looks like a penis" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="294" height="227" align="right" />What about the fact that this photo somehow seemed like one I should keep for use in a post featuring a penile potato?</p>
<p>You don't get the connection?</p>
<p><em>Think.</em></p>
<p>No. It's not. It's a photo of a Mole Rat. They're <em>supposed</em> to look that way.</p>
<p>Why does it belong in this post?</p>
<p>Because scanning the fraccy folder, this little ole Mole Rat just kept shouting out at me and frankly, I couldn't think of a single other recipe that belonged in this Potato Porn episode of Friday Food Porn.</p>
<h2>Southern Food Potato SKINS</h2>
<div id="rIng"><strong>INGREDIENTS:</strong></div>
<ul>
<li>1 large baking potato</li>
<li>black pepper</li>
<li>1 tablespoon chopped green onion</li>
<li>butter flavor nonstick spray or melted butter</li>
<li>seasoned salt</li>
<li>2 tablespoons sour cream regular or reduced fat</li>
</ul>
<div id="rPrp"><strong>PREPARATION:</strong></div>
<div>Bake one potato in microwave for 4 to 6 minutes. Remove from oven after baking; wrap in foil and let stand for 5 to 10 minutes. Unwrap potato and cut in half lengthwise. Let potato cool until it can be handled. Gently scrape the insides of the potato out, do not scrape all the way to the skin (leave a little potato around the edges and on the bottom). Reserve scrapings for another meal, if desired. Season skins with seaoned salt and pepper. Sprinkle green onion on each one. Place in small pan sprayed with the cooking spray. Lightly spray the potato skins with the butter flavored spray or drizzle with a little melted butter. Place under broiler until golden brown.  </div>
<p>Remove from broiler and spread inside of each potato with 1 tablespoon of sour cream. Serve warm.</p>
<p>[Recipe <a href="http://southernfood.about.com/od/appetizersandsnacks/r/blbb72.htm">Source</a>]</p>
<p>I told you.</p>
<p>I've turned into a degenerate, and I don't mean Ellen.</p>
<p>Maybe that's why<strong><a href="http://humor-blogs.com/"> I feel so at home here</a></strong>. Please don't 'rat' me out to those cop-type dudes. Or at least... warn me first so I can hide the evidence.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kardinal Offishall backstage with Busta Rhymes]]></title>
<link>http://asap08.wordpress.com/?p=552</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nilspeace</dc:creator>
<guid>http://asap08.wordpress.com/?p=552</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Estelle "Shine" @@@@1/2]]></title>
<link>http://sagittariushh.wordpress.com/?p=134</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sagittarius</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignleft" style="margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;float:left;" src="http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/002/159/0000215922_350.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /><!--StartFragment--><span>Quand j’allume la radio en voiture, il y a deux choses qui me font kiffer en ce moment : chanter à tue-tête les paroles de « <em>Les Limites </em></span><span>» de Julien Doré (aisément, facilement) et mettre à fond « <em>American Boy </em></span><span>» d’Estelle. La première fois que j’ai entendu ce titre sur le Net, j’ai cru qu’il s’agissait d’un remix puisque l’instrumental était identique à celui de « <em>Impatient</em></span><span> » de Will.I.Am (tiré de son solo <em>Songs About Girls)</em></span><span> mais c’était bien en réalité son single officiel, un gros tube r&#38;b/disco-pop pour l’été. Estelle révélation r&#38;b féminin de l’année ? C’est déjà le cas, car avant de se faire remarquer et embarquer par John Legend (qui l’a signé en 2006 sur son label Homeschool Records), elle était une valeur montante dans son pays d’origine, l’Angleterre, où elle avait sorti plusieurs mixtapes et maxis, dont « <em>1980</em></span><span> » extrait de son premier album <em>The 18th Day</em></span><span> (paru en 2004), reçu un prix aux prestigieux MOBO Awards (Newcomer of the Year) et fut conviée pour diverses collaborations, notamment avec la star soul locale, Omar. Vous vous rendrez bien compte que le succès d’Estelle sur nos ondes et dans les charts européens n’a absolument rien d’anodin. Après Corinne Bailey Rae et Amy Winehouse, les anglaises continuent de débarquer !</span><!--EndFragment--> </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><!--StartFragment--><span>Je n’imaginais pas non plus que derrière ce tour des Etats-Unis bras dessus bras dessous avec Kanye West se cachait ce superbe joyau de rhythm’n blues éclectique qu’est <em>Shine</em></span><span>. Vu que je la découvrais pour la première fois avec cet album, je n’étais pas au bout de mes surprises. Dès le début de l’opus, j’entends Estelle rapper sur le dernier couplet de « <em>Wait A Minute (Just A Touch) </em></span><span>», une autre production du leader des Black Eyed Peas. Dans ma tête, la comparaison avec Missy Elliott devient évidente mais pas pour longtemps. Lorsque je me surprends à apprécier grandement ses mariages réussis entre vibe reggae et rythmes urbains, en particulier sur « <em>No Substitute Love </em></span><span>» (commençant par un clin d’œil à George Michael) et « <em>Magnificient »</em></span><span> feat Kardinal Offishall (produit par Mark Ronson), je comprends mieux pourquoi Wyclef Jean lui a légué deux productions. La londonienne doit probablement lui rappeler Lauryn Hill, puisque elle est capable de jongler entre rap, r&#38;b et reggae/ragga avec une adresse innée. Ou alors Mary J Blige, parce qu’elle allie hip-hop et soul avec souveraineté, on en retrouve des éléments de comparaison sur les parties groove 90s de « <em>So Much Out The Way </em></span><span>» (la seconde prod de Wyclef et son cousin Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis) <span>et le soulful « <em>In The Rain </em></span><span>» qui me fait penser à du 9th Wonder avec plus d’entrain.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><!--StartFragment--><span>Ne cherchez de pas de ballades romantiques ou bucoliques, j'aime autant vous le dire tout de suite, il n’y en a pas. Cool ! pour une fois que l’on peut se savourer un album de r&#38;b sans down-tempos à la soupe de rose aux textes naïfs. À la place, on a droit à des touches rétro récurrentes aux accents gospel, entre discrets samples de voix pitchées en fond et les chœurs de John Legend (« <em>More Than Friends </em></span><span>»). Estelle se permet même de poser le pied dans la Nusoul sans impertinence grâce au merveilleux « <em>Back In Love </em></span><span>». L’anglaise est très bien entourée, on l’avait remarqué à la réalisation, mais niveau figurations, c’est la grande classe. Mis à part Kanye West, il y a bien naturellement John Legend sur le fantastique duo « <em>You Are</em> » et le Gnarls Barkley Cee Lo sur « <em>Pretty (Love Me)</em> » produit par Jack Splash. Après ces collaborations très soul music, pourvu que Swizz Beatz ne gâche et ne tâche pas la sortie. Heureusement que non, il sort le grand jeu (si si je vous assure) sur la chanson éponyme « <em>Shine </em></span><span>», un morceau dancefloor à mi-chemin entre 2-Step et r&#38;b, mi-rap, mi-chant qui achève l’album.</span><!--EndFragment--> </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><!--StartFragment--><span>Y a pas photo, tout me plaît sur ce disque. <em>Shine</em></span><span> est un album de r&#38;b ‘à la cainri’ avec un charme et une élégance typiquement british avec ce qu’il faut de reggae pour la touche cosmopolite relative à la scène urbaine londonienne. Pour l’instant, c’est pour moi l’album r&#38;b féminin de l’année 2008, à moins qu’un classique du genre vienne chambouler ma hiérarchie de préférences. </span><!--EndFragment--></p>
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