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Monday, March 26, 2012

Review #1,136: Promo Only: Dance Radio April 2012

Reviewed on 3.26.2012 (Review #1,136)


Here we go wit this Promo Only: Dance Radio April 2012 review. As bad as it was losing my shit two weeks ago (still haven’t found), after 4 years and 10 dayz, I had to buy a new iPod five dayz ago; I dropped it in tha post office. :roll: I had tha money (from a college refund), but my playlist was ending four dayz later, and I lost a lot of stats. :roll: It’s like, couldn’t’ve just waited…? :? I had to guess most of tha plays, do curves, and re-order my older songs. Now, I got everything in order (even on my laptop), so let’s hope I don’t have to waste a whole day again! I’ll be keeping track of how many HMs & re-entries there are, here, to prove patheticness! :roll: Start Time: 7:10 PM | End Time: 9:13 PM


Disclaimer: I rate each song from 1.0 – 5.0; each rating iz my own opinion! I only please myself wit my ratings! I don’t care how lyrical you are, as long as it’s jammin’ enough for me to like it! I look for beats, then vocals, and then lyrics. To determine my favorites, I will differ tha 4.0 ratings. If a song gets at least a 4.0 rating from me, I love it already. If at least a 4.6 rating, I pretty much really love it, as it’s considered mindblowin’ when I hear it! Any song can earn up to a maximum of a 5.0 rating. Anything I type before “ >>> “ iz what I’m sayin’ before I listen to tha song; anything after I type “ >>> “ iz what I think of tha song while I’m listening to it.
 
© 2012 CD Review (Review #1,136) reviewed on 3.26.2012 by FrankieThaLuckyDog.


01. One Direction “What Makes You Beautiful (Dave Audé Radio Edit)”
HM #01. I don’t know tha artist or song, but it’s a major label on tha signin’… Have no idea what to expect; will it be a pop-rock song? >>> Sounds like a good start, and I think tha HM detection iz right; almost sounds like a boy band… Catchy lil’ chorus, here, too, wit tha tight music, too! Kinda seemed like tha length was a lil’ on tha longer side, but there’s only two verses, lol… Vocals are almost soundin’ like Chris Brown, too, especially when they say, “That’s what makes you beautiful.” My Rating: 3.9


02. Madonna “Girl Gone Wild (Justin Cognito Remix)”
HM #02. Sounds like a good original version on MCD; will this be better than tha previous single? Iz this more for tha dance world? >>> Not much goin’ on wit tha remix-music start, here… Of course, Madonna sounds good, but could’ve been a better remix than this plainness… ROFL, tha dubstep part at 2:31? Tell me MCD got this version and didn’t list tha mix? They did that with “Blessed”; now, I’m confused… My Rating: 3.6


03. Tom Hangs & Shermanology “Blessed (Avicii Edit)”
Finally, somethin’ a lil’ more exciting… Also, I think there’s a shitload of PO errors wit tha content warning; thought they’d fix it, but no, it’s all over tha back cover, smh!! :roll: Also, first PODR song to be on POContemporary Christian (includin’ this mix/edit)? Saw that when I was seein’ if this was on a PO (forgot it was); seems like a funny trendsetter… This edit has more vocals than tha YT links I’ve found. Oh wait, lol, no chorus vocals (MCD’s goes, “Blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed. x4; I’m blessed…”). Lol, I hear one at 2:01; nice lil’ mix, here, of Avicii music and “Can’t Stop Me” vocals! Sounds like a Spring anthem; glad there’s some new music in heavy rotation on MCD, finally!! My Current Rating: 4.4


04. Benny Benassi Feat. Gary Go “Control”
Another dance song, but wit that low BPM, I don’t think I’m gonna be bothered… >>> Whoa, scary start? Why was my thoughts correct? :confused Not likin’ this start; hate to even curve it like this, but it has a country feel to wit tha music… I hate how there’s anticipatin’ build-up background sounds in this; no need for that when this doesn’t average out! Rather these build-ups be in “Close To Me” or somethin’. I’m slowly likin’ it a lil’ better, but once again, prolly should be more pop-acceptable than dance! Will somethin’ like this go pop? Calvin Harris “Feel So Close” just did… My Rating: 3.4


05. Jason Derülo “Breathing (Razor N Guido Remix Edit)”
HM #03. Why does JD have tha one and only PO-listed clean song on here?? :? Gotta quote my boy P.I.R. from Louisiana: “Turned on Fuse for some hip-hop, and they played Jason Derülo; who tha/what tha hell iz this?;” lol. >>> Best music start on this CD, so far; too bad it’s throw-away material, wit this artist… Definitely super tight music, but JD just creates 100% guilty pleasure for me; guess I gotta get used to it? My Rating: 4.3


06. Paul Van Dyk Feat. Adam Young “Eternity (Alternative Radio Mix)”
Looks like a good AL ‘til you see tha typical BPM, mix name, and vocalist. :roll: I was unaware of tha vocalist ‘til I looked up tha AVB song that was out, recently. When I read that tha vocalist iz tha singer Owl City, I wanted to throw up. Okay, I’ll give props to tha first autism artist appearin’ on PODR, but those “Fireflies” dayz seemed kinda corny, one-hit-wonder-y, and poppy… >>> Good combo of music, hence tha mix name, but guilty pleasure wit these vocals at its finest… Nothin’ wrong wit this, but like Jason Derülo, when playin’ this in tha car or somethin’, gotta pretend it’s a dance artist on tha vocals to prevent weirdness! Lol, how many songs got dubstep parts in them, now? Seems like tha cool addition… It’s like, do pop vocalists like this just move to dance music when they know they hit it big on tha charts once? Seems like everyone’s doin’ that, includin’ someone comin’ up next (Cassie)… My Rating: 4.1


07. Dev & Enrique Iglesias “Naked (MK Radio Edit)”
HM #04. Looks like one of those ALs, but tha original version gave me no interest; will this long remix help? >>> Another one of those scary starts… Sounds like Enrique’s dance-remixed music, here, which ain’t too bad… Good for a duet; okay for a song, but better wit tha okay music… Still, nothin’ like tha RNG music from tha JD song… I think they could’ve really minused that gay-soundin’ “hoo-hoo-hoo” shit. :td My Rating: 3.7


08. Cassie “King Of Hearts (R3hab Radio Edit)”
HM #05. Another one-hit-wonder, but wit a much-better sound than tha “Me & U” dayz. MCD betta get this, especially wit all tha other shit that slides! Plus, tha original version has an Inna/Play & Win feel to it! Lookin’ forward to hearin’ tha R3hab remix, but I have a feelin’ tha original gon be better… >>> Well, no Inna music in tha beginning… Of course, she sounds hot but this ain’t tha kinda song for quiet music… I know R3hab usually does that, but to take away tha Inna music? :( Ehh @ tha music; sounds too much like “We Found Love”’s remix. That was good, but to take away tha Inna music from tha original was kinda a turn-off for me. My Rating: 3.6


09. Manufactured Superstars & Jeziel Quintela Feat. Christian Burns “Silver Splits The Blue (Paul Oakenfold Remix Edit)”
Finally, looks a lil’ excitin’ on tha ID, and a hot dance label on tha signin’. Unlike Adam Young, at least this former boy band lead singer (CB from Tiësto’s “In The Dark”) can kinda slide… >>> Thought tha music would be a lil’ tighter than typical-soundin’… A lil’ better wit when tha chorus comes in, but this just sounds like a regular dance song, for me; nothin’ special… My Rating: 3.2


10. Foster The People “Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls) (Karmatronic Radio Remix)”
HM #06. *With a sarcastic tone* Oh, tha fastest song on this PO!! I think they’re gonna be a one-hit-wonder wit their previous song, but we’ll see if this iz even worth it… >>> Not too bad, at first; doesn’t even sound like them, which I know that when artists sound different (e.g., Alexandra Stan) on their 2nd single, it kinda means one-hit-wonderness… Chorus sounds a lil’ cool for this, but cheesy, at tha same time. Thought tha music would be a lil’ better wit tha fast BPM, but no, it ain’t… My Rating: 3.1


½time: Tha bleh ain’t over, yet, smh…; 3.7 for tha CD rating, currently…


11. Neon Hitch “Love U Betta”
HM #07 / Re-Entry #01. *With a confused tone* Where’s my “F U”? Lol… Not only iz this a backwards step wit tha re-entry, but goin’ from dirty-clean to straight-up clean? And, original version? A 3x bad combo by PO and so pointless! I mean, catchy original version, but damn, how much backwards can you go wit one song, PO? You might fall down tha stairs, lol! At least they kept those last few seconds, lol! My Current Rating: 4.0


12. Taio Cruz “Troublemaker (R3hab Edit)”
HM #08 / Re-Entry #02. R3hab, do ya thang… >>> Hearin’ tha beginning music and it sounds like this recently-added MCD song by Karmin called “Brokenhearted (R3hab Remix)”; he’s kinda doin’ tha recyclin’ thing wit tha remixes, which izn’t that cool… WTF, what’s up wit this recycled music after tha chorus, too?!? Sounds tighter, but damn, I heard “Brokenhearted”’s remix before this; really should’ve been opposite, lol. My Rating: 3.3


13. Jump Smokers Feat. Pitbull “Spring Break”
Yawn…; I throw up more when I see “*Promo Only Clean Edit*”. :roll: >>> Better music than JS remixes that have been out… A lil’ like nothin’ goin’ on, here… Okay, hearin’ tha JS rap on tha 1st verse, and I like tha “sick of haters” part. Though I would criticize a random rapper for bringin’ up “haters” all tha time, I thought it sounded better-than-usual, here. Pitbull’s on tha 2nd verse, and I actually thought he did a pretty-good job, hence that he’s gettin’ boring on all these songs. Overall, even though a lil’ plain and ehh, it’s better than some of tha shit on here. My Rating: 3.7


14. Kathy Phillips Feat. Danitto “Now That We Found Love (Caliente Radio Edit)”
*Shocked tone* What? A dance artist? What, a dance label?! After all that HM mess? Hopefully we can finally have somethin’ valuable, here!!! >>> Damn, it iz a remake! I didn’t wanna call it, but it iz. Lol, hearin’ some rappin’ outta nowhere! It’s okay, but I can’t recall if all tha lyrics are a cover, or if they’re new; I think they’re a cover, too. By tha way, tha original rapper artist, Heavy D, died of a heart attack last Fall; R.I.P.! “Now” that I hear tha 2nd verse, tha rap lyrics are a cover, too. Props on tha music, especially durin’ tha chorus; interestin’ direction for KP, but DvD? I dunno ‘bout dat… Even though I’m disgusted wit this CD and this iz DvD, I’ll give this props and say that it’s better than most of tha shit on here. My Rating: 4.0


15. Rye Rye “Boom Boom (Kat Krazy Remix)”
HM #09. Damn @ tha “*Promo Only Clean*” again… Lol, neva would’ve guessed, but it’s three in a row for rappin’, lol! >>> OMG, not another cover of a dance song; at least it’s just tha chorus… Remake of tha Vengaboys song, “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!”… Rappin’ here iz okay, but nothin’ too special, includin’ tha music. Everything sounded better wit tha KK remix of that Rye Rye/Robyn song from tha 8/11 CD… Damn, fartin’? Oh, a near-dubstep sound toward tha bridge… Oh, I hear it now, lol. Either way, could’ve been a lot better, but tha remake shit made me not go for this… My Rating: 2.5


16. Groove State “Feels So Good (Smash Mode Radio Mix)”
Lemme say what I had to say about KP’s AL… “What? A dance artist? What, a dance label?!” Let’s see if this comes true, since I have AL for these peeps appearin’ on PO! >>> Glad they’re back, after about 3 years! Then again, without iPR, they seemed like they’ve been gone. I love how PO will throw such shit on here, but then, a dance artist that’s been around for a few years appears on here, for tha first time. Nothin’ negative ta say, here; thumbs up for SM remixin’, and this soundin’ pretty good. Ooh, even hotter music after tha chorus; now we’re talkin’ wit some quality music on here!! Wow, tha 2nd verse sounds much better than 1st verse!! Not too bad wit tha rest of this, but tha peak of tha song went away… My Rating: 4.2


17. Karmin “Brokenhearted (R3hab Remix Edit)”
HM #10. Oh no, here we are wit this song; more like a compound word on tha title… Like I said before, wit Taio Cruz, ehh… When MCD got it, I actually was a lil’ excited; I was like, “Wow, a new artist; somethin’ different that’s not Adele or somethin’ old still playin’?” Then, what made me notice it wasn’t a dance artist was tha pics added to MCD. Then, I think I heard it come on a pop station up here? Okay for a HM, but more on tha boring side for me… My Current Rating: 3.4


18. Jason Nevins Feat. Greg Nice “Candyman (The Revenge)”
ROFL? I know GN iz a rapper, but here we go wit dance world meets rap world; funny how these random rappers, that would appear here and there, throw themselves into tha dance world. >>> Big turn-off wit tha music start! Tha same music from The Mac Project/Therese “Another Love”; what a rip-off!! Even though these lyrics ain’t that for me, I think they’re kinda funny, here. It’s like, what’d they thought “Another Love” wasn’t a big song? Uh, that got out there on sources and in heavy rotation on MCD; what’s this gonna do? Wow, referencin’ “GaGa,” lol? I wanna say, “Not too bad,” but I had more negative thoughts, especially wit tha sampled music! My Rating: 2.9


19. Dada Life “Kick Out The Epic Motherfucker”
LOL, a hot one right here!!! Surprised MCD got this, and iz playin’ it throughout tha day!! More of an MCE artist, but this looks like a breakthrough song for DL, especially since it’s signed wit an indie/major label. Liked tha dirty version, but it was too long, so this radio edit’ll do! Really likin’ tha “emergency” lyrics, mixed wit some party lyrics—lol, a DL song just came on MCE in tha background, lol! That chorus iz kinda funny and random; it must speak to tha pretty-tight beats goin’ on, here… Tha club mix has two choruses together; glad this has three, and it flows through nicely! My Current Rating: 4.4


20. DJ Denis Feat. Juan Magan, Lil’ Jon & Baby Bash “Shuri Shuri (Let’s Go Loco) (Jump Smokers Radio Edit)”
HM #11 / Re-Entry #03. Different DJ? Oh, they took out his last name… Either way, kinda startin’ to hate on this, now that it’s playin’ on MCD a lot… This iz a better version than that other mix that was on 1/12’s edition. Of course, Lil’ Jon’s random ass iz on here; I felt like he stole my music tastes!! Also, Baby Bash randomly appearin’ on tha 2nd verse. He keeps havin’ hits in different years, but can never have two in one, lol. LOL, Lil’ Jon; oh, oh, oh… My Current Rating: 3.0 (like it better than tha other PO version, but because of its playin’ too muchness and me gettin’ bored of it, this rating’s lower)


21. Meital “Yummy (Rami Afuni Radio Mix)”
HM #12 / Re-Entry #04. Another CD endin’ wit this song, ROFL? Took six months; tha other mix did a lot of progress wit me since I got it on tha 11/11 CD. Matta fact, it retired on my top 10 countdown a month ago; that’s how long ago PO had this song, lol! They even took tha “Boyz” outta tha title, lol. Also, on tha back cover, they took out BPM, next to where it says, 128, rofl? Well, I still enjoy this song, so we’ll see how another version does… >>> Sounds more like an anthem beat, here. Startin’ wit tha 2nd verse, lol? Pretty cool mix, but tha Danny Verde mix from 11/11’s better. Still, this sets a different mood; more like for tha clubs, here. Damn, tha 2nd verse again! Should’ve had tha 1st verse appear! Finally, a real chorus @ 2:46; took too long! I don’t like how there were a bunch of parts minused, includin’ tha intro to tha other mix: “These boys are hot and horny,” lol. My Rating: 3.7


Overall: Damn @ this PO! Nothin’ excitin’ came outta this, at all! I already knew “Blessed” & “KOTEMFucker” (lol), which were tied as my top-rated songs; they also tie tha 6/09 PO for lowest top rating of a CD (4.4). :( I have to admit rushing to check tha tracklisting out. Usually, I scroll from left to right (on tha print friendly details) slowly, but I did it so fast, and look what it resulted in. :( Guess that goes good wit losing things and having an iPod break? :?


Rankings:

21.       Rye Rye “Boom Boom (Kat Krazy Remix)” 2.5
20.       Jason Nevins Feat. Greg Nice “Candyman (The Revenge)” 2.9
19.       DJ Denis Feat. Juan Magan, Lil’ Jon & Baby Bash “Shuri Shuri (Let’s Go Loco) (Jump Smokers Radio Edit)” 3.0
18.       Foster The People “Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls) (Karmatronic Radio Remix)” 3.1
17.       Manufactured Superstars & Jeziel Quintela Feat. Christian Burns “Silver Splits The Blue (Paul Oakenfold Remix Edit)” 3.2
16.       Taio Cruz “Troublemaker (R3hab Edit)” 3.3
15.       Karmin “Brokenhearted (R3hab Remix Edit)” 3.4
14.       Benny Benassi Feat. Gary Go “Control” 3.4
13.       Madonna “Girl Gone Wild (Justin Cognito Remix)” 3.6
12.       Cassie “King Of Hearts (R3hab Radio Edit)” 3.6
11.        Meital “Yummy (Rami Afuni Radio Mix)” 3.7
10.       Jump Smokers Feat. Pitbull “Spring Break” 3.7
09.       Dev & Enrique Iglesias “Naked (MK Radio Edit)” 3.7
08.       One Direction “What Makes You Beautiful (Dave Audé Radio Edit)” 3.9
07.       Neon Hitch “Love U Betta” 4.0
06.       Kathy Phillips Feat. Danitto “Now That We Found Love (Caliente Radio Edit)” 4.0
05.       Paul Van Dyk Feat. Adam Young “Eternity (Alternative Radio Mix)” 4.1
04.       Groove State “Feels So Good (Smash Mode Radio Mix)” 4.2
03.   Jason Derülo “Breathing (Razor N Guido Remix Edit)” 4.3 :?
02.   Tom Hangs & Shermanology “Blessed (Avicii Edit)” 4.4
01.   Dada Life “Kick Out The Epic Motherfucker” 4.4


Average CD Rating Review:

Total Score:              76.4
Total Songs:              / 21
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Average CD Rating:       3.6