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hip hop soul

The Fugees – Ready Or Not

The FugeesHoy toca otro grupo muerto. Bueno, más que muerto, separado. Aunque sus tres componentes, también conocidos como «refugees» (refugiados), han tenido excelentes carreras por separado: Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean y Pras Michel.

Os dejo con este soul hiphopero para empezar mañana el mes de julio. ¿Estáis preparados o no?:

Letra:

[estribillo]
Ready Or Not, Here I come, You Can’t Hide
Gonna Find You and take it Slowly
Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can’t Hide
Gonna Find You and Make you want me.

(Wyclef Jean)
Now that I escape, sleepwalker awake
Those who could relate know the world ain’t cake
Jail bars ain’t golden gates
Those who fake, they break,
When they meet their 400 pound mate
If I could rule the world
Everyone would have a gun in the ghetto of course
When giddyupin’ on their horse
I Kick a rhyme drinkin’ moonshine
I pour a sip on the concrete, for the deceased
But no don’t weep, Wyclef’s in a state of sleep
Thinkin’ ‘bout the robbery that I did last week.
Money in the bag, banker looked like a drag
I want to play with pelicans from here to Baghdad
Gun blast, think fast, I think I’m hit
My girl pinched my hips to see if I still exist.
I think not, I’ll send a letter to my friends,
A born again hooligan only to be king again.

[estribillo]

I play my enemies like a game of chess, where I rest,
No stress
If you don’t smoke sess, lest.
I must confess, my destiny’s manifest
In some Goretex and sweats I make treks like I’m homeless
Rap orgies with Porgy and Bess,
Capture your bounty like Elliot Ness, Yes
Bless you if you represent the Fu
But I’ll hex you with some witch’s brew if you’re Doo Doo
Voo Doo,
I can do what you do, easy, BELIEVE ME
Frontin’ niggas give me hee-bee-gee-bees
So while you’re imitating Al Capone
I’ll be Nina Simone
And defacating on your microphone.

[estribillo]

You can’t run away
From these styles I got, oh baby, hey baby
Cause I got a lot, oh yeah
And anywhere you go
My whole crew’s gonna know
You can’t hide from the block, oh no.

(Pras Michel)
Ready or not, refugees takin’ over
The Buffalo soldier, dread-lock rhasta
On the twelfth hour, fly by in my bomber
Crews run for cover, now they’re under pushin’ up flowers
Superfly true lies, do or die,
Toss me high – only puff la,
With my crew from lock high
I refugee from Guantanamo Bay
Dance around the border like I’m Cassius Clay

[estribillo]

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pop soul

Seal – Kiss From A Rose

SealSeguimos con bandas sonoras (hay que reconocer que el mundo del celuloide y las series escogen bien las melodías que les acompañan…). Hoy toca esta mítica canción de Seal, que se dio a conocer gracias a Batman Forever. Un baladón que necesitó de una película para darse a conocer. Por cierto, está abierto en el foro de Silencio el hilo «B.S.O que más os ha aportado”. Aportad vosotros también 😉

Letra:

There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea.
You became the light on the dark side of me.
Love remained a drug that’s the high and not the pill.

[estribillo]
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and
The light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grave.
Ooh,
The more I get of you,
The stranger it feels, yeah.
And now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the grave.

There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain,
My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby
To me you’re like a growing addiction that I can’t deny.
Won’t you tell me is that healthy, baby?

[estribillo]

I’ve been kissed by a rose on the grave,
I’ve been kissed by a rose
I’ve been kissed by a rose on the grave,
…And if I should fall along the way
I’ve been kissed by a rose
…been kissed by a rose on the grave.

There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain
My power, my pleasure, my pain.

To me you’re like a growing addiction that I can’t deny, yeah
Won’t you tell me is that healthy, baby.

[estribillo]

Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grave
Ooh, the more I get of you
The stranger it feels, yeah
And now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grave

Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the grave.

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jazz recomendación soul

Lizz Wright – Speak Your Heart [Recomendación]

Lizz Wright - Speak Your Heart [Recomendación]Esta semana paso el micrófono a M M, que me descubre una artista a la que no conocía y que presiento me va a encantar:

Me gustaría haceros partícipe de esta cantautora estadounidense de Jazz. Su nombre Lizz Wright. Un título… probad con Speak Your Heart (The Orchard, 2008). Una voz cálida que despierta sentidos dormidos, movidos por su contralto.

Mezcla de gospel, blues junto al Jazz genera…»alimento para el alma». Con el permiso de Antony And The Johnsons.

Letra:

I know what you wanna say
I see the words behind your eyes
By the time you show me what you’re hiding
it won’t be no surprise

Why do you keep on whispering
Talking with your face turned away

You say that love don’t come easy for you
What makes you think I ain’t afraid

Let me in, or let me go
It’s time you tell me where you’re standing baby

I won’t go down if you say no
Just open up your mouth and say it baby

Speak your heart
Speak your heart

You used to say, the world goes away when you’re with me
I don’t want to be your reacuring dream

Let me out
let me stay after the sun rises
I want to be real to you
no more disguises

Let me in, or let me go
It’s time you tell me where you’re standing baby

I won’t go down if you say no
Just open up your mouth and say it baby

Speak your heart
Speak your heart
Speak your heart
Speak your heart

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pop soul

Najwajean – Crime

NajwaJeanPor fin han vuelto Najwajean (igual que yo… que esta semana he estado de silencio total), justo diez años después de su primer disco. Los componentes de este grupo son la actriz Najwa Nimri y el polifacético Carlos Jean. Su nuevo disco se llama Till it breaks (2008) y lo han estrenado con este tema tan sugerente y que tan bien se ajusta a la desgarrada voz de Najwa.

Pues como el propio álbum dice, lo escucharemos hasta que se rompa.

Letra:

You lean on the edge of the bar and you look at me
With such eyes and what if it’s a dream
You pass by me and say
Hello, your smile is like a little girl
Is this a crime
when you touch my hand and I feel the sky

And I’m wondering if this a crime
when you passed behind you touch my hits on the better sides
And then I pass behind and it’s a game they told me not to play
And then you kill my doubts saying, smile
And then you hold my hand strong
You get me, you take me, you break me oh
What a sweet suicide

I’m wondering if this a crime
When you see me smile
Ehhh, ohhhh

Oh, is this a crime
When I pass your side with a little smile
I’m sorry but I’m dealing

Then my eyes just said go on
And my back could feel the cold
Then you take off all my clothes
I was breathing laid in bed

And you take my legs, and you take inside
and I thought that life, couldn’t be so good
Oh my love……. is this a new suicide

And I just wanna to know
Oh, it’s all, my strong little guy
Yeahh, Oh,
and this is, baby this is, oh this is a crime
And I start to cry

Is this a crime
I’m in this hell, brother I say
brother and lover
I gave enough to stay
I try to stay, into, into, into
oh is this a crime
when you’re getting inside…
Yeahh, Ohh, …

I can feel that it it’s allright

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indie pop soul

Adele – Chasing Pavements

AdeleSiguiendo un poco la línea de Kate Nash, hoy vengo con otra promesa inglesa. Se trata de Adele, que con tan sólo 20 añitos (fijaos si es joven, que hasta yo soy mayor….), ya tiene su primer disco en el mercado (19, 2008) y promete pegar fuerte.

Música recomendada para hasta los más incontinentes de los gustos 😉

Letra:

I’ve made up my mind,
Don’t need to think it over,
if I’m wrong I am right,
Don’t need to look no further,
This ain’t lust,
i know this is love but,

If i tell the world,
I’ll never say enough,
Cause it was not said to you,
And thats exactly what i need to do,
If i’m in love with you,

[estribillo]
Should i give up,
Or should i just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere,
Or would it be a waste?
Even If i knew my place should i leave it there?
Should i give up,
Or should i just keep chasing pavements?
Even if it leads nowhere

I’d build myself up,
And fly around in circles,
Wait then as my heart drops,
and my back begins to tingle
finally could this be it

[estribillo]

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