wrightrax: common remix.

dl: COMMON f/ LILY ALLEN - Drivin Me Wild (WrighTrax remix) (YSI) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm still skeptical about Lily Allen. "Smile" inexplicably annoyed, and the grossness of "Alfie" just made me hate her. Then "Drivin Me Wild" dropped. I avoided it because of my disdain for her, finally caving in and watching the video. Not only was it a completely enjoyable song, but Lily Allen is actually quite charming in the video. I was surprised it wasn't a bigger hit! But, um, I still don't like Lily Allen.

WrighTrax is a production duo that recently signed with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music. They do a lot of work with the virtually ignored Big Sean, and seem to have some affiliation with that Can't Tell Me Nothing mixtape that featured those CRS and "Young Folks" joints everyone inexplicably went crazy about last year. This same mixtape also featured a track by Really Doe that sampled Jennifer Hudson singing "Move" in Dreamgirls, which few people inexplicably went crazy about. Not even the gays!

But I'm getting off topic. Well, I don't think I was ever on topic in the first place. WrighTrax's remix of "Drivin Me Wild" provides a less cutesy alternative to the original, making it seem like Lily Allen has a little bit of street cred.

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common & just blaze: the light '08.

dl: COMMON f/ MARSHA AMBROSIUS - The Light '08 (It's Love) (Smirnoff Signature Mix) (YSI)

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While it may seem lame to blog about corporate MP3 offerings, Smirnoff's latest inclusion in the Smirnoff Signature Mix Series is quite divine. This week, producer Just Blaze (Jay-Z - "Show Me What You Got", Diddy - "Tell Me", Kanye West - "Touch the Sky") teams up with rapper Common and Marsha Ambrosius (formerly of Floetry) for a recreation of Common's 2000 single "The Light". The original version of this song is arguably Common's most commercially successful single, falling short of Top 40 status at #44 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Some regard it as one of hip-hop's classic love songs, an open letter for the whole world to read declaring Common's love for then-girlfriend Erykah Badu.

Eight years later with a new beat and vibe, "The Light" is just as charming. While the feelings for Erykah might not be there anymore, this song still makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Admittedly, part of that warm-fuzzy feeling may rise from the rather emotional piano line paired with the "shoutout to J. Dilla" from Common. Is it bad that I get a little teary every time someone mentions his name?

This is the second offering from Smirnoff's Signature Mix Series, preceded by DJ Premier and KRS-One teaming up to rethink Boogie Down Productions' "Criminal Minded". Next week promises a collaboration between Q-Tip and Cool & Dre, putting a spin on A Tribe Called Quest's "Midnight".

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