Estelle新专辑The 18th Day (The18thDay)

★连续三年勇夺英国hip hop音乐奖最佳女声
　　公认是全欧嘻哈意见领袖之一的bbc radio 1 rap show大老tim westwood 两年前便表示estelle是个[要当心的英国新秀](a uk talent to look out for)；去年music week看準她最有可能挑战主流的潜质；英国报纸the guardian称她[嘻哈界最响亮的新声](the loudest new voice in hip-hop)；bbc 1xtra dj兼嘻哈製作大将dj skitz讚誉为[英国嘻哈新女王](the new queen of british hip hop)!当然，音乐奖项更是不可或缺的。estelle 是连续三届uk hip hop awards最佳hip hop act(female)的得主，除了刚拿下本届mobo音乐奖的年度最佳新人，旋即又获dma (digital music awards)的best urban artist提名。如果上述这些事蹟都还没能让你信服，那么来自业界前辈与同儕的跨刀可就不得不让你佩服了，包括英国灵魂天后beverly knight 、前年mercury music prize年度最佳专辑大奖得主miss dynamite及lemar这即将与estelle於dma同场角逐的新人全齐聚一堂只为她的新单曲音乐录影带”free”客串演出，等于共同见证了她的才情。然而这一切竟都发生在她正式推出专辑之前，更叫人惊讶於她的人气。这位17岁起便在伦敦soho区嘻哈唱片行deal real打工，迅速得到与roots manuva、rodney p 与blak twang等大老同台的机会(与后者的合作更为estelle赢得这一纸唱片合约)的非洲后裔女子，以lauryn hill之经典[the miseducation of lauryn hill]为目标交出的首张专辑[the 18th day]，融合嘻哈与灵魂，如英国版mary j blige的路线果然叫人十足惊豔，年轻鲜活的跳跃性感比之beyonce亦毫不逊色。打头阵的自传性单曲”1980”令她成为今夏话题；”dance bitch”夸张的风格与节拍彷彿是向她的啟蒙之一missy elliott致意；“hey girl”有曾为lauryn hill名曲““everything is everything““跨刀而走红，随后jay-z、alicia keys、kayne west一致指定的好手john legend献声，”maybe”及混著刷碟、原音吉他与铜管轻吹的简约放客曲”dance with me”则见她内敛的骚灵深度。无疑地，这张[the 18th day]将确立estelle的巨星地位！

01.1980
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/f5e0a4e2/
02.Don't Talk
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/ab4e8833/
03.Dance Bitch
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/fa1f2be7/
04.Change is Coming
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/681c0bf2/
05.Go Gone (Single Version)
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/b8e9d63b/
06.Free
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/d4019fd9/
07.I Wanna Love You
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/7d2ad30c/
08.Maybe
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/a4de6716/
09.Crazy
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/9bdd8754/
10.Hey Girl
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/ff713e5c/
11.All Over Again
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/b399840b/
12.Dance with Me
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/e9bc610c/
13.On and On
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/f89664aa/
14.I'm Gonna Win
http://www.51t.com/ting/6571c817/ca0b1409/