Filed under: 10 Days Of Aaliyah: Remembering & Celebrating, Soul Coverage | Tags: Aaliyah, Choosey Lover, Cover, Isley Brothers, One In A Million, Ron Isley
On Aaliyah’s sophmore album (and one of my favorites ever) ‘One In A Million’ ), the singer covers one of The Isley Brothers’ sexiest songs ‘Choosey Lover’. Personally, I like Aaliyah’s version better. Both songs are very similar, except Aaliyah sounds more feminine and soft. What I loved most about Aaliyah’s version was how Timbaland just freaked that shit towards the end of the track towards the 04:18 mark in the song and slows it down with the heavy drums. WHATTTTT?! This song is a classic in general and I enjoy each version by both artists. What do YOU think?
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ISLEY BROTHERS’ VERSION
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO AALIYAH’s VERSION
If y’all ain’t noticing, 10 Days of Aaliyah are continuing! This is day 2.
Filed under: Soul Coverage | Tags: Cover, Gabrielle Union, keri hilson, Lauren London, Live performance, Miss Independent, music video photos, Ne-Yo, New-new, Rihanna, Sanaa Lathan, Take A Bow, Year Of The Gentlemen
Yes, you read that right. While browsing YouTube (y’all know how I stay doing that) I found a live performance of Ne-Yo’s rendition of Rihanna’s ‘Take A Bow‘. What’s ironic is that Ne-Yo actually wrote the Rihanna’s version of Take A Bow as well. It’s funny how Ne-Yo is read/singing his lyrics from his Blackberry, but I think with today’s technology that shit is normal. Personally, I prefer Riri’s version. I’m sure I’ve expressed enough that Rihanna is NOT my favorite singer or anything close to it, but the way Ne-Yo sang his version did not fit the song whatsoever and did a lil somethin’ to my ears which I didn’t enjoy. What’s your opinions?
P.S. I’m hella jealous Ne-Yo got Lauren London, Gabrielle Union AND Keri Hilson all in his new video ‘Miss Independent‘ off his upcoming album ‘Year Of The Gentlemen‘. He didn’t get my wifey Sanaa Lathan tho! Haha. Photos can be found at Ne-Yo’s Blog.
Filed under: Soul Coverage | Tags: Airto, His Mistakes, I Can't Win, usher, YouTube
Airto is one of Youtube’s best soul singers. His renditions of other people’s songs SHITS on the original quite often. This week, Airto covers Usher’s supposed next single, ‘His Mistakes (I Can’t Win)’. This is how you do a cover.
Filed under: Soul Coverage | Tags: acoustic cover, C.J., Kinda Lovin, Trey Songz, XXXPriest, YouTube
Most people know that I’ve spent much time on YouTube watching people sing/play music/cover songs. Though there are millions of lip syncing videos and bad-singing, but there actually a good amount of decent singers on YouTube as well.
In this video, C.J. (whose username is actually XXXPriest) does an acoustic cover of Trey Songz’s ‘Kinda Lovin’ which I posted as the song of the day not too long ago. Both are amazing singers, but C.J. puts his on personal touch without overdoing it. What do you think?
Filed under: Soul Coverage | Tags: Careless Whisper, George Michael, soul cover, Tamia
I’m starting this segment called Soul Coverage where I will post a song where a soul artist covers a song. On her debut self-titled album, Tamia covered George Michael’s 1984 international hit ‘Careless Whisper‘. Though there are a few different versions of Tamia’s remake around the inter, her vocals are similar yet simply beautiful. She adds plenty of soul to the song as well as her own style that only Tamia can do. Listen to both versions and see the difference. I’m not asking to choose which you prefer, but I enjoy Tamia’s more. George Michael’s sound like music to an old school porno flick haha. Enjoy.
