ruff diamondz - GOT ME BURNIN

dear ilm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV-FFWyezaU

THIS IS WHAT WE LIKE

(prod. geeneus)

YES WE CERTAINLY DO.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT ELSE THERE IS TO SAY

LET'S ALL GO OUT AND SMASH STUFF UP

fuck was this a popjustice song of the day? how awful.

are we really supposed to call them "rd" now btw, i know ruff diamondz is loldated but that's kinda dumb

haha i emailed these girls' PR back just this morning raving about this

tune and the singing - great. the chatting/rapping/talking? bit - not so great.

ah so katy b wrote it as well

i should have guessed straight away from the "feel the thickness of the humid air causing me some kind of despair" 6thformism

(much love to katy but she has some cheek saying about how her goldsmiths pop degree has shown her how amateurish r&b is sometimes)

xp RONGGGGGGGGG

At first I was all "this ain't all that" but then I got to the breakdown at about 2:12 and the top of my head blew off and I was all "YEEEAAAAAHHHHHH"

the rap is clearly the precise bit where the mis-teeqitude frees its moorings and soars

ah i see, for me it's the bit where i shake my head at the crapitude.

in that case, welcome to banrock

not to harp on though but is that really the worst rap you've ever heard, come on

methinks someone is resentful of having their "lovely katy b finally adding some class to urban pop" moment interrupted

thx for the projection there. And I don't remember saying it was the worst rap I've ever heard, rather that it was 'not so great'. It doesn't ruin the track for me or anything as evidenced by the 8 or 9 times I've played it so far today. Way more tolerable than the Katy B thx her fam/mates on her record bit.

this is great. i loved their single last year with the dead prez sample.

haha, +1 for using 'projection' on me

shades of grey or no tho it is still a horrible opinion

and those katy b shout outs are cute!

at no point during the katy b shout-outs do i ever get bored or wish something else was happening

it's the Nana Gaia(?) one that gets to me tbh, the rest i can deal with
but anyway it is an excellent album and this track is great so everything's cool!:)

Yeah, I fuck with this...

heh "nana gaia" makes me picture her covering 4hero 'loveless'

something in that notion you just can't quite dismiss

a video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNArt8VbCqo

going for a "remember how great the og sugababes were? imagine if they were even ruffer!" angle i see. i approve

rapping siobhan!

i know! upending racial stereotypes in pop

i like how even in a nice bit of solidly written 2011 proper pop there must yet be an inchoate suga-teeq frankenchaser

i keep hearing "the thickness of the human air" :/

haha yeah i do too

anyway tho

EXEMEN REMIX!!!!

these girls are amazing, they did BMF at hip hop karaoke last night lol