Filling Rupaul's heels is quite a big task. For those who remember back to 1993, Rupaul started her musical career with "Supermodel," a club smash that empowered everyone to be their own runway superstar. Bebe Zahara Benet, season one winner of Rupaul's Drag Race, teams up with circuit producer/dj Mark Picchiotti to create her debut club track "I'm the Sh*t." Working this mantra in response to stresses of the day, Bebe gives us a modern day (and uplifting) bitch track. Drag is all about creating illusions and characters. Bebe accomplishes this in the video - transforming from dominatrix to diva to sexy school teacher. This will definitely be a hit on Logo and it will be interesting to see if the catchphrase mantra makes it into the everyday lexicon.
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A drag queen who produces, writes and sings? Yes, Peppermint is a true recording artist who is making some incredible club friendly dance music. I had the pleasure of being in New York to catch her live show at Barracuda when her new cd Hardcore Glamour was released. Imagine a cross between Janet Jackson (catchy pop songs sung live with solid choreography) and Wendy Williams (hot dish and great crowd interaction), for a frame of reference. Coproduced by Adam Joeseph, the CD is a great mix of pop, midtempo and club jams - a great soundtrack for clubbing, working out or just having fun around the house. With two hits on Logo TV already ("Servin It Up" and "Thought Ya Knew,") Miss Peppermint is no stranger to videos. The video for "Working Girl" features footage from her international tours - and yes, I said international. Here's hoping that video and remixes for my favorite song on the album "Excuse My Beauty" is coming soon.
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Here's another track I first heard in London that's been gaining buzz over the past few weeks. Based on a sample of "I Can Do It" by Final Edition, "aNYway" is a feel good discohouse jam by DuckSauce, the team of DMC Champion A-Trak and producer/DJ Armand Van Helden. This is one of those rare tracks which has the support of a wide base of DJs from the bloghouse guys to the underground. The video is a spoof of the classic Midnight Special series produced by Burt Sugarman in the 70s. Now it is the Midnight Spectacular by Burt Kirshner, with a Jackson 5 styled dancing team performing the song. If that's not enough for you, there is another version of the video which spoofs the infamous pottery scene from the movie Ghost. Either way, "aNYway" is a hot track that will igniting dancefloors through the new year.
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The third single and title track from David Guetta's massive One Love cd is quite incredible in its own right. Reminiscent of tracks from fellow Frenchman Bob Sinclar ("World Hold On" and "Love Generation"), it features Estelle singing about unifying people through love to overcome universal struggles. That's a lot to bite off in a pop song but it communicates the message over house groove with subtle electro/progressive flourishes. Its interesting to note that in each video for this album, David has had a major role sharing the spotlight with the featured vocalist. Even doing something that could be perceived as cheesy (shaping his hands into a heart symbol to send waves of dancing energy to depressed people), David maintains his coolness while obviously having fun and embracing the message. To point out the presence of a superstar dj in Madonna's "Celebration" video would just be an obvious example of the opposite.
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