Over the moon about the Dream's collabo with Kanyeezy?

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Some of you may not be familiar with me and what it is exactly that I do, so in this, the first BeatSmith blog I will outline a little of what I hope to accomplish here.

I like music; especially RnB, Hip Hop, Rap, Dance and what is generally described as 'Urban Music'. The newer the better, songs that make singing along and dancing in a club exhilarating rather than boring. This is music the way in which it was intended.

The only problem is finding it.

Each and every week I surf the net in search of good new music to feed my addiction and each and every week it's totally hit and miss.

Take Flo-Rida for instance; Low= genius. Right round= Not so much, Sugar= no comment. When looking for new music to listen to I often wish there was a voice that would make suggestions and give an opinion on new music. I now intend to be that voice. The BeatSmith.

Ok, so to this week's feature; 'Walking on the Moon' by The dream and Kanye West. If you are not familiar with the works of the convicted 'Radio Killer' (last year's 'Baby' with LL cool J and 'Cookie Jar' with Gym Class Heroes) now is the time to get acquainted. His new album 'Love Vs Money' is an excellent mix of 80s style synths and angellic vocals, all laced over RnB beats. If there is one thing that the Dream knows, it's how to produce a catchy hook, as many of you will know with his previous release 'Rocking that thang' (I'm speaking to all those who couldn't go ten minutes without chanting 'I'm in love with you babbbbbby....and I want you to knowwww)

If you don't know Kanye, well, crawl out from under your rock and familiarise yourself with the best rapper/producer this side of the millenium.

'Walking on the Moon' can probably be best described as a George Jetson-meets-Micheal Jackson. The music itself is not too heavy, not relying on bass for effect (unlike Rocking that thang) Walking on the moon focusses instead on Synths and a simple snare. The magic of course comes from the Dream's ridiculous lyrics and Kanye's egotistical witticisms. A good example is The Dream telling the girl that the song is about that he would 'Walk through the Sun' for her. Apart from being totally impossible, the idea of doing this for a girl you've just met in a club is a bit far fetched. Kanye's abuse of temrs that even Urban Dictionary would frown upon is hilarious; see his use of the term 'Drunk Texting' .

All in all, its an up tempo fun song, probably better for the gym than the club, but i'm sure that it will be working its way onto an I-Pod near you soon.

I give it 3/5, but please check it out for yourself and venture your own opinion.

At this the last part of the entry, I'd like to give you my chart of hot new music for you to explore until my next blog.

Black Eyed Peas- Alive

Drake- Unstoppable

Ciara feat Chris Brown- Turntables

Tpain Jesse McCartney- Body Language

Kid Cudi feat Crookers- Embrace the Martians

Mr Hudson feat Kanye West- Supernova

Drake feat Santogold- Unstoppable

Peace

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