SINGLE REVIEW: SEAN KINGSTON- FIRE BURNING

AND WE’RE BACK WITH ONE OF MY MANY NEW TOPIC HEADERS: SINGLE REVIEW. IN CASE YOU’RE WONDERING, I’M REFERRING TO MUSIC SINGLES FROM TODAY’S MOST POPULAR & TALENTED ARTISTS IN THE INDUSTRY. NEXT UP IS MR. KINGSTON, SEAN KINGSTON, THAT IS, WITH FIRE BURNING:

SEAN KINGSTON- Fire Burning (ON THE DANCEFLOOR)

Fire Burning" signals Sean Kingston's return, and it's the most danceable single yet from his second album, "Tomorrow." The 19-year-old Jamaican follows top 20s "Me Love" and "Take You There," No. 1 "Beautiful Girls" and his collaboration on Natasha Bedingfield's smash "Love Like This," which topped Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart. A fast tempo and a well-projected vocal—"Somebody call 911!"—allow producer RedOne to blend the infectious hook with heavy synthesizers and a variety of percussive sounds that made Lady GaGa's "Poker Face" so striking.RedOne is becoming a go-to collaborator for rhythmic dance songs and this is no exception. Kingston's island sound has given reggae a modern pop influence. The chorus is repetitive, but this song is often what makes for a sizzling club hit. —Michael Menachem

SINGLE REVIEW: NEYO- PART OF THE LIST

INTRODUCING MY NEWEST TOPIC HEADER: SINGLE REVIEW. IN CASE YOU’RE WONDERING, I’M REFERRING TO MUSIC SINGLES FROM TODAY’S MOST POPULAR & TALENTED ARTISTS IN THE INDUSTRY. LET’S KICK IT OFF WITH THE GENTLEMAN HIMSELF, MR. NEYO, WITH PART OF THE LIST:

NEYO-PART OF THE LIST

The fourth single from Ne-Yo's platinum "Year of the Gentleman" album is a sentimental slice of acoustic-based R&B. He stretches his sound a bit with some nice musical flourishes: acoustic guitar strumming and signature tight background harmonies that lead to a grandiose, sweeping arrangement by song's end. With prose not usually found in pop songs, Ne-Yo laments some of the more quaint traits of a lost love. This is a classy slice of pop/R&B that should score well with his growing audience. —Chris Williams

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxGcHVeES4E