Friday, January 04, 2013

"BANDZ A MAKE HER DANCE!": The Singles, 2012



"I truly adore you."

01/Miguel/Adorn

Oh, Mr. Right. That forever elusive, unattainable, and highly sought after Mr. Right. He still exists, right? Ask around and you'll find that coming across a Mr. Right Now never really seems to be much of a problem. And satisfying that urge when it arises is often a good time, but it's oh so fleeting sometimes, no? Hence that often never ending quest by some to find something permanent. Their own Mr. Right, so to speak. One whose lips are forever ready to taste your skin; Forever ready to protect you; To let you know you are loved simply by being you, by my side. In other words, someone that loves you just the way you are, and adores you, as you do him. He still exists, right?

"Yes", Adorn says, "he does."

Adorn hearkens back to a time where whip appeal wasn't necessarily attached to "Swipe" or pleasure centers. Where chivalry and heart on your sleeve romanticism reigned supreme in a male fronted slow jam (and wasn't accused of, nor came off as being "corny"). Where the end result of courting and romantic entanglements could be the bedroom, but didn't necessarily have to be (or start or remain there). But more than anything, it's just a great (r&b) song for the record books (and dare I say, timeless?...), and a reminder that the good ones still exist, and want to put in work for your mind, body, AND soul. "Love ain't never looked so good on you", he says.

Ain't that the truth.



02/Japandroids/The House that Heaven Built

03/Beach House/Myth

04/Fun. featuring Janelle Monae/We Are Young

05/Nicki Minaj & 2 Chainz/Beez in the Trap

06/Dirty Projectors/About to Die & Gun Has No Trigger

07/Schoolboy Q & A$AP Rocky/Hands on the Wheel

08/Grimes/Oblivion

09/Solange/Losing You 

10/Usher/Climax

11/G.O.O.D. Music Group/Clique Mercy

12/Bat For Lashes/All Your Gold AND Bruno Mars/Locked Out of Heaven

13/Justice/New Lands

14/Tame Impala/Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

15/Santigold/Big Mouth

16/Frank Ocean/Sweet Life

17/Elle Varner/Refill

18/A$AP Mob & Flatbush Zombies/Bath Salt

19/R.Kelly/Feelin' Single

20/Hot Chip/How Do You Do?

21/Rihanna/Where Have You Been

22/Madonna/Girl Gone Wild

23/Kendrick Lamar/Swimming Pools (Drank)

24/E-40, YG, IAMSU, & Problem/Function AND Odd Future/Oldie

25/Taylor Swift/We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together


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