Emerging: Rock City
Beanie Sigel feat. Rock City: "Go Low"
from the forthcoming The Solution
Rich Boy feat. Keri Hilson & Rock City: "Lost Girls"
from Rich Boy
M.I.A. feat. Akon & Rock City: "Boyz (Remix)"
Not a whole lot is known about St. Thomas pop-reggae duo Rock City, but with the leak of the latest (and most interesting) song from Beanie Sigel's The Solution, they have now been a part of three of the year's best songs, each loaded up above.
Recently signed to Akon's Konvict Muzik, Rock City are closely to tied to in-house Konvict DJ and producer DJ Benny D, the co-architect of Konvicted's "Once in a While." It's been a long time since reggae and pop collided in such an obvious way — earlier this year the lamentable Sean Kingston arrived with a psuedo-dancehall style that infuriated some.
Rock City is perhaps a bit more certified stylistically, but they are equally pop-whorish. Witness their limp first single "Losing It" on YouTube. And consider the Akon alliance, as sureshot a sign that no treacle expense will be spared when comes to writing hits. Still, when aligned with the likes of Beans or Rich Boy (when they're not completely biting Barrington Levy on "Lost Girls"), they bring a surprising melodicism and verve to these otherwise grit-laden artists.
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