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Beat Jack: Estelle Samples Some will.i.am

Posted 01/08/2008 at 12:36 PM  |  Comment?

Estelle feat. Kanye West: "American Boy"
from the forthcoming Shine

will.i.am: "Impatient"
from Songs About Girls (A&M, 2007)

This sprightly little dash of cross-culture pop just leaked out this morning and I can't help but notice a resemblance to will.i.am's "Impatient." Likely because it uses the exact same production from that song, which debuted less than one year ago. Though Estelle is a more assured, intriguing vocalist than the thin-throated vamps on Will's version, and an autopilot-cocky Kanye West is heaps more engaging than Will, this is only more proof that his Songs About Girls was one of the best-produced albums released in 2007. I suspect it'll end up a sort of hidden classic 15-20 years from now. Until then, maybe it'll be pilfered by more up and comers. Seems only natural, there are hits galore there.

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