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Whoa Nelly

Nelly Furtado used to be the shit. I've been a fan since she first hit the scene in 2000 with "I'm Like A Bird". The song was an instant hit on 93.1 (when it didn't suck) and 95.5 and it cycled on the airwaves continuously. The next hit she had was "Turn Off The Light". I wound up buying that incredible CD, Whoa, Nelly!, and her second one which came in 2003, Folklore. I was such a big fan that I considered getting (free, of course) tickets to Last Call when she performed live on the show.

It's been a few years since she's been heard, and now she's resurfacing with a new CD. I was just listening to 95.5's online webcast and heard her new single that's been getting a lot of attention, "Promiscuous". It's been playing a lot on the radio and second to that, it was featured in one of those Verizon Wireless cell phone music download commercials. Nelly's tone is shifting from her inital one of funky-indie-pop to more into the RnB realm. Even though Nelly's first two CDs don't really seem to, she has a ton of hip-hop background prior to Whoa Nelly!, working with De La Soul and Digable Planets.

Based on her past hip-hop performances, I'd say her hip-hop stuff is a level better than her classic stuff, and that classic stuff is well worth paying for in itself. She had must-download tunes with Timbaland in "Turn Off The Light (Remix)", with Jurassic 5 in "Thin Line", and was also featured with Ms. Jade and Timbaland in "Ching Ching". Another new song on her CD is "No Hay Igual" featuring Pharrell, but I don't really like that one as much, mostly because I think Pharrell's beats are overrated, and also because the song isn't in English.



In any case, Nelly Furtado's new CD, Loose, comes out on June 20th (the same day as NFL Head Coach). You can be sure I'm gonna drop some cash on iTunes for it (I've only paid for three mp3 CDs in my life: Late Registration, Masters of Illusion, and a CD by Explosions in the Sky). She's also set to make a bunch of TV appearances on Leno, TRL, The Today Show, and The View, so if you haven't heard her before be sure to tune the fuck in.


Are all Portugese Canadian women this good looking?

Nelly Furtado's official site