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Artist - Joy Denalane Feat Lupe Fiasco
Title - Change
Label - (Nesola)
Released - 18.06.07
Posted 10.06.07
This Summer sees the release of "Change" the new single by Joy Denalane. Featuring Lupe Fiasco, "Change" is the next chapter of Hip Hop Soul taken from her new album "Born & Raised", currently heating it up on MTV Base's Spanking New Playlist and 1 xtra's B List!
Her recent single "Heaven or Hell" featuring Raekwon from Wu Tang Clan and her album "Born & Raised" has already excited the critics and won her many new fans.
Joy has been globetrotting from her native Germany. She recently appeared at the Springroove Festival in Japan, alongside Kanye West and Lauryn Hill. She shot the new video there for "Change" with Lupe. She is also off to France and St Petersburg for gigs and she will be appeared live in the UK at the Southport Weekender Festival.
The daughter of a South African father and German mother, Joy was born in the then divided city of Berlin. She grew up with two cultural and racial backgrounds, between Berlin and Soweto, a duality which has strongly influenced her entire life. Growing up in a musical family (her uncle is Hugh Masekela); Joy was raised on a heady mixture of African music, American Soul music and Hip Hop. She drew her inspiration from such varied artists as Aretha Franklin, Letta M'Bulu and Mary J Blige. She spent her teens and early twenties singing with various soul and reggae bands, then met producers DJ Thomilla and Tiefschwarz and sang on their dance hit "Music". After a stint with the FK Allstars and hooking up with Producer Max Herre, she released her first album "Mamani" in 2002 which was Top 10 in Germany and established Joy as the Queen of German Soul. Joy's new album "Born & Raised" has been a massive smash both in Germany, where it debuted at #2 in their Album Chart.
Tracklist
1. Change featuring Lupe Fiasco.
2. Change Edit w/o Lupe Fiasco.
3. Change Instrumental
We say: "Change is the ultimate in mashing up neo soul and hip hop and with this Joy has delivered what is certain to be one of the big hitters on the real RnB scene this summer. We have no doubt that this is a future classic that you will keep wanting to go back to for years to come! Up there with the likes of Jill Scott, this is big vocal soul to make your hair stand on end, and the addition of Lupe Fiasco's dope rhymes on the edit puts the topping on a very tasty single. The kind of gem that you can expect to hear in all the right places for months to come..."
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Rating - 10/10
Reviewer - PT
