Pop Music: Showing Why Fat Girls Can't Have Nice Things

Daniel Merriweather is someone that needs to be blasting from your headphones RIGHT. NOW. His voice is soulful and earnest, and his music harkens back to a time when artists tried to add a sense of perfection to pop music.

Anyone that knows me knows that I (and my co-hort Candace Brooke) love Mark Ronson, mostly because I truly believe that he and the artists that he works with will bring a new era of music to the world.

Music, like fashion, is cyclical. Just like the 80s are running rampant in retail stores all over, the smooth jazz, funk, and R&B of the period from the 1950s to early 90s is slowly emerging - albeit with a new take with synths and sampling.

Daniel Merriweather's Myspace

One of the really outstanding tracks off his new Album Love & War  (already out in the UK, no word yet on when America will get hip to music that isn't synthesized auto-tune) is a duet with Adele, Water and a Flame.

The song is incredibly lovely and absolutely perfect to listen to if you're lovesick/just broke up with someone/obsessed with love songs/good music/have ears. I was so excited about the music video, and when I saw it today, I was sorely disappointed. Apparently Daniel Merriweather and/or his Record Company doesn't think it's possible for a big girl to have a sexually attractive mod boyfriend with a seductive singing voice. Adele has been replaced with a sad, beautiful blonde.

MUSIC VIDEO: "Life Is Better" - Q-Tip feat. Norah Jones

If you don't already own The Renaissance, you are missing out on one of greatest Hip-Hop albums of the last year. There's a reason why he's still so highly respected among the music and hip-hop community. The album brings you back to when hip-hop was more about the beats than the misogynistic lyrics, and of course, there are great collaborations on the album as well.

Love the video for the song with Norah Jones, it's oddly giggly and romantic, yes?