Results tagged “50cent”

Monday evening, at the TLA. Aaron LaCarte was spinning and Lily Allen had yet to (unenthusiastically) take the stage. Jill and I were commenting on what a mix the crowd was: teenyboppers, couples pushing 50, hipsters, unclassifiable folks there for love of music, and, well, what appeared to be a contingent of Main Line soccer moms to our right.

Long before we'd ever heard Lily Allen sing, Phillyist was completely in love with her. (We even posted about it on a "This Week in Celebrity" post back in October.) Between that and the fact that the media buzz around Lily Allen is continuing to grow, we clearly HAD to start listening to her music. And now that we have her debut CD, on iTunes, it's just about all that we listen to. Allen's music is insanely catchy: a blend of Britpop, reggae, and Hip-Hop with funny, clever lyrics: the combination instantly evoked The Streets for us We find ourselves singing her most explicit lyrics to ourself, but probably too loudly, on the way home from work. Allen isn't necessarily doing anything new, but she's definitely enjoying herself. And we're enjoying ourselves, too, because anyone who samples 50 Cent to write a song about her grandmother's shopping habits gets a gold star for humor in our book. She may just be our new girl-crush.

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