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They call what they do "indie-hop" and there has been talk about how they incorporate elements of grime but really more than anything it reminds us of old-school hip-hop circa-1988-92: catchy samples deployed to maximise the poppy hookiness of the source material and a fresh, airy flow.
Rizzle Kicks (No 890) Paul Lester 2010
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Take, for example, the Kraftwerk-meets-disco-meets-um-Duran-Duran hookiness of We Dance, the serrated, tape-looping, washing-machine tumble of the genius 1000 BPM, or the sun-baked, uneasy affection of this song, Think I'm in Love.
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In addition to its hookiness, though, it's also got some very clever rhymes - always something I'm a big fan of (how can you not love a song that includes the word 'subliminal'??).
Chinalyst - China blogs in English Froog 2010
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Motion City Soundtrack is all about the hookiness on My Dinosaur Life, which snagged nearly 30,000 paying customers in its first week in stores back in January.
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After "Pinkerton," Weezer's albums went back and forth between strict hookiness and wide-ranging experimentation.
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In addition to its hookiness, though, it's also got some very clever rhymes - always something I'm a big fan of (how can you not love a song that includes the word 'subliminal'??).
Chinalyst - China blogs in English Froog 2010
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Motion City Soundtrack is all about the hookiness on My Dinosaur Life, which snagged nearly 30,000 paying customers in its first week in stores back in January.
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Instead, it seems that Nigeria's musicians merely borrowed the best elements from both, appropriating rock's structured hookiness and funk's propulsive grooves, then
Brainwashed - Home 2010
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Baldi seems to have such a strong grasp of melody and hookiness, I bet they'd stand up.
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In addition to its hookiness, though, it's also got some very clever rhymes - always something I'm a big fan of (how can you not love a song that includes the word 'subliminal'??).
Chinalyst - China blogs in English Froog 2010
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