This year hasn’t been a good year for rnb girl groups. Dear Jayne though, is one example of groups that deserves much more attention and succéss than they’ve recieved so far. With their third single ‘Fall Back’ they’re confronting their unfaithfull boyfriend, played by The-Dream. They know he had company last night and that it wasn’t theirs. You could call ‘Fall Back’ a modern drama.

‘Fall Back’ involves the faithfull friend:
While you where chilling in a club,
I was getting textmesseges from my girl,
She sent me a pic of you and this chick,

It got the boyfriend’s lie:
You know I miss you girl

And the independent woman’s perspective:
No, what you missed was my call,
When you cut your phone off!

And the part where she says goodbye and goes on with her life without bitterness.
I hope you sleep tight,
You ain’t gettin’ no tonight

Dear Jayne ft. The-Dream - Fall Back (written by The-Dream, prod. by L.O.S.)

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Best of 2008, Songs

To see T-Pain stand next to Mariah Carey is something quite special. She, a classical trained soprano singer, meets T-Pain, the front figure of the both hated and loved autotune. ‘Migrate’ strenghtens the fusion between new influences and traditions, between high culture and pop culture. But formost, in terms of music, it turns the adjective “authentic” up side down when the soul scenes greatest voice takes use of the controversial effect that makes anyone capable of singing.

The Danja produced ‘Migrate’ is not only one of the years best rnb songs, it’s also one of Mariahs finest moments.

Mariah Carey ft. T-Pain - Migrate (prod. by Danja)

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Best of 2008, Songs

Even though the rnb year 2008 has been of great confusion, Lil Eddie manage to show the way with his pop piece ‘Now or Never’. The song which samples the Eurythmic classic ‘Here Comes The Rain Again’ is actually about love’s blindness to reason, but it’s dramatic catchphrase “now or never” could also be used to describe the world’s situation of today. In comparison to personal feelings, global threats are still taken quite lightly though. If the strategy against the world’s problems was filled with the same determination as a Lil Eddie in love, it would surely take a great leap forward.

Lil Eddie - Now Or Never

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Best of 2008, Songs