"I am just a singer, simple and true. I like sharing with my fans. I like spreading positive energy. I am a humanist. I believe in the strength of human love and energy. We all have the capability to love and care. Through my shows, I like extending this "love of life". Thanks for coming into my musical world. Thankyou for leaving your armour at the door. Thankyou for having the courage to smile. Thankyou for joining in the tribal ritual of dance. Thanks for having the humility to just sit back and enjoy. Thankyou for "coming as you are". "
-Nelly Furtado
(www.nellyfurtado.com)
If you haven't bought her latest album, Folklore, you should. Every song is well written, produced, and recorded. This is a high energy album - you will feel better after listening to it. This is one of the best album's I've heard in a while - especially driving in the car down the highway. It's got everything you want. Here's the highlights:
"One Trick Pony" - A groovy intro tune. The banjo and tight bass drum drive the song foward. The harmony chorus fills your soul. Nelly's vocals are like another percussion instrument. She is the master of this and makes any rap or hip hop "artist" look like a bunch of chumps.
"Powerless (Say What You Want)" - This is one of the best monochord songs ever. She obviously doesn't believe in formula song structure which is so refreshing. The anthemic chorus is used in many dynamics. Again, the banjo is confidently plucked throughout giving the song a down-home feel. This is a wonderfully produced song that motivates and energizes you.
"Explode" - The minor suspended 7th chords provide a dark mystique tone to this song. In the video a little anime Nelly is running through the forest to the tribal beat and bongos of the song and she comes across monsters which she battles with her music. This is one of the best highway fast hilly driving songs and it's my favourite song on the album.
"Try" - This warm ballad is a delicate personal song that could apply to anyone. The soft keyboard laments a certain melancholy of past memories and "what ifs".
"Fresh Off The Boat" - The album re-energizes itself with this hip ditty. The confidence that Ms. Furtado espouses isn't cocky, it's damn sexy. The song obviously implies immigrants, but Nelly takes this into a positive light of hope and humility.
"Forca" - In Portugese, it basically means "Keep going," or "Kick ass". Another anthemic song which seems to rally a group of people to band together and accomplish something great. Again, as you can see, Nelly's music and words are encouraging, inspiring, and refreshing to hear instead of the negativity out there in a lot of drab music you hear today.
Snak gives Nelly Furtado's "Folklore" a definite 5 fists out of 5.
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