....dont be baffled by the title as this is no ode to the hippies with those Volkswagen Minibuses and "No War" logos...but actually a listing showing a few pretty cool and funky hip-hop and R &B numbers that have failed to bore me even if it was the gazillionth time I listened to them......
- Marylin Monroe - ARR - quite technically tailored by ARR with very good melody, nice hip-hop bits, and a very melancholic female voice in the backgrounds!
- Senorita - Justin Timberlake - much of Timberlake's work has a lot of appreciation, but this one has some of his original Memphis feel where he's still a kid jamming in little pubs and making the local ladies go gaga over his voice, specially the spanish-mexican women from the video.
- Iragai Pole/Yevan Di Unna Petham - Yuvan Shankar Raja - quite freshly since Yuvan has been trying some proper hip hop numbers and when he found the right tune to match both these wonderful numbers....one, juvenile and the second, menacing!
- Empire State of Mind - JayZ/Alicia Keys - with a perfect percussion set-up and the charming voice of Alicia comprehending Jay-Z's stylishly scripted raps.....and a befitting dedication to the city of stars and starlets and indeed, the concrete jungle where dreams come true...NYC!
- Umbrella - Rihanna/JayZ - begins with an amazing clash of the cymbals and then takes on with a subtly cool humdrum beat and Rihanna's electric voice....definitely, the limelight shot for Rihanna.........closely followed by her other hits like Disturbia/Hard for supercoolness!
