18th Day [Import]

Estelle | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: V2 Int'l
• ASIN: B00064KZNC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,765 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 1980

2. Don't Talk

3. Dance Bitch

4. Change Is Coming

5. Go Gone

6. Free

7. I Wanna Love You

8. Maybe

9. Crazy

10. Hey Girl

11. All Over Again

12. Dance with Me

13. On and On

14. I'm Gonna Win

Editorial Reviews

Unavailable in the U.S.! 2004 debut album from the British Hip Hop star who has been heaped with praise from all corners of the media and is the most respected female rapper in Britain, Estelle's 2008 sophomore album, Shine featuring 'American Boy', a duet with Kanye West, is one of the most sensational Hip Hop albums of the year. For those wanting more, look no further than this equally exciting debut! Unlike other Brit-Hop contenders, she doesn't feel the need to use the 'from the ghetto' template and is content to let the positivity of her music 'keep it real'. So on 'Free' we see her call on the nation's youth to do something with their lives (like 'Why Don't You' for the new millennium), whilst 'Change Is Coming' teaches life's lessons with majestic success and 'Gonna Win' works as an anthem of self-belief for anyone feeling down trodden. 'The 18th Day' is a huge milestone in British Hip Hop - a credible record that never panders to the 'Americanization' of the scene. V2. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Estelle is on fire, May 25, 2005

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Booker tha Playa "BoOkEr" (Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 18th Day (Audio CD)

This album is funky, fresh, hip hop, R&B, dance, pop and soul..She mixed all types of elements.I really enjoyed this album.

Best songs are

Free 10/10 classic record
1980 10/10 great meaningful hip hop track
Go Gone 8/10 great dance track

Estelle is one of the best writters around. I gotta give her props.Hope she will get big.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Brit Hop!!, October 13, 2005

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Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 18th Day (Audio CD)

Estelle is the new hip hop sensation from the UK and she's mega talented; think Lauryn Hill meets Mary J Blige, with a British accent. She flows from rapping to singing (very clever lyrics) with amazing ease, over eclectic music filled with strings, piano, hand claps and a bubbly bass line.

A delicate piano/string intro transforms into a sunny upbeat hip hop track `1980', the title refers to the year of her birth and reminisces about her years growing up with references to Dynasty, Dallas and hair plastered down her forehead.

`Change is coming' tells about people in council housing struggling to pay the rent, and you have the choice to your life, the power to determine the course of your life. Excellent harmonies and Mary J Blige like vocals in the chorus. A similar message of self belief/assertion is found in the clap-a-long retro sounding `Free' featuring Megaman ( with lyrics urging one to spread love), and the horn laden `I'm gonna win'.

`Go gone' is a fiery (faintly) rock tinged Motown style song, about doing her best and being who she is going to be despite the nay Sayers. If you've got nothing good to say, keep your mouth shut!! A highly addictive dance song.

The downtempo `I wanna love you' features acoustic guitar and tight harmonies. Still keeping the tempo down are the piano sprinkled `Maybe' (with a haunting bassline), `Crazy', the excellent string filled `Hey girl' (with a Marvin Gaye-like chorus, and a beautiful acoustic guitar/vocal outro), the retro sounding `All over again' featuring Royston, and the harmonica laden neo soul feel of `Dance with me'.

`On and on' begins with sped up vocals and again features tight harmonies and piano.

Bonus track `Freedom' is a beauty; filled with piano, strings and lyrics about being true to oneself to be truly free.

A smashing debut with a promise of even greater stuff in future.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars impressive debut, April 20, 2008

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Derrick Jenkins "love of Gaming/Movies/Anime/... (Hampton VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 18th Day (Audio CD)

from rapper/singer Estelle. This cd has been huge over in Europe and various songs are rocking on the 18th Day as well.

1980
Free
Go Gone
Dance *****es
I'm Gonna Win

Its even more impressive being that she wrote every song on her debut cd and each song has a purpose and some meaning. Along with a great beats and flow whether rapping or singing. Estelle is an artist that folks should pay attention to for real.

Check out The 18th Day and see what the fuss is all about.