American Boy (Feat. Kanye West) [Explicit]

Estelle | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album Shine

Product Details

• Original Release Date: April 29, 2008
• Label: Homeschool/Atlantic
• Copyright: 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
• Duration: 4:44 minutes
• Genres: R&B/Contemporary R&B, R&B/Soul, Rap & Hip-Hop/Pop Rap
• ASIN: B0017TCA9C
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,384 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)
  • #16 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Songs > R&B > Contemporary R&B
  • #32 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Songs > Rap & Hip-Hop > Pop Rap
  • #48 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Songs > R&B > Soul

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Song's Great, MP3 Is Awful, May 9, 2009

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Robert R. Ward "San Diego Guy" (El Cajon, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Boy (Feat. Kanye West) [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

The sound quality of this mp3 download is awful. The recording sounds like it was made with the input levels set too high -- oversaturated and distorted. This is why I hate to buy mp3 downloads . . . this seems to be far too common -- lots of walmart downloads have the same problem.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Tune - Downright Hideous Sound Quality, January 11, 2009

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Scott Strang (West Monroe, Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Boy (Feat. Kanye West) [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

Let me start by saying that I really like this song.

My beef is with whoever approved the final products sound quality. I can't believe someone else didn't mention this. The entire song is so badly clipped that even quieter parts of the song (if you could call them that) are distorted. The bass is slamming into an absolute brick wall.

I'm willing to bet that the distortion crept in during the mastering process. Just like many other pop releases today the mastering engineers and album producers are trying to get their albums as loud as they can. But this is way over the line.

The very fact that this song (with this horred sound quality) made it into the marketplace is unbelieveable. The sound is so bad that it makes the song unlistenable.

I thought the Twilight Soundtrack was bad but DAMN. Whomever is responsible for this should get an award for producing one of the worst sounding singles EVER.

It's such as shame that a great song was killed by an apparently deaf engineer and producer.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars American Song, May 10, 2008

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Michael Kerner "Michael Kerner" (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Boy (Feat. Kanye West) [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

When it comes down to this past year, we really haven't heard much with a good style of R&B from overseas. While so much of the latest Soul songs have been feeling mostly flimsy from newcomers like American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and even legendary divas like Mariah Carey, there really is a whole lot more that could sound better. For newcomer Estelle, she really has shown that she has a dominant beat from Londowntown in the U.K.. Her debut single, American Boy from her first album Shine. The song is a very strong collaboration with rapper Kayne West and captures the R&B beat that I haven't heard as well as when I've heard from since The Brand New Heavies back in the 90's. The song is really one of those hidden surprises out there that radio hasn't yet picked up in America. I really hope audiences give Estelle a warm welcome, and I hope she makes really good songs for years to come.

Song: B 1/2+