Estelle - American Boy ft. Kanye West [audio]

Download American Boy here.

This new chick Estelle is sick.

Well, she's not new, per se. She's been down with Kanye and 'nem for a minute. She's an English singer, producer, hip hop artist. She had an album, The 18th Day, that dropped back on 04 and her follow-up LP, Shine, is supposed to come out this year (it was just pushed back to May). She also popped up in John Legend's Save Room video, which makes sense because she was eventually signed to Legend's label, Homeschool Records, through Atlantic Records. Watch for her. I'm predicting she'll be a breakout artist of 2008 given UK's heavy recent influx of good music and both Kanye and Legend on top of their games. Last year, according to the label's site, "Music Week cited her as the one UK rapper most likely to challenge the mainstream."

Even though, she's not spitting on this track (definitely peep the myspace for the other two joints), I am feeling its vibe and her voice drifts kite-like over the melody in the celestial tradition of English R&B soul duo Floetry.

Don't know about that Yeezy accent though.