Brit-hop duet eases us into Friday…

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Chuck Eddy: So were this bloke and bird in the drama club together in school, or what? They both sound way stiffer than the job requires, but somehow wind up charming anyway. The rubbery synth loop helps.
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Ian Mathers: Between Bashy’s grinning insistence that “in control baby, no you isn’t” and the way H-Boogie pleads with him not to get her into trouble, there’s something squirmily uncomfortable about the narrative of “Your Wish Is My Command.” The opening flurry of stuttered speech is arresting, and H-Boogie does a good job with the chorus, but this is strikingly unlikeable from the brutal, cut off way Bashy says “I’ll see you in a minute” on down.
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Anthony Easton: Made me seek out H Boogie, but she has lots of guest appearances that make middle of the road shite tolerable but not a lot of solo work — has she only polished turds?
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Anthony Miccio: H-Boogie is Estelle’s little sister, and it would be easy to get behind this bouncy younger sibling of “American Boy” if the international angle hadn’t been replaced by a gleeful rape fantasy. Between Boogie’s consenting genie act and the pulsing sequencer, Bashy’s “I’ve got the remedy: Hennessey! Open sesame!” slavering almost gets a pass anyway. Maybe if he hadn’t responded to her surrender with “L-O-L!”
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Dan MacRae: Did he just say “LOL”? That can’t be right, can it?
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Renato Pagnani: I thought you had to be Akon to get an artist to take a hike on their own song to this extent.
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Alex Ostroff: Now THIS is how you do grime-goes-dance. Bashy spits over Justice-esque beats and disco bounce. H-Boogie is a genie in a bubble, adding vocal flourishes and a chorus that vacilates between “No” and “Let’s Go”. Bash clearly loves the sound of his own voice, and so do I. He plays with his words, twisting and torquing and stretching them into new shapes. D-D-D-D-Dizzee take note.
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