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Esthero IS referring to Nelly Furtado!!!

Nisha Beech | NYC | 07/11/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I became a huge Nelly Furtado fan after the release of Whoa, Nelly! But, I now realize that she totally ripped off Esthero's sound -- as Esthero says in O.G. Bitch. I researched a little further and found that the two Canadian bred divas were friends and Esthero was even featured on a track called "I Feel You" for the Whoa, Nelly! promo disc. Once Nelly's debut album was actually released, the Esthero track was removed and replaced with "Well, Well."



If you listen closely, O.G. Bitch is Eerily similar to Nelly's song Party, from Whoa, Nelly! I personally think that if Nelly's fans (at that time) had gotten wind of Esthero, that would have certainly taken away some of Nelly's shine. Nelly's sophomore effort, Folklore, is a good album. But, it is void of the Esthero-esque vocals, not to mention the trip-hop/reggae tinged tracks that helped her sell millions of CD's the first time around.



I guess we know NOW who the O.G. Bitch is.

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Esthero is BACK, Bitches!!

Vanilla Thrilla | Canada | 09/01/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Although not a full length LP, this single offers up a glipse what we can expect for the upcoming esthero album in January of 2005. For all of you esthero fans, be patient... although it's now been 6 years since the release of Breath From Another! Wow, now that was an incredble album. I don't know if Doc worked on any of the tracks on the second, but... whatever, esthero's voice alone will make the new CD a gem.Now, down to business. The various remixes of "O.G. Bitch" are really funky, and Ian Pooley-ish... really cool. I also love the last tune, "I Love You", which apparently will not be on the up-and-coming album. Check this thing out if you're a fan.I'm just enjoying the first official esthero CD since 1998."

She's the girl you just can't admit you adore...

E. A Solinas | MD USA | 09/27/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

""I am the original bitch/I am the original whore/I am the girlyou just won't admit/you adore..."



Canadian singer Esthero started off with cool trip-hop, and graduated over the years to a new style: energetic funky dance and warm trip-hip-pop. And one of her new songs stands out on its own: "O.G. Bitch," a gloriously angry-grrl dance tune.



Don't expect a "you stole my boyfriend" revenge song. It's a multi-barbed description of a "grinning bitch" who is "just waiting for me to drown/so no one knows you stole my whole sound!" This is worse than stealing a boyfriend; this is stealing art, and that's something no artist of any stripe is just going to brush off.



Esthero doesn't pull her punches, and it's deliciously catty and unrestrained as she sings, "How kind of you to offer what you think/a woman should do or say/maybe if you weren't so self-righteous/you would not have such a problem getting laid!" Love that. She unflinchingly hits in all areas, and leaves you cheering for her barbed comments.



But the song alone is not quite enough: there are a bunch of remixes. The original is a trippy, funky little tune, while the mix that follows makes it even trippier and ripplier. "Moody Ass Bitch Remix" makes it trippier and more electronic, while "Smitty & Gabriel D. Vine's Garage Party Mix" ups the beats and gritty synth for some serious shimmying.



"Speakeasy Mix" is a live-sounding, jazzy mix, backed by drums and women urging her on. "The Orange Factory Mix" is the least appealing, stripping down most of the melody in favour of unexceptional technobeats, but the single bounces back with the swooningly dramatic "Bill Hamel Club Mix." Finally, Esthero tops it off with "I Love You," a sensuously breathy little pop song.



This is Esthero's "You're So Vain" (which gets a homage in the second stanza), only with more venom and pain. And like Carly Simon, Esthero isn't telling anyone who it's about -- rumour has pointed at both Fergie and Nelly Furtado, but according to Esthero, neither one is it. Something to ponder, and wonder who stole her sound.



Esthero gets points for dancey funkiness, and for having the guts to let rip lyrically about the musical thief. Whoever that person is, Esthero is still running circles around her."