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Übersuccesful House producer David Guetta has a new album out: One Love. The concept: mixing house with urban music. Sounds familiar? Yeah, right.
The features implementing the idea: Kid Cudi, Estelle, Kelly Rowland, Ne-Yo, Akon, Black Eyed Peas (Guetta produced I Gotta Feeling for them, what explains why it sounds like Guetta’s smasher Love is Gone)

In Raveline magazine he explained he wanted to create something new, like every producer wants to. I wouldnt really call the idea groundbreaking, this very blog documentates projects like that since the first post. Nice thing that a commercially succesful guy like Guetta strenghtens the trend but I cant really say I’m happy about it.

I‘d like to see new artists with witty new sounds climb the charts, not mainstream acts using the trend for their current project before they dumb it for something new. But Guetta is a business guy. He managed clubs (like the stripclub owned by his wife) before he started taking his music career seriously. His money making mind is apparent in all his work. What actually makes it top of the line and aint a bad thing. In general.

I’ve been to United Respect in cologne rescently, where he was headlining. People partied hard to his set, which seemingly was the same he always does this summer since it came from the same CD… When live DJing DJs like DJ Hell followed, music got better but the floor emptied. If you come to see a star you come to see a star. But I dont really get what’s the point about looking at a star clapping his hands behind a DJ desk.

I’m telling you this sidestory because it’ll give you an impression of what to expect from One Love: A cruise missile aiming for top positions on the charts. You’ll recognise its Guetta if you ever heard one of his songs before. What will be the case if you turned on a radio during the last three years. Real good commercial house music. Nothing that brings music to a higher level, nothing edgy, no surprises. Like christmas with an order form.

I dont think One Love will make it to my playlist and I dont believe it will help the evolution of new genres made up of urban and electronic music. But it will make it easier to fill clubs, sell compilations, convince labels or reach a mainstream audience with projects like that.

I wont review each track for you, we’re on the net, just listen:

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