Summertime Sadness (REMIX)

How apropos. As I soon reach the 1 month mark of summer vacation, I have been listening to new albums that have come out and among them The Great Gatsby album. I have yet to see the movie because much to many people's surprise, I have never read the book but the soundtrack is wonderful. A few songs have stood out to me and I have to say that Lana del Rey's Young & Beautiful is a personal favorite. (Although I am not posting about that specifically, I have included it below for your listening pleasure) Lana del Rey is an artist that snuck up on me. I was initially unsure of how I felt about her sweeping, swooning sound until I got hooked on "Born to Die" and "Video Games". And now, the "Summertime Sadness"remix by Cedric Gervais. It takes the usual slow, deep sounding Lana and throws her into a club banger while maintaining the serious quality that naturally comes with a style like del Rey's.
The message about the fleeting nature of summertime is something that I think anyone can connect to and the beat is something that certainly anyone can dance to.
So before summertime is over, check it out below.

Poetic Justice (COVER)

So as I prepared for my internship this summer, I asked a bunch of people to send me a list of some of their favorite songs. Among these was one of my best friends from summers past, Jeny. On her list was Poetic Justice by Elli Ingram, a cover of Kendrick Lamar's song "Poetic Justice" which samples parts of Janet Jackson's "Any Time, Any Place". Now, honestly, I hadn't heard Kendrick's song before hearing Elli's version and I have to say that Elli's takes the cake. It may be simply because I like the way that Ingram's accent comes out in her rendition or that her voice takes the song to a completely new level. It seems to possess more meaning when she sings it and I (personally) think that it becomes increasingly powerful in her smooth cover.
You can check out both renditions below and be your own judge.