After positive reviews by The Prophet Blog, Spin and The New York Times, it’s time for British newspaper The Guardian to review Cassie’s new single “King of Hearts“. Featured on the February 18 issue that you can view in our gallery, Tim Jonze analyses the current state of the R&B music scene and mentions Cassie’s first single from her second album. You can read the full article by clicking here.

(…) Richard has written for, among other people, Cassie and if there’s one artist worth ending on here it’s her. After her Me & U became a huge hit in 2006 she was talked about in the same breath as Aaliyah and there was much frothing at the prospect of her second album. But the release date was pushed back and back, and only now does it look as if Cassie will release a follow-up, called either The Seductress or Electro Love (depending who you trust). What’s striking about the track she posted this month, King Of Hearts, is how it involves elements of nearly everything we’ve talked about. It has the ravey club-banger aspect, it has the innovative yet commercialedge of early noughties R&B, and it has enough sadness in her vocal to draw in the indie crowd. Put simply, it’s the best-sounding identity crisis I’ve heard for a while.

PICTURES LINKS:
- Magazines & Scans from 2012: The Guardian – February 18