{"id":804,"date":"2008-07-21T22:19:25","date_gmt":"2008-07-22T02:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=804"},"modified":"2008-07-21T22:19:25","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T02:19:25","slug":"a-swingin-summe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/a-swingin-summe\/","title":{"rendered":"a swingin&#8217; summer tune to dance to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/21\/estelle01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Estelle01\" alt=\"Estelle01\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/21\/estelle01.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>I just stumbled upon this summer hip-hop hit and have decided that it&#8217;s my windows-down summer-road-trip song.&nbsp; Of course, Kanye West still thinks he&#8217;s the best thing since sliced bread, but I can overlook his ego issues because this beat is so sweet.<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SY7xXSW_NG4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>A review reads, &quot;<em>West London\u2019s Estelle manages to score a home run by getting Kanye West to collaborate and will.i.am to twiddle the knobs on this funky, funky track. American Boy<\/em> is a delicious and near-perfect pop track. And it\u2019s another one of those songs that reminds us that summer\u2019s just around the corner. 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