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Offline Moquel  
#1 Posted : 19 February 2013 13:42:36(UTC)
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Name: Urban Knockouts
Produced By: Jermaine Dupree, XROCKA.
Recorded In: December 2012
Recorded In: Atlanta
Genre: Urban
Length: 4:50
Release: Febuary 18th 2013
Label: Kiss My Pop




Introuduction

' Urban Knockouts' is an track produced by XROCKA and Jermaine Dupree. 4U Girls recorded an mixtape titled ' Endless Dopeness' at the end of the last year and was suppose to be released to the public for hearing. They decided to keep the tracks from the mixtape so they can be released as promo singles before the album. They wanted the fans to have music and videos to entertain them because the album isnt going to be released rumored until the middle of summer of 2013. The girls has choosen this uptempo and hip-hop influenced dance track to get their ' Toughies" the feel of war and freedom at their dreams and visions, but most importantly it's an strong athem to the world of music that the girls are here to fight, start war and dominate the world of urban music. The strong and confident ladies show just that in this record, featuring hype vocals from Jermaine Dupree and voices of chats and sounds of fighting, screaming and a huge bassline that features so strongly in the song but sounds as if the bass is breaking glass in a echo of a arena, the composition of the song goes so well with the concept of the record. XROCKA designed the complicated arrangement of the song and vocal style that the girls has to sing all the verses in one breath, similar to (Beyonce- Who Run the World Girls) verses. The song will be set to radio's and digital on Febuary 18th.


Composition
The track begins with a sound of fighting for a few seconds, invanding the sound of fighting is a loud sound of sirens and then sounds of walking with heels on the ground. The track begins with those sound effects to create the enviorment of the story the girls are telling in the record. After the :40 seconds of the intro of the track, it goes to a high and banging club brassline that does four counts of brassline then a clap. It does it for :30 seconds before the dance mix with the brassline and sythns of a hip-hop bass and snitching of a mixing disc is heard in the background and Jermiane Dupree's voice saying, " you aint ready.. 4U Girls" the sound of the disc snatching, similar to a DJ mixing tracks in a night club, XROCKA mixed the sound of the girls heels walking on the floor until the brassline and clap. The track moves forward with the dance mix does seperate sythns with the previous effects in the beginning, to the liftout of: (the beginning of this instrumental) with the chats from people screaming from a far distance, screaming: YEAH 4U, 4U, 4U 4U, 4U! While the liftout is still able to shine with the brassline being so hard, the deep announcer that is said by Jermaine says, " Calm down now, coming to the ring is the only urban princesses, give it up for 4U GIRLS!" the liftout repeats itself, to moments where it will stop to the sound of the heels hitting the floor that is mixed so well during the intro with the brassline and low sirens. After the liftout comes to the official instrumental that features the vibe and uptempo club sythns of hard hitting drums and exciting patterns of bass and club hitting patterns of drums, claps and brassline. Jermaine added a little hip-hop flavor to the type when during the pre-chrous the hard bassfront stops, to the silence of the girls singing in the background, to the low and beautiful melody of the voices all coming together before the bassfront rushing the girls to the main and energetic chrous keeps alive with the sound of fighting, screaming and sirens mixed during the chrous. During the verses, the girls are powerful and quick verse wise, you can hear them clearly between the brassline and bassfront that over shadows the effects in the background. Something great happens with XROCKA wrote this quick part of the arrangement where the girls basically screams this but control their ranges in their vocals before going in to more verses of the record, it sounds like the fast paced chats similar to (staring at 1:08- 1:15) after the quick arrangement, the instrumental stops to Jermaine's annoucement, " we aint done yet! let's go!" the liftout repeats again before being mixed into the official instrumental, all coming together in the chrous and Jermaine's hype vocals in the back. The crowd of voices say, " back up" to the girls finishing the rest of the lines in the pre-chrous. Jermaine's screams " oooweeeeee" over the top and laughs after it. It's becomes a club banger when Jermaine's Owee's and Yeah's are over the top. During the second verse, " Oh damn" are voices of little girls in a high pitch voice before the girls complete the verse line. The chrous are a normal pace, going along with the sythns of harmony of the instrumental patterns during the chrous that are different from the verses. During the bridge, the official instrumental starts to fade slowly before the quick arrangement instrumental is heard slowly approching with the bassline and front is now silent. The quick arrangement (Ciara- Got me Good) is now faster. The words " back up" is heard by little girls when the seperate girls complete the lines mixed with their regular strong toned vocals and robotic effects to their voices and Jermaine's chuck and energetic "ooooweee's" and " let's go!" in the background during the bridge and sometimes during the chrous. The bridge is quick. The record gets silent but dont leave the track, the dance mix like the intro eariler in the track is heard, faster and more vibitic, it's quickly changes into the official instrumental to the girls all energetic belting out the chrous lines and doing mixed adlibs. The track ends with Jermaine's " oooweee, now, that was hot.."


Lyrical Meaning

*colors highlighted are the colors of the lyrics of who is singing what*

The girls wrote this in the studio with Jermaine during the tour with Aubrey Mikkel when they had one of their most successful shows. They went into the studio days after to record it. " It's something fun and energetic, it's us, bitches that in the club and we had fun with this and the production is so dope. We wanted something fun and hip to go with the sound.." Danielle said.

Aubrei- I think I had so much fun vocally with this because my little pitched voice was just sexy and appealing in this record and I had so much fun writing it with my girls. It became one of my most favorite on the EP, just because it showed the hip and sassy attuides so well in the track. It was fun, but yet so epic because of the production.

Bianca- All I got to say is the lyrics are just so fitted with the sound of the track overrall... it all mixed and came together at the end of the recording.. this is a dope record..

Laci- I got to shine vocally and lyrically. Jermaine really gave us a chance to explore and have fun and go over the top if we wanted and be sassy, he gave it so much life at the end that the lyrics are so powerful and smart, the sound of the record is already so powerful and hip, the lyrics are just the additional arrangement that made the track even more doper.


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Lyrics



First,
(Ooowee)
I'm going to stare you deeply in your eyes now,
lastly
(Yeah)
everything you have tonight will be van-ished.
It's two other girls on the corner of the ring,
we turn our backs because baby we dont see,
no compeption while you holding that gold ring,
everyone coming see the show, the hype is burning up,
We see so many people out in the crowd hatin' on us,
no matter what we see, no matter who's going to win,
it's going to be a knockout by any means.


Back up, let me see that swing,
back up, baby, this is ulimate theme.
back up, baby, let me see you work,
back up, it's going to be fight in this MUGGGG!!!

You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout. (Ooooweeee)
You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout (Yeah girls)
You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout. No one can roll with us,
because this urban kncokouts.


(Ciara Got Me Good Arrangement Break)
This vibe is so fresh to def,
my fights move to left to the right,
no matter what you say or do,
we gone be the baddest crew.
This vibe is so fresh to def,
my crew is killing the scene tonight,
this vibe is so fresh to def, no matter
what you say or do, we gone be the baddest
crew.


Oh damn, where did she come from?
Oh damn, never expected to hear her first.
Oh damn, baby I know you're suprised.
I lost the very, the very first time.
Now, I'm back, no one can trust me,
Oh damn, urban knockout again.
We not playing this time


Baby tonight it's no stopping the show, keep it going.
Don't try to fade into the back. We see ya baby,
dont try nothing more.


Back up, let me see that swing,
back up, baby, this is ulimate theme.
back up, baby, let me see you work,
back up, it's going to be fight in this MUGGGG!!!

You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout. (Ooooweeee)
You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout (Yeah girls)
You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout. No one can roll with us,
because this urban kncokouts.


(Bridge, slows down, silence, robotic voices)
Give me room so I can breath,
I can feel the hype in this peace,
my heart is beating before I enter,
the ring, I see the girls, ready to go,
no matter if we scared, we have to jump in head first,
the crowd says go, we say no.
We gonna do it girls, we gonna face the fights,
let's run without giving them a chance to fight,
oooo!


Oweeee, another urban knockout again,
oooooweee, another urban knockout again,
ooowweeee, another urban knockout again.
no one can roll with us, urban knockouts.

You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout. (Ooooweeee)
You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout (Yeah girls)
You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout. No one can roll with us,
because this urban kncokouts.
(x5)


You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout. (Ooooweeee)
You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout (Yeah girls)
You really make me feel, make me feel
this urban knockout. No one can roll with us,
because this urban knockouts


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#2 Posted : 20 February 2013 06:21:07(UTC)
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Hope you all are enjoying the new single frm 4U Girls! Dont forget that ' Urban Knockout' is available now digitally and please to all the true toughies and bad bitches to request this single on your local radios! Let's dominate.
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#3 Posted : 20 February 2013 10:32:05(UTC)
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Vara: Great job, my sistas! Laci, you are so damn adorable, I can't even stand it. Don't you four stop being the cutest, most bad ass hoes and bitches I've ever met!

OOC: Great job, doll.
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#4 Posted : 20 February 2013 10:37:58(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: snap_itshannah Go to Quoted Post
Vara: Great job, my sistas! Laci, you are so damn adorable, I can't even stand it. Don't you four stop being the cutest, most bad ass hoes and bitches I've ever met!

OOC: Great job, doll.


Laci: Aww, you're so sweet Vara, thank you for the support xo.

OOC: Thank you love.

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Jennifer: I'm loving this, it has a lot of grittiness to it yet you guys still keep it sexy! ;) You guys are already knockouts to begin with :P
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#7 Posted : 20 February 2013 13:54:49(UTC)
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Jennifer: I'm loving this, it has a lot of grittiness to it yet you guys still keep it sexy! ;) You guys are already knockouts to begin with :P


Danielle: YASSS Jennifer, thank you girl.

Bianca: Thank you girl, we knockin' all these little girls out, just know that.

Laci: You're so sweet Jennifer, enjoying your music darling.

Aubrei: thank you Jennifer... omg!!! I'm so excited...

Danielle: Why? fucking weirdo?

Aubrei: That Jennifer Armstrong.. TEAM KNOCKOUTS!!!!!!!

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Brittany: I like this! Although it can be alittle overbearing this is something I can definitely move to in the club! ...not exactly saying I go to clubs alot...but still lol, Nice work girls!

OOC: I like the originality of the RP. You really broke the track down. Nice :)

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Originally Posted by: Famouss7x7 Go to Quoted Post
Brittany: I like this! Although it can be alittle overbearing this is something I can definitely move to in the club! ...not exactly saying I go to clubs alot...but still lol, Nice work girls!

OOC: I like the originality of the RP. You really broke the track down. Nice :)



Bianca: GIRL, you better work in those clubs and make that ass!

Danielle: OKAY GIRL!

Laci: Thank you so much Brittany.

Aubrei: I'll love to dance with you Brittany.

OOC: All the breakdowns will be this detailed. thank you xo.

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HONOR WYNTER REVIEWS 'URBAN KNOCKOUTS'


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R&B music seems to be picking up these days, only though there's a few artists really lifting up the genre, there's even less groups. I can even cut the numbers down to girl groups, especially in R&B. Sure, it's easy to throw some people together, tell them what to sing, what to wear, how to act, and say they're a group but when it comes to music, if they aren't as one and can still have their own personalities, it's not a group. 4U Girls are a main example. Each of them is like a color on the crazy rainbow and yet it suits them well. When we first heard about them, they are 4 outgoing girls that had some kind of vendetta against male genitalia. However, they also had some amazing talent and lungs on them, which I love, love, love! They already have a few singles under their belts, 'Girls Like Us' and 'Without You Boys'. They recently released a new single, 'Urban Knockouts', and from there, I can say they are without a doubt my favorite group right now, and I don't even listen to R&B that much but if it sounds like this, sign me the fuck up. The track screams sexy, vibrant, independent, headstrong, all what we should be portraying women as to the world.

Of course the track wasn't just going to be produced by any old wannabe producer, they called in the big dog, hit maker Jermaine Dupree himself and XROCKA. I believe the girls struck gold. We're very used to the confident, girl power tone that makes you feel proud to be a female for once, instead of feeling like all you have to do is chase a guy in order to make it through life. They have their own swagger and they're pretty much in their own lane right now. The single has a unique sound, the sound effects in the beginning are that of fighting sounds. It's almost like they are trying to hype us up for the single, I'm already hyped ladies! Once we get over all the instrumentals for a while, the girls start to sing, Danielle leading them off with her sexy voice before each of the girls, respectively, sing their own parts in the song. The girls manage to make fighting sound super sexy which if you've ever been in a fight or seen one, takes a lot of talent. I mean you're getting punches thrown at you for crying out loud, anyway, overall the track was unique but had that girl power feel to it. They came to do what they do and they did it oh so well. The lyrics almost seem like a challenge to the other groups for them to just try and steal their shine. You know what? I'd like to see them go against SYNCO. Who would win? I'll start taking bets ;) Some parts of the song were cheesy, like the chorus. I'm still confused as to what an 'Urban Knockout' really is but it sure does sound good! I can't wait to hear more material from the girls.

Honor rates 'Urban Knockouts' 4/5
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