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4 hrs agoLiked by Ben Cardew

Can I be basic and ask what this means? "a like-gate giveaway"

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oh sure, sorry. It's a (rather outdated) music marketing idea, whereby you give someone a reward (often an MP3) in return for liking a post.

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huh, thank you. Surprised I've never heard of it.

Anyway - totally agree - the album has no grit whatsover, like too much prosecco

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A great post this week, Ben! Also interesting that you have Hodge's "Free" in there -- I couldn't quite get with that song (never been a fan of diva-house vocals, I'm afraid), but I love the B-side, "Right There" (which, interestingly, has an absolutely ICONIC hip-hop sample in it).

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thank you! Right There is a great song - but I LOVE diva-house vocals and I think Free is one of my songs of the year. He just nails the underground / overground thing for me.

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