Ari Gold - Human

Dance/R&B/Pop singer Ari Gold's latest single is a partial cover of The Human League's song of the same name. The main version is a nice R&B/Pop track. Ari's voice is really great on this one. In usual fashion, there are plenty of remixes and alternate versions of this. Gomi's R&B Mix is very similar to the original. Skinner's Black President Mix is in a similar vein as well, however it is much more uptempo. The Dr. Brooks, Gomi, Lost Daze, and Mendy mixes are all funky house-oriented. All are quite good. There is an additional R&B-oriented mix by Steve Skinner which contains samples from "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. It's the same set of samples that were used in 2Pac's "Changes." The samples fit in perfectly. It's the first track on Ari's MySpace Music Player right now ("The Human Way It Is").

Watch the eye-catching video here (YouTube)

Buy the CD maxi single here (Perfect Beat). Amazon.com and Best Buy will be selling it online on March 3 and February 24, respectively.

Grade: A