Rated: Big Hoops

Once in a while a song comes along that is like nails on chalkboard the first time you hear it, but blossoms into something special on the subsequent plays. 'Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)' is Nelly Furtado's new track from her upcoming album The Spirit Indestructible and it couldn't be more satisfying.

The first time I heard it I thought, 'what the hell is this?!'. The second time I heard it I thought, 'Actually, this is fucking cool!'. What makes this song so great? It's completely different to everything else about in the charts, mainly pointing my fingers at the over saturation of dub-step inspired music around right now. With a hip-hop beat and an exciting chorus, Nelly raps 'I'm going down,/I've got my big hoops on'. The song sort of ends only to burst into a trip hop flurry that's more fun than an acid trip on a roller coaster.

4/5