"Break My Heart", Estelle featuring Rick Ross

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Estelle is getting some help from the Bawse. The British songbird has enlisted Rick Ross for “Break My Heart,” the new single from her third album All of Me, due later this year. The Don Cannon-produced track comes on the heels of last year’s releases “Fall in Love” featuring Nas and John Legend, and the Kardinal Offishall-assisted “Freak.”

Sean Garrett also put his stamp on the oft-delayed project and spoke to Rap-Up TV about his contribution. “It’s really international, but it’s also very rhythmic. It’s gon’ bang up the clubs,” he said. “I think this is a record that actually can work on rhythm, urban, and international [radio].”

Check back here to listen to “Break My Heart” on Monday, April 18.

[Grenade]

This is actually pretty good. I don't see it doing well though.

[angeltimes]

Hmmmm this isnt a hit.

[duh5]

Wow, I never realized how weak of a singer she is.

I actually like this, not a hit though.

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Estelle didn’t always intend to have Rick Ross on her breezy new single “Break My Heart.” The British songstress, who is prepping the September release of her third album All of Me, reveals that though she and the Teflon Don had talked for years about a collaboration, she didn’t think the tune was right for him.

“My label surprised me with it, because I didn’t think of him as being the first person to be on the record,” she told Rap-Up.com. “And then I got the record back and he was on it.”

When it comes to her music, Estelle isn’t one to get a random feature for the sake of nabbing a big name. “The thing about me is I never do records to do them. I try to find the right person to be on a record if I have a feature,” she continued. “So they suggested him and I was like, ‘I don’t know if this is the right one.’ And they said, ‘OK, cool, cool.’ Then they got him to do it, and I was like, ‘Yeah, this could be the right one. This could be it.’”

While she was initially skeptical about a long distance duet, she felt it ended up in the right hands. “I wrote the record with a certain feeling in mind, and you know when you write a record and you sing it and it’s just you on a record, you kind of get used to it,” she explained. “And then I heard him on it, and I was like, ‘No, this fits. This makes sense. It’s perfect.’ I didn’t think it was going to be this song that we ended up doing. I thought we were going to do it a different way, and it just worked. I’m definitely not about recreating or fighting something that works.”

Estelle will get face time with Ross this week when she shoots the video for “Break My Heart” with director Chris Robinson. She’s mum on the clip’s concept, but promises it will fit the season. “It’s going to be beautiful. It’s going to be epic. It’s going to feel like summertime,” she gushed. “I feel like my mission this time around is to make people feel versus just listening to music. I want them to feel something.”

–Steven J. Horowitz

[Franck]

Apr 18, 2011 12:15:48 GMT -5 Grenade said:

This is pretty good. I don't see it doing well though.

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Estelle basked in the California sunshine on set of the video for “Break My Heart,” the breezy lead single from her third album All of Me, due this fall. Filmed by the ocean with directors Iren Sheffield and Chris Robinson, the British diva fired up scenes with her co-star Rick Ross, cruised with the top down in a Mercedes-Benz coupe, and showed off her legs poolside. Check out the behind-the-scenes pics, which arrive just in time for summer.

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Estelle dives into summer with the video for “Break My Heart,” the first single from her third album All of Me. The breezy visuals, filmed in Malibu and co-directed by Iren Brown and Chris Robinson, co-star Rick Ross and actor Omari Hardwick (For Colored Girls), who plays her love interest.

“The basic concept is I’m rolling up to this house and I’m having a dinner party, but I invited this guy that I’m trying to get it on with,” explained the British songstress, who models a variety of chic looks. “And the entire time I’m thinking about him, but in my heart I’m doubting, maybe he’ll break my heart. I pray he doesn’t break my heart.”

Rozay gushed over collaborating with his co-star. “Me collaborating with Estelle was just a matter of time, me being a huge fan of hers. Me really loving her style of music, her level of class,” he said. “I love making music with real genuine songbirds and that’s exactly what she is.”

[Franck]

It's actually moving up nicely on the Urban chart.

[angeltimes]

This has done better than I expected but it's missing something for me.