On paper, having one of our top guilty pleasure jams of 2009, the Vistoso Bosses‘ unfortunate non-hit “Delirious”, be completely sapped it of it’s appealingly Crayola-hued, “Legend of Zelda”-meets-four-square wispiness for darker electro textures doesn’t seem like it would fly.
Yet, consistently impressive remixer/ producer Doctor Rosen Rosen ultimately makes this revision work, his heavy slabs of spooky synth gloom and typewriter drum machine ticks bringing a sinister heft to lines like “When you look in my eyes/ You make me delirious”, instantly transforming what was once this cutesy (and fairly harmless), teenybop crush ode into the beginnings of an exciting “Fatal Attraction”-for-the-high-school-set big screen thriller.
Given props waaaayy back at the beginning of the year as a guilty pleasure crush we just knew was going to dominate the Spring, “Delirious”, by Atlanta teen duo Vistoso Bosses, unfortunately never really managed to catch fire beyond a few blog-world hypes. So we subsequently forgot about it…that is until they decided to bless the people with a recently unearthed new vid for the Soulja Boy-featured remix.
And while we wish they could have linked up with someone like Drake (imagine the tender melodies he could’ve lain here) rather than Mr. “Turn My Swag On”, who has the nerve here to claim to be like “Hov back in ’96″ (he wishes), we can’t help but A: admit how much this perfectly compliments Soulja Boy’s equally charming bubblegum-rap tune “Kiss Me Thru The Phone” and B: just be so highly stoked that “Delirious” actually has a second shot at smash hit-dom now, even if it is only because of the groan-worthy teen-rapper’s presence.
No matter how old a listener might be, or what hipster-approved sub-genre mash is currently dominating the world wide web, bubblegummy confections about puppy love will never fall out of style, especially if said song is performed by actual teenagers. With that being said, our fingers are crossed that “Delirious”, the debut single from ATL girl duo Vistoso Bosses (17-year-old Taylor Parker and 16-year-old Kelci Ferguson) becomes the inescapable hit of the Spring.
Reminiscent of the INOJ, KP & Envyi and Lumidee singular entries that came before (which were mostly satisfying because you never felt a need to ever cop any one of their respective albums), “Delirious” marries a delightful hop-scotch-soundtracking mix of Legend of Zelda flutes and lightly skittering drum pitter-patter behind the familiar narrative of dodging a secret crushes’ glances so that one doesn’t melt into a pile of giddy mush.
As nice as it is to get free music, think of how much better your soul would feel if you purchased it the old-fashioned way.
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On paper, having one of our top guilty pleasure jams of 2009, the Vistoso Bosses‘ unfortunate non-hit “Delirious”, be completely sapped it of it’s appealingly Crayola-hued, “Legend of Zelda”-meets-four-square wispiness for darker electro textures doesn’t seem like it would fly.
Given props 
No matter how old a listener might be, or what hipster-approved sub-genre mash is currently dominating the world wide web, bubblegummy confections about puppy love will never fall out of style, especially if said song is performed by actual teenagers. With that being said, our fingers are crossed that “Delirious”, the debut single from ATL girl duo
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