Enjoy.
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Track two off of Back to the Feature.
The beat is go-go, for sure, minus the congas perhaps. It’s the got the bubbly bassline and horn section. That said, I’m really not in love with it – it’s essentially the same two bars endlessly repeated. But the horns are sick, I will concede that.
The track features two members of rap group State Property (Beanie Siegel was famous for releasing that solo album whilst incarcerated, and Freeway is a badass) and Young Chris.
There are some truly great lines in here:
“You niggas is John Q/You don’t have the heart for it” – Wale
“Me too, I’m sayin, bringin the banger right here/I be hip-hop gamin’ dropin’ bangers all year/Freezer’ll bang that thing and end your singin’ career” – Freeway. The way the words fit around the beat here speaks way more than the lyrics themselves.
Honestly I’m not even sure how I feel about half of the other lyrics but they mold to the beat SO well. That goes for Freeway and Wale’s lines especially. Beanie Siegel’s verse is really a little awkward, not sure why, both in content and delivery. Honestly, this isn’t a track I’d really listen to more than twice, though the lines from Freeway and the “st-st-stutter” from Wale definitely make it worth that second time around.
Wale (feat. Young Chris, Freeway, & Beanie Siegel) – Cyphr [mp3]
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Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Snoop dogg, what are we going to do with you? First you mess about with Jim Morrison and now you mess about with Mr. Johnny Cash. Oh wait, “Riders on the Storm” was hot. And this record is pretty cool too. You might be violating some sort of sacred rock & roll commandments, but I won’t say anything.
To be fair, “Walk the Line” isn’t incredible – it’s got some weird small key-clashes that always put me off it, but at the same time it’s nearly endearing. Odd, yet endearing.
Snoop Dogg & Johnny Cash – Walk the Line [mp3 download]
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