Nas’s new album, like Beck’s has leaked in the past few days. Initial opinions appear to be (unsurprisingly) negative, despite the usual hyperbole from Nas. However this track appears to be getting some positive feedback, I quite like it there’s some celver and humourous (“I’m over they heads like a bulimic on a seesaw”) wordplay in there, as Nas rhymes over a really minimal track compromised solely of a piano melody. Along with the usual deep and socially conscious subject matter (“Pregnant teens give birth to intelligent gangsters, they daddies faceless”) it makes for somthing quite interesting.
MP3: Nas – Queens Get The Money
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Tagged: Album leak, Nas, Nigger album, Queens Get The Money
This track was featured as an instrumental in last year’s War Stories, titled ‘Chemistry’. Since then Lupe Fiasco has rapped over it on ‘The Cool’ in the track ‘Hello/Goodbye’. It was originally intended to appear in this form, but timetable constraints meant it never materialised in time. So it will be appearing on UNKLE’s 2008 album ‘End Titles: Stories for film’. I’m not sure Homme’s aching, apocolyptic vocals add anything to it. But I’ll let you make your own mind up.
MP3: UNKLE feat Josh Homme – Chemical
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Tagged: Chemical, Chemistry, End Titles: Stories for film, Josh Homme, Lupe Fiasco, UNKLE
As well as a considerable amount of remixes by Justice.There’s been a constant stream of remixes of Justice’s huge 2007 album, as those in the electro genre try and grab some fame by reinterpreting some of the Parisian duo’s bigger hits. For the most part, these remixes are immediately forgettable. But rarely the remixer manages to provide somthing genuinely good.
Here LA Riots manage to out-Justice, Justice. The Party was one of the weaker tracks off of The Cross, it was a little flat and Uffie’s cringeworthy rap ’skills’ made it one of the rare duds on the album. But LA Riot have made it a little more immediate and a little dirtier. Uffie’s vocals are glitched up and played around to add to the songs rhythm, which also has the benefit of depriving us of having to hear her awful rhymes and makes it sound, along with the increased prominence on the bassline, more like Justice.
Also included is a remix of D.V.N.O which is less impressive in its improvements, but that is more down to the fact that the original is quite good, unlike The Party
MP3: Justice feat LA Riots – The Party
MP3: Justice feat LA Riots – D.V.N.O
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Tagged: D.V.N.O, Justice, LA Riots, Remix, The Party
