The first time I heard this it was on some terrible speakers, and I didn’t quite hear it right. My friend was also making fun of Drake’s sing songy rap style. But damn, hearing it on headphones, yes, this is why I have this blog. To post these special moments of musical bliss. Those lil drums in the background, the way she says ‘baby’, shit man.
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From Take Care, released through Cash Money Records, 2011
So listenable, so smooth. Discovered on the Fader podcast which I did a feature on 5 years ago (albeit in a different form).
The mp3 is floating around the web, check it out.
Old Friend 2:00 – 2:45
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The best part is the little riffy thingy that you hear throughout the whole song. (stay tuned for more hard hitting investigative music journalism)
Ritual Union 0:06 – 0:38
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From Ritual Union, released through Peacefrog Records, 2011
When this album came out, I thought Kanye was killin’ Jay lyrically, but on this track, Jay Z claims his title. The beat switch, which only these 2 could pull off, makes it even better when you finally get to 2:53. This song sounds the freshest on the album, the least gimmicky, and lyrically the opulence and black power from both of them is just deadly.
Murder to Excellence 2:53 – 3:32
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Hey, welcome back. Here’s one that’s nice for Fall. I thought this was going to be released on his upcoming EP Enough Thunder, but it’s not showing up on the advance tracklist. Found it on the BBC special that just aired, which has all sorts of gems in there. This one is stand out.
He plays Toronto on Sept. 30th, might want to check it out!
Deeds 1:20 – 1:50 (approx)
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Blue Note, 1974, and it has an awesome record cover. You don’t even need to know how good Donald Byrd is to pick this up. This is his album for me. Great part at the very end of Think Twice that Armand Van Helden samples for Flowerz, it’s a trip the first time you hear it.
Think Twice 5:14 – 5:32
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It could be the intro, the drum drop, the drum break, the drum solo, the bass hit, the sample, the interlude, the build, the peak, the breakdown, the loop, the skit, the extro... the best part of the song baby!
