Wow that live version of Where R U Now is soul-crushingly bad.
"Hey let's take the best part of the song and replace it with generic shit that sounds like it was recorded by The Script!"
Let's be really honest though, it certainly helps El-P out that the music he makes now he makes with Killer fucking Mike. Also, neither Run the Jewels nor El-P have nearly the platform or fame that Macklemore do right now, so anything they do isn't going to be put under the microscope like what he does.
Not saying that what you said was wrong in any way, but I'm sure if Run the Jewels somehow reached big name household status like Macklemore, you'd see some people trying to criticize El-P.
That's one of the worst album titles I've ever seen, looks like a song title from a horrible pop punk album from 2005, but I'll be damned this song is pretty fucking good
(After penning the letter, “I was struck with this overwhelming sense of fear. Like, are they going to turn my phone off? Are they going to turn the video camera on?” Swift said in an interview with Zane Lowe, which will air on Beats 1 on Monday, the AP reports. “Are they watching me right now? Am I going to wake up tomorrow and all of my music will be off of iTunes? Like absolute terror hit.”)
omg srsly pls stfu taylor
I've kind of grown a bit tired of it after playing the shit out of for like six months, but Lean On really is a great song. It's basically about as good as mainstream-style EDM can possibly be. The vocal is not only technically good, but its actually memorable, the production manages to be incredibly catchy at basically every point in the song, especially the sublime "chorus", but is also varied enough to keep the song interesting. It all feels like a combined effort though, instead of an excuse to get to the "sick drop". I think that's ultimately something that Diplo does very well, I think he's actually a very skilled songwriter, too bad he's a bit of a dickhead.
My top 10:
1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Jamie xx - In Colour
3. Grimes - Art Angels
4. Tame Impala - Currents
5. Vince Staples - Summertime '06
6. The Very Best - Makes a King
7. Future - DS2
8. The Underachievers - Evermore: The Art of Duality
9. Beach House - Depression Cherry
10. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
I Miss You is a pretty solid song I gotta say. Builds itself up a nice little bit of atmosphere and the drums do a nice job of making the song feel more urgent than it actually is.
Probably gonna be the same way Mylo Xyloto was, Coldplay's take on "mainstream indie" (I know, lol), pop and dance music at the time. Go back and listen to some songs from Mylo, they are soooooooooo 2011. From the sound of what they've said and what the debut single sounded like, this just sounds like the same idea but updated for 2015.
Honestly I thought Drink You Away was one of the better songs on that 2nd album. To be fair that 2nd album was pretty forgettable overall but I quite enjoy it.
Surprised you didn't mention Noreaga's response to Vince's comments, as those seemed to be the ones that caught the most traction among the 90's hip-hop defenders. Personally I thought Noreaga embarrassed himself. Reminded me of one of Don Henley's recent rants.
My favorite things were the Twitter comments from people that had clearly never listened to a single one of his songs but decided that he was the epitome of why hip hop is "trash" and why we need more real spitters like Eminem.
What Peter said and also, its painfully obvious to me that Drake knew he was never going to be clearing a Mario sample so they looked around and found something that came as close as possible to capturing the feel and sound of that sample but in a stripped back Drakey kind of sound. That it was originally released by OVO themselves as a (Cha Cha Remix) is very telling in terms of how the song was formed. And for all of that, I think D.R.A.M. deserves a writing credit on the song, especially considering how huge its gotten.
To be fair to Drake, I don't think he or his team ever imagined this song blowing up like it did. It was tossed out during the Meek beef and it just slowly gained momentum until now. The issue is without the acknowledgement of D.R.A.M.'s obvious influence on the song, it really fucks D.R.A.M. over, especially considering that Cha Cha itself was building up some of its own momentum. Now he says at his shows he has to deal with people thinking that Cha Cha is based off of Hotline Bling, something that would absolutely infuriate me if I was in his shoes.
Basically, Drake has no actual obligation to credit D.R.A.M. because as you said, he doesn't actual use any of Cha Cha, no lyrics, no sample, nothing really that needs to be credited. But it all just feels kinda slimey.
I mean, yes, technically, Drake is using a different beat with a different sample. But actually listen to it. The accents of Drake's sample all hit in the exact same places the Mario sample do, the drums are almost identical, Drake's vocal melody is strikingly similar, and if you listen to Hotline Bling and hum the Mario sample it fits absolutely perfect.
And if the people that made the song and released it, released it as a (Cha Cha Remix), how is it not a remix? Seems pretty shitty to not be giving D.R.A.M. anything at all.
Interesting that Hotline Bling is a remix of Cha Cha but uses a different sample. Does that mean that the Mario sample is the true backbone of Hotline Bling or this Timmy Thomas song?
Either way I think we need a Mario/Timmy Thomas mash up.
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