Black Milk – Don Cornelius.

28 May, 2010 Hip-Hop

I’m trying to see how I could combine hip hop with like a fucking Beatles sound, on some rock, but not too rock. Beatles shit, but hip hop. I did the funk, the soul, niggas did that, so now I gotta do this but it gotta be right, I ain’t just gonna go in there and try to do that shit. It’s gonna have to be some ridiculous shit. I know niggas might hear this and go and try to do it, but they’re not gonna do it how I do it because I have a certain way Imma do it.

It’s weird that I remember this quote from a December 2008 interview (the legendary Hex Murda interview!), but ever since I read it, I’ve been waiting to hear what Black Milk was talking about. Listening to this leftover from Album of the Year, which drops in July, I can conclude that Black’s “Beatles shit” was well worth the wait. I only wish it were longer than two minutes.

First, Black mastered the soul sample. Then he legitimized keyboard beats with Tronic. Now, perhaps just to show off, he’s conquered rap-rock, a sub genre with an embarrassing history.

Update: I had the sample and I didn’t even realize.

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chef nate said,

Wrote on May 30, 2010 @ 10:56 pm

this is a great song, but i dont hear the beatles influence in it
naima 93 said,

Wrote on June 2, 2010 @ 8:12 pm

I hear it, its in the guitar line, the whole song is reall goods
@Stellaskid said,

Wrote on June 18, 2010 @ 1:38 pm

> [Black Milk] legitimized keyboard beats with Tronic.

Er.. what??!? I’m offended on behalf of Swizz Beatz, Mannie Fresh and every producer ever out the South by that outrageous claim….
Black Milk – Welcome (Gotta Go). said,

Wrote on July 8, 2010 @ 5:19 pm

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