G.O.O.D. Fridays continues with Kanye at his most soulful. If he keeps this up, ML will be 50% Yeezy until Christmas.
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Q-Unique of Arsonists pays tribute to Brooklyn, the Bronx, and then Brooklyn again on this regal self-produced track from his album Between Heaven & Hell, out September 7.
iM Culture pooled its talent for the remix to Canibus’ DJ Premier-produced cut. His new album C of Tranquility drops October 5. Tanya Morgan needs to do a real song with Premo. #suggestionbox
via DJ Premier Blog
Sphere: Related ContentHere’s the video for the pulsating, lyrically mesmerizing standout track from Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. Where will Yelawolf’s skills take him next?
And if you’re in NYC on Monday September 6, come see Yelawolf, Pill, Just Blaze, and more perform for free at Fool’s Gold’s Labor Day party.
I didn’t know Statik was capable of something as dark and elegant as this. Sonic’s mixtape Look, Listen & Observe drops next week (no Charles Hamilton).
via 2dopeboyz
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Gaslamp Killer is another one of those LA producers who I should have been checking for a year and a half ago, but instead I’m going to peep his new EP Death Gate and then stumble through his discog ass backwards. “When I’m In Awe” sounds like something the Swamp Thing plays when he’s having sex. Gonjasufi’s debut album A Sufi and a Killer is just as trippy as everyone says it is.
via Pitchfork
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The great Kanye, Raekwon, Justin Bieber collaboration is actually a mashup of “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit” and young Bieber’s “Runaway Love.” The story begins on Twitter when Kanye shouted out Justin. The two got to patting each other on the back and Kanye suggested they work together… along with Raekwon.
An I’m honored that you like my Music @JustinBieber!!! You gotta hear the album. Maybe we can do something together. Me, You and Raekwon
Kanye West
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Justin Bieber, a throwback to virginal Mickey Mouse Club pop, recognizes the irony aligning himself with big scary rappers. Both he and Kanye understand the pop culture magnitude and humor in remixing “Runaway Love” with Raekwon the Chef. Delighted to see his name mentioned by two of the biggest artists in the world, Rae got his ass over to Kanye’s studio.
Kanye is the master of making authentic yet mainstream rap music and thus the ideal candidate for such an undertaking. Raekwon raps his heart out because he knows what it means for his career to make headlines with Kanye and Justin Bieber. Kanye breaks out his sharpest Wu references to keep up.
Heads can rest easy. The “Runaway Love” remix is unfettered Wu-Tang with Justin Bieber doing his best Michael Jackson impression. Not only does the song work, it sounds eerily natural. Justin appears as a sample on the hook and Raekwon doesn’t strain himself to accommodate the teenyboppers.
The track is more a quirk of the Internet age than a major crossroads in popular music, but if Team Bieber starts bumping Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…, we can look back on “Runaway Love” as “Walk This Way” 2010.
