Re: HipHop & Rap

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cannonball

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„Backstage Girl“, ein neuer DJ Shadow-Song von der kommenden The Outsider-LP wurde geleakt.
Gefällt mir gut. Auch die Länge haut hin: 7:26 min.

Hier das Pitchfork-Review:

PitchforkAs of this writing, the newswire reads, „Jeremy Enigk Returns.“ Les Savy Fav reissue a record from 1999, and the fat ass of history falls over a wall. Do people even remember DJ Shadow? He does have a MySpace page, but he joined post-Rupert. Ew. He’s like, old. Not old, but wise enough to think the antidote to Southern rap might be Southern rock, switch snap for Skynyrd, „Shoulda Lean“ for „Simple Man“, and make it seven minutes long. Good God, there’s a guitar-sample-solo on here.

The pitfalls of rap rock are numerous, but this is not Kid Rock. Shadow’s juxtaposition of Southern rock– a genre filled with tales of scornful women and the devil with whom they collude– with Phonte Coleman of North Carolina’s Little Brother, a rapper who utilizes MySpace to scorn Southern rap, is genius. Pretense yes, but these are two guys who seem willing, and able, to risk looking silly in order to try something new. „Backstage Girl“ is a rambling, blues-drenched epic that allows Phonte to flaunt his knack for plot, spinning a complex storyline with himself as protagonist and a surprisingly fleshed out evil temptress as his foil. He runs from the devil who only wants to be his „insignificant other“ over a Southern funk rhythm, only to lose his religion when the beat drops out, speedtalking a justification as the rhythm rebuilds. The moral: „I gotta stop fuckin‘ with these hoes off of MySpace, dog.“ Drum solo!!
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