Song of the Week: Trap Door - Jake One

I had some reservations by choosing another song from White Van Music, but with MF Doom being the featured artist I thought it was different enough to be interesting. It's also really what I'm listening to right now so its very deserving of the spot.

The beats are darker than the other ones produced by Jake One but have a very smooth quality to it, no doubt in part because of the light keys and guitar put over the song. Giving MF Doom a heavy slower bass beat seems like the thing to do (See: November Has Come), and produces great results. Paced by cymbals his deep dark slurred voice fits perfectly into the elephant walk of the bass. As usual Doom gives the listener a ludicrous amount of bars for the song, and it is filled with memorable lines "your messing with the wrong kids Michael//It aint jack son to flip the script like camera, action" and "The proof is the computers down, Urkle"

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Saturday Special: Love Story - Deltron

Dedicated the surprisingly warm weather.

Dan the Automator and Kid Kuala team up with Del Tha Funkee Homosapien on Deltron 3030 to produce a funky, spacy, futuristic, piece of work. Telling the story of a trio of cyborgs out to save humanity, Deltron 3030 gets props for being unique and incorporating comedy into their songs.

Love story shows off the talents of all three by bringing a big bass swaggering bass line and simple keyboard creating a great atmosphere for the winding lyrics of Del. Balancing futuristic with down to earth funk, Deltron created a great album, and a great song for any sunny Saturday.

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Song of the Week: Jake One feat Freeway and Brother Ali - The Truth

Jake One, producer behind beats like "Rock Co Kane Flow", provides a great canvas for the rapping over it. A steady rocking drum beat provides the rhythm for strings and light chorus which is juxtaposed next to the heavy brass and hard lyrics of Freeway and Brother Ali. The delivery of Freeway is rough and a great contrast to Brother Ali's smooth and soulful sound. Brother Ali is a personal favorite of mine ("Mother Fuck Reagan"), and is the reason I first found the track, but Jake One can pull his own weight and the beat is simply fantastic. Overall a great track.


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