All this crazy sunny October weather has caught everyone off guard, particularly with clothing but for me also with music. For a few days at least, I’ve been getting the most out of the summertime tracks before they go into hibernation. ‘Concrete Schoolyard’ being one of them.
Featuring a number of samples from Ike Turner, Ramsey Lewis and Don Sebesky, you probably think you’ve heard bits of it before, but the raps are unique to the band and all that was great and good about them back in the day.
A lazy piano mixed with your more traditional hip hop beats basks this track in sunshine. If my Clio were in fact a Cadillac, I’d so be cruising with my arm hanging out (as best I could even TRY to make that look good on me!) Each member puts their own spin on their rap section, moving the lyric round the bouncy beat to different rhythms and skips from offbeat to gaps there inbetween with pure finesse.
And who’s going to deny a song with a kazoo instrumental? Gen-i-us.
From the album 'Jurassic 5' (1998) / www.interscope.com/jurassic5
From the album 'Jurassic 5' (1998) / www.interscope.com/jurassic5
No comments:
Post a Comment