New Music (Ratatat, Gemstones, Kid Cudi, and Common)
Written by lupethefiasco on Friday, 23 of May , 2008 at 6:47 pm
A few songs floating around the blogs lately.
Yet another rumored track off the new Ratatat album entitled LP3. The song is called “Mirando” and sounds awfully electro and world all at the same time. Yet once in a while, that moaning Ratatat guitar makes an appearance.
Next is a new Gemstones song entitled “G4″ featuring Lupe Fiasco. This song is going to be on his new mixtape entitled The Testimony or something like that. Anyways, this song is sort of catchy but it’s an average song at best. But what’s really troubling is Lupe. He sings the chorus about driving a fast car, and it seems that he’s selling out for everything he was once against. His song “Dumb It Down” becomes less and less impressive every time he does a remix with Young Jeezy, or talks about cars and money. Sorry Lupe, but what happened to the real hip-hop?
Next we have a few Kid Cudi songs, which make me really excited. The first one is entitled “The Biggest Grinder” and is a Rick Ross beat. I’ve never heard the Rick Ross song, but I’m pretty sure that Matt Kemp comes out to it for every one of his at bats at Dodger Stadium. Probably to appease all the Doyer fans. Anyways, I can only imagine how much better it is than Rick Ross’ version. The second song is him rapping over a new N.E.R.D. song entitled “Spazz.” I haven’t really listened to the N.E.R.D. song, but the Cudi one is great. The beat is really fun and his voice just sounds so energetic. Both of these will be featured on his mixtape/album A Kid Named Cudi. Hence his name, Kid Cudi.
Last is a new Common song with Pharrell called “Universal Mind Control.” This beat is way more new school than I am used to for Common, but he handles it nicely. I have always found Common’s voice incredibly soothing, and this strays away from that which is nice. Pharrell raps the chorus with a little bit of a robotic tone to his voice. Overall a fun track. Expect it to be featured on his upcoming album, out this summer.
Ratatat- Mirando
Gemstones- G4 (Feat. Lupe Fiasco)
Kid Cudi- The Biggest Grinder
Kid Cudi- Spazzin’
Common- Universal Mind Control (Feat. Pharrell)
Category: Miscellaneous
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