Catablog of Music 24.2

02Dec08

JayZ – Brookly (we go hard) ft. Santogold

Genre: hip hop

JayZ may have “retired” but we all know he has never really gone away. From guest features to full blow albums Mr Carter churns out record after record, however many argue that with every record he dilutes his legendary and self appointed status as the “greatest rapper alive” to the point where he no longer remains relevant to the evolution of the hip hop genere. Every now and again he does remind us that he does still have an ear for a hit sound and his latest leak “Brooklyn” definitely reminded me of his quality, but not as rapper but a shrewed artist.

Brooklyn isn’t his best track by any means and his recent preference for a flow so laid back its leaning does nothing to show his strengths and everything to contradict the title of the track. But that aside, what he has done is find Santogold; an artist that is on the cusp of mainstream breakthrough, very saleable and most importantly captures the zeitgeist in music culture.  Her singing on the bed and the hook of the track…totally works and is pretty catchy, no doubt “Brooklyn we go hard” will be ringing in my ears for a while yet!

Brooklyn (you tube audio)

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