Thursday, November 4, 2010

Blu - Keep it Going (prod. by Flying Lotus)



With the impending release of Kanye's new album, Weezy's recent release from Riker's, and T.I.'s hilarious release of an apology single right before his return to jail, the question on every rap fan's mind has to be: what is the worst member of the Wu-Tang Clan up to?

As it turns out, U-God has once again inexplicably found himself associated with mind-blowing talent - in this case, Flying Lotus and Blu. This may not seem like the most natural combo, since FlyLo's ultra-ornate beats would be intimidating even to the most dexterous rappers and Blu's entire body of work is an equally difficult drug-haze mumble (not unlike Raekwon's inner monologue on "Pyrex Vision" from Only Built for Cuban Linx II).

But the beat here is as stripped down as anything Lotus has done, traditional boom bap at punishingly distorted gain levels (Sleigh Bells sort of comes to mind), and Blu's hypnotic ramblings float over it quite nicely (plus major bonus points for the Roddy Piper reference). U-God delivers the five-word hook he's allowed pretty well too, I guess.

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