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3.5 ( 16 total votes )
Aleon Craft - Donkey Kong
Artist: Aleon Craft
Producer: SMKA
Album: Untitled EP
Label: SMKA Productions, LLC
It’s about time someone paid tribute to the video game that I spent hours, and about $10 million dollars in quarters, mastering as a child. Wait? What’s that? Aleon Craft’s new single Donkey Kong isn’t an ode to Nintendo’s classic arcade game but rather a clever sexual metaphor? Well never mind then. Produced by frequent beat companion SMKA (he of The 808 Experiment Vol. 2 fame), who thankfully incorporates video game-esque riffs without descending into gimmick, Donkey Kong once again (see his last feature Step Out) finds Aleon spitting some heavily stylistic rhymes about the best attributes of the fairer sex. Or, to be more specific, ass: “Her face from Los Angeles, her booty straight from Oakland.” As a former resident of the Town and a current resident of L.A., I have to say, Aleon clearly knows his booty geography. Still, despite its obvious appeal, I’ve got a feeling this is exactly the kind of track some will find a guilty pleasure, and others will find just guilty. So which one will it be Booth? Donkey Kong is the first single off Aleon’s untitled and unscheduled forthcoming EP.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on June 21, 2010
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Aleon Craft has not gotten a lot of love on his past Booth features, but I think listeners need to get to know him a little better to appreciate his style and uniqueness. Though I have a feeling that plenty of listeners will not get into "Donkey Kong," I was both amused and entertained by this record.
Sidenote: Somewhere in the world the creator of Crash Bandicoot is crying. He is thinking to himself - when will my game get some love in a rap song? 
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| Posted on Jun 13, 2010 |
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@Z- how do u propose i get to know him better? lol.
anyway, this song is pretty sick. the instrumental def belongs on a game or in a movie. 3.5 |
| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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banger...a must for southern DJs
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| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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Are you serious?! Wow the production is out there. It kinda grows on you tho as the song goes on.
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| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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I thought this was the dude who did "the way you do the things you do". that grew on me... this one i like from the get go. a simplistic formula for a quick and catchy hit.
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| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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This is dope, the beat bangs like donkey kong is in the trunk!
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| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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This is one of those tracks where I wasn't sure I was feeling it, but then 30 minutes after hearing it for the first time I found myself singing while walking to the store.
Aleon and & SMKA have styles on styles, and I'm growing to think they're all dope. Get ready to have Donkey Kong stuck in your head all day.
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| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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i thought this song would be more of a teen song.....but i like the mean swagger it got to it!!!... nice i like
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| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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I don't know if its the New York in me, but i really dont like this song at all. Flow is pathetic, lyrics are atrocious, production is disgustingly simple
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| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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Not really liking the beat. This dude is different. Subject of the song is not that appealing either.
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| Posted on Jun 14, 2010 |
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I usually don't like these kinds of songs just because they tend to be the worst. But this ones lyrics aren't terrible at all, just fun and whimsical. Its a creative concept thats been used before in a number of ways but it holds its own amongst them. The beat , though simple, has a great balance witht he lyrics. This is the type of song that makes a club DJ's job really easy, and I'm happy if the people I'm dj'ing for are happy.
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| Posted on Jun 15, 2010 |
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not as bad as i expected. good flow, not afraid to throw himself out there. hook probably needs some work though.
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| Posted on Jun 19, 2010 |
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Donkey Kong NOW available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/donkey-kong/id376771726?uo=4
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| Posted on Jul 16, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 14, 2010 |
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I didn't know if I should have laughed at the lyrics or nodded at that beat. So simplistic it's magic. Club Banger definitely.
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