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In a tragic case of life imitating art imitating life, the nationwide theatrical premiere of Biggie biopic Notorious was tarnished by a series of shootings and stabbings (one involving Young Jeezy‘s CTE crew) at or following screenings of the film. On the latest single off Booth-hosted, for-charity studio album World View, AWKWORD uses these incidents as jumping-off point for a critique of violence in hip-hop and broader society, courtesy of himself, Wordsmith, Jasiri X, Jus Daze and Capital X. Australian producer Amin PaYnE handles production duties, re-flipping Duran Duran’s original Notorious sample as well as cutting on some classic Biggie lines on the back. AWK’s long-awaited full-length still lacks a drop date but, as always, fans can keep it locked to the Booth for all the latest.
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| Posted on Jan 14, 2013 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11684 |
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Love the message and the flip on the original sample, but the song drags and loses its touch by by the third minute (of a 5 minute, plus song).
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| Posted on Jan 14, 2013 |
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Not really feelin the old-school flows on this one... The beat was really average.
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| Posted on Jan 14, 2013 |
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AWKWORD's the homie, so I'm biased. But truth is, I dig his flow on this one, it's mad different. Wordsmith also kills it. Love the way he layers his vocals. And I'm all about the weird post-modern slash throwback feel of this song: the reinterpretation of the Duran Duran chorus, the Biggie cuts at the end of the song... Z is right, the song is too long, but I wasn't bored.
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| Posted on Jan 15, 2013 |
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