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Dash Speaks - I Shot the Sheriff
Artist: Dash Speaks
Producer: Dash Speaks
Album: Night on Earth
Label: Unsigned
With the sheer number of artists who have sampled and covered Bob Marley and the Wailers’ I Shot the Sheriff, the title character’s corpse must be looking like a piece of Swiss cheese right now. The latest artist to empty a magazine into that hapless lawman, Dash Speaks puts an introspective twist on the reggae classic on the inaugural song release off his forthcoming full-length, making its world premiere right here in the Booth. Here, Dash’s own slow-rolling keyboard/sample production rolls in the back as the 24-year-old Big Apple native ponders how to succeed in the game without slipping into superficiality like so many artists before him—in his own words, “What I need to be to get free from the frivolous?” In defiant verses, he brushes aside a number of the prevailing industry trends: “Motherf**k a hashtag swag, no I don’t touch that / F**k a frat rap, yeah I don’t wear no backpack. So, what is he going to do? He’s gonna do him—and f**k anyone who doesn’t like it. SOUL Purpose spitter Mazzi contributes some equally determination-drenched bars on the back. How about it, readers: are you feeling Speaks’ bold, individualistic style? Then don’t miss the rest of the quality tunes to be found on the artist’s Night on Earth LP, scheduled to hit the ‘net July 16.
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This is the best usage of that sample that I've heard to date. Love the chopped/screwed chorus.
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| Posted on Jun 18, 2012 |
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Really feeling the production work on this, especially how the start of Mazzi's verse gets looped
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| Posted on Jun 18, 2012 |
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This was really creative work by Dash on the mic and definitely on the Production tip. This $hit is TOUGH! This had my head bangin all the way through. BANGER!
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| Posted on Jun 19, 2012 |
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I was doubting that I like it in the beginning because it's hard to make a good new song with this sample. but during the track I really started liking the beat change and raps. nice one!
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| Posted on Jun 21, 2012 |
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