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3.9 ( 13 total votes )
Gilbere Forte' - Take One x Dawn
Artist: Gilbere Forte'
Producer: Imperial Grand Ministers of Funk
Album: 87 Dreams
Label: EPIC
There’s restlessly creative, and then there’s… well… then there’s Gilbere Forte’. No longer content to switch everything up from one Booth feature to the next, the Philadelphia up-and-comer has decided to make his latest mixtape freestyle a two-fer. For the first half of the track, the artist borrows production from an indisputable classic, Public Enemy’s Lost at Birth. Just when you’ve begun to vibe out to the Imperial Grand Ministers of Funk‘s gritty, old-school boardwork, though, Forte pulls the rug right out from under your, um, ears, and switches to something a little more recent: a blistering, breakbeat-driven groove drawn from Perth, Australia-based psychedelic rock group Tame Impala‘s Alter Ego. While the roughly four-minute 30-second freestyle, complete with a silent transition and an instrumental outro, may leave fans wishing Gilbere Forte had allotted himself a little more mic time, the end result is an undeniably exhilarating experiment. Needless to say, fans can expect plenty more surprises on 87 Dreams, scheduled to hit the ‘net on the 20th.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on July 19, 2010
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1217 |
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Damn!
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| Posted on Jul 16, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 553 |
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Damn!
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| Posted on Jul 16, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11684 |
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I'm out of town, folks! Quick rating and I'll be back with feedback later.
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| Posted on Jul 16, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 2476 |
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We might as well keep the streak alive (minus Z)....
Damn!
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| Posted on Jul 16, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 140 |
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I saw the high ratings and started listening to the track. It was 5 stars until the beat changed and then it went downhill. The rap was still crazy but the beat was a definite downgrade from the PE beat.
I'm gonna give it a 3.5 since the first half was a 5 and the second half was probably 2 stars. Rounding down because I really couldn't stand the second half. |
| Posted on Jul 16, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2919 |
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TAKE ONE - Synchronize the spr-ay-ay-ay-ay. It sounds like that, this guy spits HARD, I didn't like the prod. but I was hooked on this guys flow and rhymes.
DAWN - Really different from what I heard before, love the choice of prod to work on. The samples fitted in perfectly, could've used a lil more rapping from Gilbere though. All in all, impressed and... DAMN! |
| Posted on Jul 16, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 14 |
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The rap half of the song was hot, and I'll definitely be checking out this tape when it drops. The trippy second half was pretty cool, and it definitely caught me by surprise, but it seems clear that rapping is Gilbert's Forte ;]
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| Posted on Jul 17, 2010 |
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Very true MSL Command! Great song
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| Posted on Jul 17, 2010 |
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I beg to differ, MSL Command. I thought the rap half was subpar at best although the second half was "meh". Perhaps rap is not his forte...
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| Posted on Jul 17, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2065 |
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Lovin the NWA feel here, but i got too much old school stuff and I dont necesarily this would really stand out. The second half surprised the hell out of me, again the the second half could not stand on its own with similar tracks on my playlists.
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| Posted on Jul 19, 2010 |
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Nice! Support real hip hop
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| Posted on Aug 23, 2010 |
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