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The Incomparable Shakespeare - Lonely People
Artist: The Incomparable Shakespeare
Producer: Silver
Album: The British Invasion
Label: Shake Ink
Shall I compare The Incomparable Shakespeare to an average emcee? He art far more dope and much more creative. Apparently unsatisfied with just one hip-hop/British rock hybrid (check his last cut Wonderwall), Shake is back to give The Beatles’ uber-classic song Eleanor Rigby a decidedly harder edge with the worldwide premiere of his new track Lonely People. Centered around captivating production by Silver that takes the original song’s sharp violin harmonies and adds an undercurrent of heavy percussion to achieve true banger status. Lyrically Shake lives us to his very lofty name, spitting tales that flip between scenes of a peaceful suburban neighborhood and a soldier at war in Iraq: “It was a suicide bomber, now he’s torn between trauma and honor.” Now that’s what I call creativity. For more genre-busting material be sure to check out his forthcoming project The British Invasion, co-presented by DJBooth.net and OnSmash and due to drop on December 18.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on December 7, 2009
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1642 |
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B.O.B's lonely people was THE BEST "remake" ive heard. but this song comes on me kinda hard. I digs this. 3.5 stars.
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11633 |
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If you sample The Beatles chances are likely I am going to be very very VERY critical of your work. First, The Beatles are legendary - you just don't sample The Beatles (no, really - they don't let you). Second, when working with the material of an icon (or iconic group) you cannot compromise the integrity of their original work. Most of the time, artists cannot pull it off.
My friend Shakespeare, however, manages to work the record to his advantage by keeping the focus on his lyrics and not the production work. Hard to do when The Beatles are involved, but they are the accompaniment here and not the show. 
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 82 |
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I usually hate remakes... but this is not bad. Powerful lyrics.
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 7960 |
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This beat goes HARD! The Lyrics go HARD too. I am definitely feelin' the flow and the chorus is sick too. Shakespeare will do well if all his tracks sound this good. BANGER STATUS!
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 2476 |
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If any Beatles track was made for a hip-hop remix it's Eleanor Rigby, and this is another great example. Still, all the dope production in the world would be nothing without some quality lyrics, and luckily Shake definitely delivers. Really looking forward to seeing what British rock artist he flips next. Perhaps Def Leppard? Now that would be impressive.
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2009 |
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Rotation fa sho!
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2009 |
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What a name haha. But he's real tight. Good job on the sample and Shakespeare held it down on here.
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2009 |
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Shakespeare pulled it off. Topic was intelligent and relevant. Shakespeare is ferocious. The production work is amazing.
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| Posted on Dec 03, 2009 |
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| Posted on Dec 03, 2009 |
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wow these lyrics are very touchy! he makes it possible to picture the story. i would love to see a video to this.
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| Posted on Dec 05, 2009 |
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| Posted on Dec 08, 2009 |
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I usually would maybe make some sarcastic comment about these last few cuts, all remakes of wildly popular tracks, but you won't hear any of that from me. This guy has my jaw dropping everytime. Wonderwall was just amazing, and this is amazing too. The sample doesn't take away from what he's trying to do with the track, and I couldnt be more impressed. So excited to see what else this guy can do.
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| Posted on Dec 10, 2009 |
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yea this comes on better than any other remake I believe
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| Posted on Dec 14, 2009 |
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The Beatles sample is crazy on this matches the song the lyrics production and beat are crazy definite HARD HITTER Banger.
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