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Jamie Foxx - Living Better Now
Artist: Jamie Foxx
Featuring: Rick Ross
Producer: Bink!
Album: Body
Label: RCA
This week, Jamie Foxx and Rick Ross decide to mix it up and make music devoted to wealth and living extravagantly. Okay, so it’s not that big of a surprise (and it begs the question of where they stand in the “real rich” vs. “rap rich” debate featured on RefinedHype last week). Regardless of the actual size of their bank accounts, Foxx and Ross assure the opposite sex that they’ll be Living Better Now with their company. It’s Bink!’s production work that truly makes the song, cleverly inserting a sample from Biggie’s Big Poppa (oh, you’ve heard of it?) into a minimalistic and banging beat, but Foxx’s solid through relatively unremarkable singing and some trademark deep-voiced rhymes from one-half of the Bugatti Boyz do well enough to ensure some club spins with this lavish lifestyle anthem: “I got houses, hobbies, and homes in Abu Dhabi/ never go wrong, I GPS my Ferrari.” If you enjoyed this girl-stealing anthem, be sure to check keep an eye out for Foxx’s latest, repeatedly delayed album, Body, due to finally drop December 14.
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11633 |
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Really, Jamie? After several failed singles we get "Living Better Now"? The best part of this song is the production work from Bink! and the best part of the production work is a sample from Biggie. So, for those scoring at home, when a sample from a rap icon is the best part of your record, you have failed.
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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WARNING-----*****club track****
and as such ill rate it according this is super chill and its gonna be pretty hypnotic track for the club scene damn enjoyable especial almost ghost like beat. this is damn good for the club no doubt 3 stars all around (4 for the clubs) |
| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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Haha, Z just said it all.
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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I'll Pass. Better luck next time Jamie. The auto tune in his voice destroyed this track's chances at success. I did, however, like the Biggie sample. Ross just sucks.
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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The production from Bink! is the definite highlight. Foxx is going to have to step his game up. I prefer him on more soulful beats. "Unpredictable" was my jam.
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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This sucks
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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It's funny how a comedian can't notice the humour in his own work...
on a side note i think officer ricky is way to over-rated. 1.5 stars round up |
| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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Seriously, I've been bumping this like crazy since it came out a couple of days ago. The last few records Foxx has put out have been average at best, so this is good to hear.
What's wrong with the sample? I works like a charm does it not? When the beat switches up on the break before the chorus....straight fire! Usually Auto-tune annoys the hell out of me when its used so casually but in this case suits the track. Ross is average, but whats new... If R&B singers really feel they need to make a club record, THIS is the way they should do it rather than that cheap euro club sound Akon, Usher and pretty much everybody else is cutting and pasting. 4.5 stars keep the heat coming Mr Foxx! |
| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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Ill give it 2 stars because of the biggie sample. Least they did something to make it decent.
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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Holy s**t, I'm in love with this beat; captivating from the start; it's haunting and brilliant for clubs. The Biggie sample is brilliant.
Rico Love's songwriting is undeniable, but I think this'll be a banger with a different singer, and a kinetic rapper like Ludacris would absolutely murder this beat. |
| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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Holy s**t, I'm in love with this beat; captivating from the start; it's haunting and brilliant for clubs. The Biggie sample is brilliant.
Rico Love's songwriting is undeniable, but I think this'll be a banger with a different singer, and a kinetic rapper like Ludacris would absolutely murder this beat. |
| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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actually dj z winner was climbing up tha charts. but jamie's dumb self forgot to promote it
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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I thought Jamie could sing so why does he make a track like this? The beat is hype and I guess it's a club track but seriously...Ross flowed pretty well on this track but Jamie was terrible.
2.5 but rounding up because of Biggie :) |
| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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2 stars: one and a half for Notorious' sample an the other half fo Rozay's verse. WTF is up wit Foxx and this deep monotone ass singing voice...it jus does not bode well...go back to doin it like you did on "Unpredictable"
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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This is decent right here. Jamie Foxx can sing in so many different ways that its not even funny. He is really really talented. The production is something different, and the whole song sounds like something totally different as well. Rick Ross makes the song better! He sounds good on this beat. Rosay!
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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3.5 for me. on first listen its a 4, but i got a feelin this will get old on me quick.
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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Good. Rick Ross is beggining to impress me
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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All I can say is get better subject material (though I'll have to accept generic ones anyways), better features, and less auto-tune.
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| Posted on Oct 18, 2010 |
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Damn I'm feelin real conflicted on this one. Let's break this down:
Pro's: F#ckin bangin beat Jamie's ability to adapt to any style The BIG sample, of course. Con's: F#ckin auto-tuned Jamie Ross (sorry guys, will never be a fan) F#ckin auto-tuned Jamie I'm in the middle, 3 stars from me. |
| Posted on Oct 19, 2010 |
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this is gonna shut the club down for a few months
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| Posted on Oct 19, 2010 |
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Ok Jamie enough is enough man. I'm sick and tired of auto-tune already. I can't remember even one track he didn't use auto-tune. If you're doomed without auto-tune, just stop singing then.
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| Posted on Oct 19, 2010 |
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It's like the club beat of 'Beamer, Bentz or Bentley'. Just worse lol. Best part of the song was the chorus, Ross was good imo. Foxx just sucked. Stick to acting lol.
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| Posted on Oct 20, 2010 |
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This is a poor attempt by both artists, come on Jamie.
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| Posted on Oct 23, 2010 |
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not good at all....but I do know some performers who can work this song and make it hot. LOL (SMH)
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| Posted on Nov 08, 2010 |
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Love it...
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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SUCH A GOOD ASS SONG LOVE IT
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| Posted on Dec 19, 2010 |
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