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Back in the day—the late 19th Century, that is—grueling hours forced railway engineers, conductors, brakemen and other workers to fight a constant battle against fatigue, with thousands of deaths (and tens of thousands of injuries) resulting annually. While I’m sure circumstances aren’t quite so dire for Novel and Joell Ortiz, one can imagine the strain they’ve been under, “workin’ past midnight on that Night Train.” Mercifully, the official remix of this unreleased joint (originally featured back in October of 2010) finds a few equally diligent collaborators lending a hand to lighten the load. Joining the headliners over G Tek‘s classic, bluesy boardwork (retained from the original along with Novel’s smooth chorus), UGK alumnus Bun B heads off the pack with with a weary meditation on his grind, and Tech N9ne switches things up on the middle, delivering an unusually laid-back (though engaging) history lesson on his early career and the advent of Strange Music. Though this poignant jam isn’t attached to any forthcoming project, those digging it can hear more on Novel and Ortiz’ Defying the Predictable mixtape, released last year via DJBooth.net.
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| Posted on Jul 26, 2011 |
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Wow. That Tech N9Ne verse blew me away, I wanna hear him rap like that more often! And some Bun B & Ortiz? Dope Novel hook? How can you not wanna wake up to this every morning!?
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| Posted on Jul 27, 2011 |
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 Man, and I thought the original was FIRE. They must have read my comments and wanted to show me up.
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| Posted on Jul 27, 2011 |
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Love me some Tech N9ne... his verses are always so real and hard hitting. The laid back beat isn't bad either.
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| Posted on Jul 27, 2011 |
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| Posted on Jul 27, 2011 |
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I thought the original was great, but this tops it. Bun B does his usual which is always great. And Tech's verse was so much different than his usual. But this song for some reason brings out a different side of Joell. Great song. 4/5
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| Posted on Jul 27, 2011 |
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Fire!
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| Posted on Jul 27, 2011 |
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Great lineup of emcees here. Tech N9ne is definitely the highlight. Love the change from his normal style. Been a fan of him for a while so it's good to see him on this hotstreak.
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| Posted on Jul 27, 2011 |
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Just Outstanding.
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| Posted on Jul 28, 2011 |
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fire. nice change tech.
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| Posted on Jul 28, 2011 |
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Classic... Absolute classic in my eyes (or ears, whatever)...
It'll most likely not make the radio so from my point of view it's perfect, coz I can play it whenever I want and not have it force fed to my ears 4 times a day. But from the artist point of view, it sucks coz it'll probably not get the recognition it deserves. You can you go wrong with Novel on the hook... |
| Posted on Jul 30, 2011 |
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You CAN'T you go wrong with Novel on the hook...
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| Posted on Jul 30, 2011 |
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| Posted on Jul 30, 2011 |
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Great song
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| Posted on Jul 31, 2011 |
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| Posted on Jul 31, 2011 |
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| Posted on Jul 31, 2011 |
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..and that is how it's done.
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| Posted on Jul 31, 2011 |
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This is what the game is missing! Any motivated person in the universe should have this one cued up. Perfect remix tracks like this is what made me fall in love with hip hop, connecting with people that you've never met on some real life with a healthy dose of soul is priceless. The struggle lives!
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| Posted on Jul 31, 2011 |
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The original was dope and this is even better - 4.5
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| Posted on Aug 01, 2011 |
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HOLY YES!! This is officially a classic for me.
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| Posted on Aug 02, 2011 |
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| Posted on Aug 05, 2011 |
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Its good
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| Posted on Aug 06, 2011 |
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| Posted on Aug 08, 2011 |
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love it
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| Posted on Aug 09, 2011 |
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| Posted on Aug 13, 2011 |
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| Posted on Aug 16, 2011 |
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dam i love this B Bun and Tech N9ne with Joell Ortiz put it on repeat
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| Posted on Nov 04, 2011 |
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