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J.Y. - Can't Pretend (World We Know)
Artist: J.Y.
Featuring: Cory Gunz , Emilio Rojas
Producer: Fortunate Ones
Album: The Slave Shift: Falling Up
Label: Unsigned
Flying to exotic locales, performing to crowds of adoring fans and, above all, spending your time doing what you love… the life of an artist on the rise seems tailor-made to turn those with more mundane jobs green with envy. Be that as it may, J.Y. Can’t Pretend he’s feeling anything less than amazing. On the first single off his forthcoming mixtape, the Jersey representative and two talented cohorts take listeners on a tour of the World [They] Know, making no apologies for their contented mindstates. The Fortunate Ones’ shimmering piano instrumental, sampled from John Legend‘s Again, sets the stage for bars brimming with real talk and positivity. After the headliner’s fresh opener, Cory Gunz and Emilio Rojas take the reins, lacing the latter two-thirds with, respectively, vivid braggadocio (“I’m fly enough to go off in a leotard and cape.”) and ambitious business-talk (“‘Fore I see that contract, send it to my lawyer/ getting f*cked, we ain’t on that.) Feel like spending a little more time in J.Y.‘s world? You’ll have the perfect opportunity on June 28, when his Booth-hosted The Slave Shift: Falling Up street album arrives on our mixtape page.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on May 23, 2011
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| Posted on May 20, 2011 |
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Over the past few years, J.Y. has sent us lots of material. Some of it hit our homepage for feature and some of it never made it past my inbox. With that said, I am thrilled to hear the progress, maturity and structure on display in "Can't Pretend." One of his best songs to date.
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| Posted on May 20, 2011 |
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Decent...2.5
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| Posted on May 20, 2011 |
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Wasn't in the mood to even finish listening
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| Posted on May 20, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 19 |
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uhh that real shiiz
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| Posted on May 21, 2011 |
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this is good stuff
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| Posted on May 21, 2011 |
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| Posted on May 23, 2011 |
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its ok
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| Posted on May 23, 2011 |
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YEP! this is dope. Im diggin all of the verses. That piano sample is crazy.
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| Posted on May 23, 2011 |
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How'd I miss this? Such a beautiful prod. Emilio is killing everything lately.
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| Posted on May 31, 2011 |
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