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Miami Beat Wave - This Is Life [Premiere]
Artist: Miami Beat Wave
Featuring: Dead Prez
Producer: Miami Beat Wave
Album: Slight Modification
Label: SoFlo Entertainment
There are plenty of hip-hop artists who can be counted on to create high-quality tunes packed with lyrical insight, but truly mind-expanding records are few and far between. If you’ve been craving something a little (or a lot) deeper than your average rap joint, This Is Life, the latest single and solo Booth debut from Miami Beat Wave, should fit the bill perfectly. Making its world premiere right here in the Booth, this track finds the Floridian production trio blending spacey guitar riffs, vocal samples and synth ambiance into an eminently headphone-worthy backdrop for the existential ponderings of two of hip-hop’s most revolutionary thinkers; M1 and Stic.Man of iconic duo dead prez handle mic duties, delivering some of the most thought-provoking bars I’ve heard in a minute. As multilayered as their lyrical blend of spirituality, social commentary and poetry can be, though, the overarching message could hardly be simpler or more practical: “If you’ve done your best, you’ll have no regrets.” This consciousness-raising jam and much more can be found on MBW’s Slight Modification LP, scheduled, to hit our homepage in late summer.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on July 6, 2010
Listen to More: Miami Beat Wave , Dead Prez , Premiere, Alternative Written by richard
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11677 |
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Getting to premiere such quality material is one of the many reasons why I love what I do for a living. It was an honor for MBW to reach out specifically to the Booth and ask that we introduce this dead prez collabo to the world. And with that I suggest you stop reading my two cents and press play again.
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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damn, i didnt expect this at all. i read "Miami" and "This is Life" and expected a party track. obviously i was wrong, but its for the good. this track is spotless.
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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Everything is point. Vocals, production...everthing but the beat. I wish the beat came out stronger.
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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There are many tracks with inspirational/awareness messages like this one that fail because at times they don't even seem like the track's contributors believe what they're saying. With this, however, you can hear the sincerity.
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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Something I could vibe and ride to. Nice
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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I'm digging the production and lyrics.
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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This is so much better than anything on Dead Prez' recent mixtape. Thank god, frankly I was worried they were slipping - but it looks like all they needed was to get hooked up some truly dope producers. It's still bigger than hip-hop.
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 4267 |
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A lot of great mindful stuff is said in this song, but you probably already expected that from dead Prez, while Miami Beat Wave makes sure that you want nothing more than to nod head quietly while they bump some substance in our headphones.
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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Shot out to MIAMI BEAT WAVE. The cover looks sick. Tight track. Many more to come!
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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Miami Beatwave makes dead prez sound classic!!
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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this is dope!
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| Posted on Jul 01, 2010 |
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LYRICALLY RED DOT... BUT IT'S MISSIN' SOMETHIN'. TOO SLOW MAYBE NEEDS MORE ENERGY. BT OVERALL SOLID. I WOULDN'T TYPICALLY ASSOCIATE THE M.I.A. TO THIS BUT IT'S A KOOL TRACK.
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| Posted on Jul 01, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jul 01, 2010 |
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What a Banger.....
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| Posted on Jul 02, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2919 |
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All right, now that I'm out of my coma of relaxation. Let's go back into that coma...
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| Posted on Jul 02, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jul 02, 2010 |
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Wow, so nice.
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| Posted on Jul 07, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jul 07, 2010 |
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Hello, summer, good place for shopping, fashion, sexy, personality, maturity, from here to begin. Are you ready?
http://www.madeshopping.com New era cap $ Bikini (Ed hardy,polo) $16 Sunglasses(Oakey,coach,gucci,Armaini)$12 Tshirts (Polo ,ed hardy,lacoste) $16 Air jordan(1-24)shoes $33 Handbags(Coach,ed hardy,lv,d&g) $30 Jean(True Religion,ed hardy,coogi) $30 http://www.madeshopping.com |
| Posted on Jul 08, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jul 09, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 3 |
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Classic Hip Hop is back. Love this track!
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| Posted on Aug 18, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2065 |
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This is a really cool, mellow track. i expected some club, synth filled, boom party track, but that, thankfully it is not.
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| Posted on Sep 24, 2010 |
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