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3.5 ( 17 total votes )
You never know what to expect from consummate artist Novel, except the unexpected. The first we heard from his upcoming Legato Blues Summer Mixtape was the gospel-infused State of Loneliness, followed by the bedroom burner Red Light, and now? Now we’re being hit off with the quasi-philosophical What If, an eclectically produced track (by Novel himself, of course) that seemingly draws from influences ranging from classic soul to reggae. While Novel steps into the booth to sing and, yes, rap a bit about how life might have been oh-so-different if the situations surrounding he and a certain female were just a little different, Tweet (who’s continuing her comeback with skill after Love Again) also jumps on board for some supremely smooth harmonies. What If Novel had never started making music? Thankfully, we’ll never have to find out the answer to that question. So, will Legato Blues Summer contain a punk rock track? An opera? From what we’re heard so far, I wouldn’t rule anything out. We’ll find out for sure when the project finally drops …“soon.”
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1077 |
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This is a very solid track from Novel. It's not my favorite knowing Novel's ability, but it can definitely fit into the rotation.
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11633 |
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Just flew back into Chicago this evening, so I'm going to have to be brief...
Novel is so talented he managed to pull Tweet out of FILL IN THE BLANK and she sounds right at home over his production work. This new mixtape is shaping up to be a great end of summer listen, which will take us all through the early portion of fall. 
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 552 |
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I've always wanted to really like a Novel song. But, the ones I've heard I didn't like that much. I like this one though.
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 736 |
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solid song. the hook was good and the verses were on point. but when i saw the title i was expecting the jadakiss kind of what if, not some love song
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1305 |
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This is a nice track. Tweet adds a nice touch to the song, and Novel does a great job on the production.
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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novel is solid as usual but not superb (his vocals and production that is), the thing that makes this a banger is tweet, she adds the element of real soul to this track
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2065 |
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Im realy not diggin the drection Novel is taking recently in his music. I feel as if he's watering himself down to appeal to more to more people.
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 206 |
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Tweet adds the good melodic sound to the chorus.
Novel could do better, knowing his supreme talent. On the vocal and production side of things. |
| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 142 |
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the rimshots and cymbals stand out 4 me....good work on production nice drums..sounds complete...hook is strait...melody is nice...it's there...jus not all the way
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 2476 |
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Novel's spoiled us. He gives us tracks like this, which are frankly better than 90% of the music out there, and because he's dropped other tracks that are better than 99% of the music out there, it doesn't sound that incredible.
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1227 |
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This just isn’t at the standard of other Novel songs, he can do better than this.
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 492 |
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Nice, different, and enjoyable.
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jul 20, 2010 |
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Now i LOVE novel but frankly the new songs hes been coming out with have been just ehh. But this one I'll definately be listening to for some time.
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| Posted on Jul 24, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jul 24, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 861 |
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i like this
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| Posted on Aug 17, 2010 |
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