No matter what kinds of decisions we have to make, we all need options; whether you have many of them (Hugh Hefner) or just a few (Bill Gates), options, (along with money and war) make the world go round. Brooklyn emcee Sene obviously wasn’t late finding that out, and his newest single Options doesn’t have us doubting that fact. Over what some may find to be a quite commonly used, old-fashioned-sounding sample, Sene does his duty on the mic, sharing with us the triumphs and woes that come along with a budding rap career. At a brisk two and a half minutes, Options goes by all too quickly, but in that time Sene is able to craft an excellent follow-up to previous Booth successes Follow Leaders and Departure Time. So whether you have many options (Luda) or just a few (Soulja Boy), again, many (Beyoncé), or a few (shaved-head Cassie), use your power of decision making to pick up Sene’s DJBooth co-sponsored album Reality Bites on April 27.
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DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 11876 |
A head-nodder indeed. The dreamy productions/sample works for me. I come away slightly disappointed that this record wasn't a big longer, but it serves as a nice teaser to Sene's listeners with his project dropping on Tuesday (via us).
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 613 |
Same kinda feel as the Nas Chrissette joint. Music indeed!
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 306 |
these sample always make you think about what the track is supposed to be about and as usually their enjoyable.
i like his flow along this beat and the transition of the beat into its main form is a real nice twist and its a real solid track 3 spins |
| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 394 |
Just something to bob my head to. Not really feeling the beat or the flow of this song though. I enjoy the lyrics and the chorus is really good to just chill out to. Just an overall ok song though. Doesn't quite reach rotation for me.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 2065 |
This track is a disaster, from the horrible intro to the chimes in the instrumental. The only thing worth mentioning at all is Sene's lyrical ability, but that is overshadowed by the below sub par production.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 73 |
pretty good...i like this guy, want to hear more in the future. Beat is tight in my opinion, not sure why people hate on it
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 1222 |
This track was pretty cool. Probably won't play again, but for the effort that Sene put into this, it was good. The way he says "Options" in the song sounds a little off. Lyrically, Sene could do big things if he focused on better production and if he really put more effort into creating a more impressive hook. I can see how this track could get annoying after awhile.
Production was definitely this tracks downfall. The opening intro/sample was un-necessary and as the song went on the production really began to start getting repetitive. This was okay. |
| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 1624 |
Decent, this could sound good on the headphones. The chorus was a little weak and predictable, but the lyrics were impressive as Sene carried it on the bars.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 455 |
Nothing special, but Sene was great lyrically.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 692 |
The hook was rather ambiguous and repetitive. Elaborate. The strong verses and soothing production kept me listening. 2.5
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 407 |
Besides the B.o.B track it seems like tonights track aren't getting the best ratings...hmm maybe production has something to do with it.
This production isn't anythin special...I'm sure theres been very simliar sounding ones like this. All in all its not a bad track...but the hook an production could have used some work. His lyrics on the verses aren't bad at all...but I would have given some more "Umph" on the hook or something rather then just repeating the title of the track over and over. |
| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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this is lacking something that "follow leaders" had- a good hook. sene saying "options" over and over is too repetitive, works sometimes, not here. his flow and content are nice as is the production. just needs a better hook. solid though
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 151 |
Not really feelin this too much, nut def something i can bump to now and again
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Some people have not liked the production on this, but I thought this sample was great and to Blaze31 it did remind me of that song. The only thing I didn't like about this song was the boring hook.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 877 |
Liking the sample. Dude has nice wordplay. The beat is nice too, smooth and mellow.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 127 |
Hopefully, this guy's project sounds a little better than this. This is still something I could bump to a couple times, but not much after.
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| Posted on Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 4267 |
For me, the production alone, consisting of soulful sampled vocals, lo-fi drums, clean percussion and melodic chimes makes for repeated listens. And it doesn't hurt that Sene was extra nice with his truthful nature on the mic.
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| Posted on Apr 27, 2010 |
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I don't know why people don't like the production, I think it's pretty good. I agree with what @DJ Z had said, I'm a little disappointed with the length of this song.
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| Posted on May 02, 2010 |
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Tastemaker Total Ratings: 1309 |
A bit too monotonous, but it's ok. I'm not sure that sample comes in tune with the background music... you can feel a weird contrast.
Uhm... is that really how you say "options"? :s His delivery isn't attention grabbing at all, so he might wanna work on that before I can tell if he's saying something interesting. |
| Posted on May 02, 2010 |
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