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Travis Barker - City of Dreams
Artist: Travis Barker
Featuring: Clipse
Producer: Travis Barker
Album: Give the Drummer Some
Label: Interscope
When the MPC and hip hop met, they fell madly in love and forgot all about real, acoustic drums. Then there was Travis Barker. In his latest leak from his Give the Drummer Some album, dropping March 15, called City of Dreams and featuring Clipse and Kobe, the former drummer for Blink 182 shows us exactly what the beloved MPC can’t do. Backed by a high pitched arpeggio and some acoustically-urban drums by Barker, Pusha welcomes us to a place where “rainbows hues may just lead you to a pot of gold”. Malice then jumps on to help lay down three head-bobbing verses in which Clipse touch on everything from edamame to nipple rings, while singer Kobe contributes a heavy-handed chorus: “Welcome to the city of dreams yeah / where you probably never ever wake up from a nightmare.” Aside from Pusha’s skills (which are definitely showcased here), Travis’s percussion in City is godlike—even though I refuse to believe those tom rolls before the chorus are performed by a human. Overall, everyone did their thing but if I had to call it, I’d say the drummer’s definitely gonna get some after this one.
This song first appeared on the
Rap Chart
on March 14, 2011
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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Travis is insanely talented and the smartest decision he made was surrounding himself with more talent - this album turned out to be a banger... if you like "City of Dreams" you'll enjoy the whole thing!
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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It's a relief to hear Pusha back to his raw style and with partner in crime Malice. Both of them sounded dope and Kobe's hook topped it off. Travis can make a hell of a beat. The switch in the production from the verse to the hook was great. I need to check out the album.
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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dope song...i really think malice should sig with rocnation...
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 18 |
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Pretty dope.... Don't love the hook.... but other then that it's nice
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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NATURAL!!!
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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Beat and flow brilliant...hook sucks tho....
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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This is the first Travis Barker song I had listened to. This is ridiculous. It sounds like t's been produced, not performed. I kinda thought the whole live instrumentation was just for show and had no real value, but he proved me wrong on this track. Also loving Clipse's rhymes on this track.
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Whoah, this is solid. Clipse, Blink's Barker, Kobe chorus. What more could you want? (Well....)
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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Yuuuukkk!!!! (In my best Pusha impression). I absolutely love this track. Clipse verses, Kobe hook, and Travis on the drums...I f*cks with this.
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 9 |
love it!
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| Posted on Mar 10, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 128 |
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Travis Barkers new album is a great thing to see.
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| Posted on Mar 11, 2011 |
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| Posted on Mar 11, 2011 |
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This is nice. Some of the songs on this album r a bit much, but this is just right
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| Posted on Mar 11, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1227 |
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The Clipse were on fire, let’s hope for a new album.
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| Posted on Mar 12, 2011 |
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| Posted on Mar 16, 2011 |
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Yo, this song is legit on all levels. A lot of the Travis Barker tracks I've heard recently have been average, but Travis does it on the beat and adding Clipse to go in on those verses was a brilliant idea! Banga!
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| Posted on Mar 18, 2011 |
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I really like this and would love to give it a 4, but the hook is holdin it back, so 3.5 it is...
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| Posted on Mar 22, 2011 |
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I like the way Travis put his stamp on the end of track. The switch up is CRAZY. Super talented dude.
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| Posted on Apr 13, 2011 |
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