We were just talking about unique voices with Matt Maeson and now I raise you Damien Rice.
I love so much about this song. The guitar, the lyrics, the album cover, just about everything.
“And I don’t wanna change you, I don’t wanna change you, I don’t wanna change your mind, I just came across some manger, where there is no danger, where love has eyes it’s not blind”
Be good, do good, my friend!
I don’t know how they fit all these artists into 5:10. It’s ten people! Man, what was producing this song like?
Highlights:
“Got so much bread in all my four pockets…” Busta Rhymes, 2:15
Lil Wayne’s entire verse, but “it go down like Frasier…” Weezy, 3:17
“Martin Luther King, Calliope, Magnolia, Melpomene…” Birdman with some Greek mythology, 4;10 MLK is himself, Calliope and Melpomene are two of the nine Muses in Greek myth, and there are a few ways he could be going with Magnolia.
I’m always down for some interesting lyrics, but this whole song is just a party.
So are you. You are a human party. Love that for you. 🙂
Be good, do good.
Maeson has a dope unique voice. He’s a belter, which means he rates highly in this house.
His lyrics are highly emotional and introspective. Definitely stuff that can make you think and apply to your own situation.
The word cathartic comes to mind.
Let it heal.
Be good, do good.
The harmonizing over:
“Gave myself to madness, to the madness, craving for the badness, for the badness, turning to the blackness waiting for the badness, gave myself to madness, craving for the badness”
has a melancholic beauty to it.
The harmonies throughout make this song stand out. When the organ gets involved? Get outta here.
Love it. Love YOU.
Be good, do good.
A short 1:35, but I think firmly plants itself in the “bop” category.
Given the tempo, I feel like there was a lot of good crammed into that small time.
DANCE!
Be good, do good!
This song is only on this list because Busta manages to rap the following:
“What in the fat fishes of a phenomenal Fahrvergnugen fuck is going on?“
There should be an umlaut on that u but I couldn’t get the code to work.
Limping to the finish line here, but catching up today!
Be good, do good!
There could’ve been so many Noah songs on this blog this year. This one though always struck me as beautifully composed and performed one.
As the holidays and the end of the year approach, I wish you peace wherever you need it. Love you always.
Be good, do good.
Been a while since we’ve had some good banjo. Still an instrument I’d love to get and learn. I should probably get going on my guitar this winter. Soup and song? 😀
Be good, do good.
“Girl, why is you lying?, girl, why you Mufasa?”
Til 3005 I got your back we can do this.
Be good, do good.
Legends…LEGENDS on this track.
I’m not saying Anderson is in that same convo, but his parts in this song weave wonderful wordplay on their own but also serve as excellent segues into new verses. I think it’s an amazing blend of new school and old. Giving him the props!
One of my favorite parts of Hip Hop is how cool it is to recycle something into something else. In this case it’s a fantastic sample from 1973’s (same year dear reader Michael P Hollis turned 40!) The Edwards Generation You’re The One For Me”.
Be good, do good.
everything, etc. 