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![usher nicki minaj lil freak Usher Lil Freak [feat. Nicki Minaj] + Why I Think Its Interesting.](http://DCtoBC.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/usher-nicki-minaj-lil-freak.jpg "Usher. Nicki Minaj. Polow Da Don. DCtoBC.com.")
Found some Wi-Fi over in England, and got to download some new music that I missed over the last month. Let’s get it.
So everybody’s been saying Usher can never top Confessions. I won’t count him out, but that was an incredible album. It probably sparked a second baby boom to be all the way real. So far, this new project of his sounds like it’ll be a lot more playful and freaky than any of his past work. I’m sure after that heavily-publicized breakup, he’s very much single and ready to mingle. Whatever. I could care less about that stuff. If the joint rocks, it rocks. Jam it and be the judge.
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DOWNLOAD: Usher – Lil Freak [feat. Nicki Minaj]
This track is pretty smooth, and Nicki crushes her verse, but the real reason it stands out to me is because of Polow Da Don‘s production work.
I’m almost certain nobody else caught this clever flip of a sample. The self-proclaimed “King of the White Girls” took a classic cut from Stevie Wonder‘s Innervisions (1973. A certified classic album in my book. I used to run around my house blasting this so loud in the living room that one time, a glass broke. I put that on everything.) and flipped it. If you go to 1:11 in the song, you’ll hear the same melody they use in the chorus, except chopped up a little bit. It repeats and repeats throughout the song during the bridge/hook. It’s incredible, and I’m surprised I even caught the sample use.
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DOWNLOAD: Stevie Wonder – Living For The City
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you’re sooooooooooooo smart modi. maybe next u can make me like twitter.
Comment by raqui 01.06.10 @ 9:08 am
good to see you back modi. and that’s my favorite stevie song, far and away.
Comment by bromwich 01.06.10 @ 9:39 am
Wow! I didn’t know where you were going with this at first. You’re always full of surprises I love it lol. Great post!
Comment by GEELA 01.06.10 @ 9:51 am
I think yall should check out my version, mixed up the rap made a hot funny video
what do yall think!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4KB6WPqXk4
Good call on the sample. Did anyone catch the sample that Jay-Z used in On To The Next One? No one is an original these days but it definitely takes some sort of musical talent to create a completely different song and beat off of a tune. Its even harder to start from nothing.
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