when listening to radio nowadays i tend to ignore the commercial stations and stations that just play the same "hits" all day. i'm quite a fan of the national radio stations here since they tend to break some new tunes and try to diversify.
i think it's funny that i'm starting out talking about this when i'm going to talk about a tune which is an r&b song which is the usual hit fodder. but this one just grabbed me for some reason and i think it's not because of miguel or j.cole, even though both do a good effort on this track.
it's salaam remi's production and i found it weird to hear this kind of r&b in the midst of the all the eurodance & house influences which "modern r&b" seems to incorporate. remi's production is just a punchy drumbreak, a nice bassline and some light guitar strums.
i don't even know who miguel is but i like his mellow and almost lethargic singing on this track. it fits this track perfectly and j.cole's verses is really good and i really like the callback to his mentor jay-z's song "onto the next one".
but still with these kind of songs, i still wonder if i'd still like the song if i had the song rammed down my throat ten times every day? and i would have to say that i have a hunch that the jaded fucker inside of me would scath the living crap out of the song. but i guess i was lucky with this song.
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