when i first heard "what's the story", it wasn't because of it per say but i was in love with carlito & dj addiction's "a better day" and did my usual thing of checking out other tracks that they had produced. i found "the ride" on this sampler for hospital records' compilation "plastic surgery 2" and on the flip there was high contrast's "what's the story?" and i found it to be much better than carlito & dj addiction's track.
even though in retrospect i find no flaw in either track i was transfixed with "what's the story", it was also around the time i first heard "return to forever" and "love sick". needless to say, i became a fan of lincoln barrett's style of musicmaking. in his liquid stylings he set a preference with smooth textures and strings mixed with driving basslines and punchy breaks. i was well aware of his more rougher tracks like "the bassment dub" or "angels or fly" but i was gearing toward the liquid back as i think his rough wasn't that rough.
parts of why i also was transfixed with the track had to do with that it's really easy to mix and i discovered it at the time when i was trying to work jungle and drum & bass into my sets. never the less, it's a great track and the groove is really strong and geared towards headknods and bootyshakes. melodically it's a combination of a string motif and these quick keyboard parts that work as both fills and supplement to the groove. they do pale in significance once barrett let the string motif play out in full and it gives the same warm or shivering as when you heard the horns from "return to forever"
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