someone reminded me of trevor nelson's show "the lick" that used to air on regular mtv here in sweden and i got to thinking of this track. i may be mistaken but i think he used this track or something that sounded like it as an intro to the program. chances are that it's just my imagination but it doesn't detract from that it's an great track.
i have a great fondness with all saints' "pure shores" and i much like say the sugababes, had a liking to most of the singles. my interest for the songs are just on that level, i don't really care about their albums but when they deliver great songs i will openly profess that i love them. the original of "black coffee" is much on their usual high quality but i remembered it more for the video than the song.
for their rendition of the song the neptunes go very barebones and it's all saints' warm harmonies on top of it's tr-808 drums and sounds from their korg triton. you notice that those sounds are much better with some processing or with something more than just
the element at hand. most apparent is the fake pitchbent guitar and the strings during the choruses.
never the less it doesn't detract from the song nor does pusha t's questionably mediocre verse that hugo & williams included. this is all open for interpretation but you notice it when you have listened to something multiple times in a row. love it.
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