yet again found the cdsingle in a cratedig and for this one i did know about it since the haji & emanuel remix was quite a hit. i may have bought it for that but i was also interested in the three grant nelson remixes that was included since i like grant nelson's productions.
this track was by a british singer by the name of chanel perry and it originally was released in the early noughties. it went under the radar and was an r&b track that few knew but was a firm favourite amongst uk r&b dj's because of it's sample of the crusaders & randy crawford's classic "street life". after much underground buzz and hubbub it was decided to revamp the track. some house versions were included and was initally only from seamus haji and paul emanuel, but he wasn't credited on the first releases and grant nelson.
nelson turned in three remixes labeled "vocal mix", "dub mix" and "neo funk mix" and you would think that first and second are similar but with less vocal on it but that isn't the case. the dub mix is actually the version i like the least and it's because it sounds so clean & harmless if that makes any sense. the vocal mix is what i rate the second but it's the neo funk version that takes the cake.
it has to do with that it in the vocal mix, nelson flips around the "street life" bassline and while it does sound good, he keeps it as it is in the neo funk mix. the track also has a better groove and i like how the bassline got the big focus of the track. nelson who is a legend within uk garage knows his way around the bottom end and anyone who knows me will have an idea which part of the spectrum i am mostly interested in.
the bass has a nice slapping sound to it for the most part until the break where nelson adds another one which is quite synthsounding but really squelches. it really makes an impact when the second break drops and you hear perry's vocal flow perfectly on top and it's waggling around in the lower end. when the track kicks in again, it's just bliss. love this one
buy here (junodownload)
note, juno says "edited", there isn't anything substantial removed but only 15seconds of drums.
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