A year prior,Kendrick Lamardelivered his own song without a hook, 2017's "Duckworth." A few beat switches—courtesy of producer9th Wonder—support K-Dot's story of the time Top Dawg Entertainment CEO Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith robbed a KFC restaurant where Kendrick's father, nicknamed "Duc...
So they were able to think bigger about these songs, kinda envision them in ways that wouldn’t necessarily have been translatable live – beat switches, extra instrumentation, not the sort of thing that four guys in a small venue can necessarily recreate on their own. But it...
One of the trademark Hooker songs, “Dimples” is a wonder of blues minimalism, and a bit of unbridled lust for the way a woman walks and “switches.” The 1959 original was one of his first singles for Vee Jay, who put him in the studio with Jimmy Reed’s band and got a record ...
Several years beforeFerris Bueller, the group’s musical ambitions started to take shape with their debut albumSolid Pleasureand its third single “Bostich.” The 1981 single sought out a new approach to electronic music with its pulsating synthesizer, disco beat, and Meier’s rapid-fire, rap-l...
assisted “MIA” and the star-studded “Te Boté,” there’s a strong case to make for “Safaera.” Bridging reggaeton’s past and present, with no less than Jowell & Randy by his side, Bad Bunny’s single storms through a variety of gratifying beat switches and epic vocal hooks.—G...
“You’re Losing Me” begins with a heartbeat and an exhale, as if Taylor is warning us: get ready. But nothing can prepare you for “how long could we be a sad song / ’til we were too far gone to bring back to life?” The second of three bonus tracks onMidnightsto make this...
12. “Biker Like An Icon”- The music works for me, nicely downbeat and highlighted by an urgent chorus. And the story itself of the runaway girl compelled by a charismatic is interesting. I just could never get past the wordplay of the refrain to rate it much higher; that phrase is...
our narrator comes clean with the sobering lyric, "I don't have a husband, he don't play the trombone" before pleading, "I need to borrow money to pay this lawyer and Charlie hey, I'll be eligible for parole come Valentine's Day." For the uninitiated, this is the off-beat genius...
Disturbing lyrics with a cool verse riff that switches time signatures every time it is… Gold On The Ceiling – The Black Keys Steady drums with powerful crunch and old school guitar riffs that sounds like they made… Lump – The Presidents of The United States of America Weird and ...
is a vintage remnant of the weeknd’s bleakest, most sedated soundscapes. a chugging beat and ominous, choir-like vocals nearly drown him out, but his slightly moribund voice continues with the steely resolve of someone who intimately knows rock bottom. and though the production comes from his...