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Common, Busta Rhymes, And Jay-Z get political

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Common’s track “Changes” was my favorite out of the bunch. I thought he did a great job at tapping into the collective thoughts of the people and masterfully putting it into a song. Known as a conscious rapper by many, it came as no surprise that he would know exactly what to say and how to say it and deliver it to us effortlessly. The track has an airy vibe and is very simple yet not lacking radiance; He even adds a snippet of one of Barack’s speeches towards the very end. Listen to it here.

 

Busta Rhymes song entitled “Pop Champagne For Barack” features Ron Browz and uses the Jim Jones beat from his single “Pop Champagne”. I am not a fan of the original song that was recorded by Jim Jones and I absolutely dislike this song remade by Busta. I know I know, it’s suppose to be a song about celebrating; but the Auto-Tune used by Ron Browz reminds me of an annoying mosquito that I just can’t get away from my ear. Why oh why hasn’t anyone publicly voiced their discontent for this new form of hip hop? In my opinion, it was intolerable when T-Pain hit the music scene using it and it’s even more intolerable now that everyone is doing it. With Busta's track record for giving us nothing but timeless hits, I was expecting more and I feel Busta could’ve done a lot better than this. Listen to it here.

 

Jay-Z’s song entitled “History” that debuted on Hot 97 yesterday on the Angie Martinez Show embodied a sound and lyrical form that gave us a glimpse into the enthusiastic yet introspective part of Jay-Z. His word play is insane and I must say I really like this side of him and I hope to see more of this from Jay. I do wish he changed it up just a bit. His lyrics at times seemed a little redundant but the overall track and its message is quite fitting and you will find yourself swaying to the sounds and words of Jay-Z . Listen to it here.