First song is an old Neptunes remix of the classic Rolling Stones track, “Sympathy for the Devil” which can be heard in the trailer for Righteous Kill, the new Pacino/De Niro movie. I don’t think the Neptunes did anything more than adding a little percussion to the song but it’s just enough to give the song an updated, more contemporary feel… Kind of…
Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil (Neptunes Remix)
Second song was shown to me by Justin Drexler. It’s been requested that I include some worthy, more mainstream songs in these emails. And, in my opinion, when it comes to mainstream, Timbaland is the best. “Talk” or “Talk That Shit” is one of his tracks with T-Pain on his sure-to-kill-the-radio upcoming album (will it be called Shock Value II?). Timbaland’s solo album Shock Value was a huge commercial success. Personally, I like the instrumental version. I really wish Timbaland would do a Petestrumentals type album. That would be incredible…
Timbaland featuring T-Pain – Talk
Third song is the single from the new The Knux album, Remind Me In 3 Days… which was officially released Wednesday on Interscope. I’ve written about them once or twice in previous emails because I was expecting pretty big things from these guys. But after hearing the album a couple of times, I’m not entirely sure anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I think they are great. But the album itself is just good, not great. The group is comprised of 2 brothers, Brothers Kripsy and Al Millio, who play almost all of the instrumentation on the album and do all of the rapping. It’s obvious to me that Al Millio is the real talent- as far as being an emcee is concerned. But the first 5 tracks are the best and the rest don’t really do it for me.
