http://audioabsinthe.com/blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:59:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/11/portable-payback/ http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/2009/11/portable-payback/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:10:32 +0000 Spencer http://audioabsinthe.com/blog/?p=2285 Portable Payback  and released their debut single “Relax” earlier this year.  The self-titled EP was just released in late October.  The focus of the former underground hip hop artists is clearly moving toward a more mainstream hip hop audience with production by John “BiggJohn” Myers (Ludacris, Usher, David Banner, Britney Spears).  A clear example of this is “Slick Talk” which is probably the most commercial sounding track any J5 member has ever made.  The club-banger style beat and the auto-tune singing are a serious departure from the classic style hip hop Marc7 and Soup are well known for creating.  Whether or not that’s a good thing depends on your own personal taste… Check out the behind the scenes footage from the video shoot below. MP3: Portable Payback – “Relax” (Download) [See post to listen to audio] Portable Payback – EP (October 2009)

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