Thursday, March 22, 2007

"Its Me B*tches" is a mainstream Doom Beat or Smoke Good/Eat Good.

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I first heard its me beeches last fall on the radio.

I was like.

Tha hell this xylophone beat.

When was the last time you heard xylophone in hip hop?

Do I hear a summer anthem?

Smoke good/eat good.

This is the perfect song to wake up to.

Think imma parlay that into the CD alarm clock.

Tom Brehain @ Status said,

How does frequent Swizz client and sample-source Jay-Z feel about Swizz constantly repeating that he's sitting in his car and listening to a song that brutally eviscerates Jay?.....
He probably doesn't like being reminded every time he hears "It's Me, Snitches." Also: why does Swizz keep trying to make "Ether" rhyme with "Beamer"? It doesn't.


It does rhyme.

Shush. Tom.

And did Swizz exhaust himself so completely coming up with his two quick little nonsense verses that he just couldn't manage to write any more? Is that why he just repeats those two verses twice? Or is it an aesthetic decision? Is it the old Ramones "third verse, same as the first" thing? If it is an aesthetic decision, why does it work so well? I haven't heard "It's Me, Snitches" in a club yet; when I do, is my face going to explode?

It certainly is fun hearing it while flying on the freeway.

The versus is simple 'cause niggas got add and cain't remember lyrics.

Keep it simple so the quasi literate kids can sing along, and you are more likely to have a hit.

Duh.

Swizz doesn't quite rap on the song; instead, he plays hypeman for his own ridiculously frantic track. When two of his lines rhyme, it almost seems like an accident, and he's definitely not talking about a damn thing. And the track doesn't really leave any room for him to say anything even if he wanted to say something. The churning strings and enormous drums and weird fast-forward noises and siren-howls are so insane and overwhelming that anyone who tried to do any actual rapping would just get trapped in the mix.

Ummmmmm. Trapped in the mix.<<<<

With a track like "This is Why I'm Hot," there's always a vague impression that a real rapper could always come in and steal the song away from Mims with minimal effort;.......That idea doesn't work with "It's Me, Snitches." A remix of the song leaked out to the internet a couple of days ago, and it's even more of a dizzy mess than the original, except this time not in a good way.


I disagree.

Redman would killed this sh*t. For trill.

Redman. Jay. Doom. In fact that beat is a mainstream doom beat, w/ xylophone and staggered arrangement.

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Beans on the radio talking 'bout he a killer for hire.
(Hi Eskay. Thanks for the swipe).

Em. Okay.

First I was like whats the point of saying that?

Then I caught myself, and remembered is that Beans from
Philly which is like a East Coast Oakland. Nuff said.


Beans is kinda gully though.

I have allways been more of a Freeway Fan....Even though what we do is wrong....

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I also say "its me beeches" when I walk into the train/building
and the outfit is cute that day, so I guess I was predisposed to feeling this song.



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11 comments:

The Minority Reporter said...

"When was the last time you heard xylophone in hip hop?"'

When was the last time U said xylophone?!?!? lol

This week is FINALLY OVER!!!!!

Where was Beans on Tuesday? he coulda murdered Wed-Friday for me?

What's up?!?

M.Dot. said...

Where was Beans on Tuesday? he coulda murdered Wed-Friday for me?
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Ha ha ha ha...

Where was beans.......???????

Unknown said...

its only in this moment i finally completely and thoroughly realize that 'minority reporter' and 'dj triple threat' are two different people. ha HA!

i just thought you had another alias. i'm buggin'!

M.Dot. said...

Ha ha ha ha.
You buggin...drinking the purp....Im telling momma....

Who are you ...the anonymous M.

neo said...

I do kinda like the line tho: "chillin' in my beamer, listening to ether" it just gives you the feeling of "dude, 'm'bout to go out, get on and get thangs to poppin'"

What does Tom Butthan know?

Seriously...

Seems like you ain't know or up on Beans like that. Knowing dude's battle track record of eating singlehandedly Jadakiss who everyone up to that point thought was untouchable, blazing him with an almost 6 minute heatwave of unstoppable..cyatdag..anyway..

M.Dot. said...

so word.

I need to see it then.

I was trynna link that freeway for mad long..but the html was acting....he super greasy....and you know black people love grease.

Unknown said...

m = lightdigga

i have no clue how it changed on it's own!

M.Dot. said...

Oh.

Its you.


Hi dude.

Unknown said...

"oh its you" dang dude. can a homie get some love?? i think i liked being anon- better!

M.Dot. said...

Hahahahha.

You were anon.

Love Requested!

Here it goes >>>>big hug right hurr<<<.

Im Telling momma you creepy mccreepin.

let me find out. LOL.

the prisoner's wife said...

my students LOVE this song. that's all i hear..."it's me bitches!"...lol.

i'm about sick of it, but the beat is kinda fly.

and as far as MIMS goes...gimme the remix anyday..."dis is why we hoooooot..." (that was my Jr. Reid impression).

oh, and i agree...as the resident MFA, beamer & ether DO rhyme. it's all in the delivery...this IS hip hop, ain't it? shesh.

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