You know what they say, there’s a first time for everything and today I get the opportunity to review a remix tape. Featuring the works of Brycon & Maître D and the vocal performances of the legendary Andre 3000!
This is a 16 track project with various 3 Stacks verses used for the vocal performances and across this album we hear different interpretations and re imagined sounds of the classic songs we all know and love and so at the end of the day I feel this project is one to listen to with open hearts and ears of a major ‘what if’ scenario comes to life and we get to hear our nostalgia in a realistic new light. So how does it fair?
Featuring the works of Brycon & Maitre D and the vocal performances of the legendary Andre 3000 blended with interpolations of the incredible 70s funk outfit Cymande.
Honestly, I actually love a lot of these remixes. What these two did to dare I say ‘brighten up’ and experiment with already established sounds really comes to be sounding fresh, exciting and just overall original. I know some fans out there don’t like when an album or single is messed around with (and I’ll admit to having that mentality with some parts of my life) but when it comes to music and artists trying their hand at an new style and paying homage to the arguable ‘Greatest Of All Time’ of yesterday by putting an alternative spin on things I think that’s completely justified and okay!
For example the remix of ‘Mrs Jackson’ which features a more soulful and slower instrumental to flesh out the strong message of the song that might get lose in the originals infectiously rap pop style beat.
Or the track ‘Hey Ya’ which we already know has one of the pop heavy beat of the Outkast discography well in this one it’s more slower tempo, soul/tribal sounding. Not to say I’m the biggest fan of this switch around but that’s the purpose of this record! To listen with your ‘imagination’ first ears second. This is an opportunity to let your mind wonder and see what the other side would have sounded like.
At the end of the day, some will appreciate this for the creative venture this is and some will hate it for ‘messing with the originals’ either way it’s an interesting and unique take on some of the most iconic rap songs in history and I invite you to try this out with an open heart and mind!
https://mikecthemaitred.bandcamp.com/album/brycon-maitre-d-present-cymandre-3000
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