First Spin
Wale & Mark Ronson Have the 'Magic' Touch
Earlier today Harlem aired out one of his remix beefs -- a remix consisting only of the addition of a few tired bars from a random rapper -- and I was over here "amening" and waving my church fan in full agreement. So you can imagine the groan that escaped from my throat when I saw a link to the remix of the remix to Robin Thicke's "Magic" featuring Mary J. Blige with Wale in my inbox. But then I listened to the Mark Ronson production and, by golly, I was pleasantly surprised. Ronson flipped the script and replaced the original track with a go-go-esque beat and made the horns a focal point alongside pumped-up percussion, and Wale's verses flowed perfectly on it. Now this is a remix.
Robin Thicke feat. Mary J. Blige & Wale: "Magic" (Mark Ronson Remix)
Tags: audio, go-go, mark ronson, mary j. blige, robin thicke, wale
Comments
LOL@ Stylus. Yup, yup. Agreed. Hot!
Vivrant Thang | September 28, 2008 2:23 AM | PermalinkLOL, I heard the first sung verse and said "What the hell's wrong with Robin's falsetto?", then realized That's Just Mary. D'oh. Morning coffee's not kicked in yet.
Yah, agree w/ Stylus. Feels like afrobeat to me. Is that because the horns are more melodic than stabbing/hitting accents like go-go?
Either way, my head's nodding!
heyhey | September 24, 2008 2:12 PM | PermalinkI second Stylus on the afrobeat/Memphis feel to this, rather than go-go. But I'm digging it.
Stephanie Renee | September 24, 2008 11:23 AM | PermalinkDIS JONT CRANK, CUZ!!
Getting more afrobeat than go-go. And some Stax too. Or The Meters.
Did I mention that DIS JONT CRANK?
DJStylus | September 23, 2008 9:21 PM | PermalinkThat is really cool. It's definitely got a good beat that I could dance to. Great job they all did.
Keith | September 23, 2008 10:59 AM | PermalinkBrave is the man or woman that here's that in a club or at a party and gets on the floor to dance to that. I could SO groove to that with the right partner!! Thats what a hot dance track is to me. A groove that changes the mood of a whole evening. I LOVE IT.
hoodedmonk | September 23, 2008 10:03 AM | PermalinkThank god Mark was smart enough not to go the typical stale gogo route..because if it were the typical pots and bucket sounding gogo I'd be pissed. YAY Mark!!!
blknite | September 23, 2008 8:37 AM | PermalinkLove it! Now THAT is def a remix.
sdg1844 | September 22, 2008 8:22 PM | Permalinkbonkers!
dar | September 22, 2008 5:14 PM | Permalink