I love reading Pitchfork. It's the one music publication that actually gets it right nowadays. I mean seriously Rolling Stone, how can you give Tha Carter IV, which is a complete shitshow, the same rating as Watch the Throne, which is a rather solid album with three amazing songs (Those would be Niggas in Paris, Otis, and Illest Motherfucker Alive). Anyways, Pitchfork does this Best New Music and Best New Track thing which I rather like. I'm not one for albums, since I believe songs are individual entities that should be judged by themselves. They're like a collection of short stories, not chapters in a book, and should be treated as such. So, I will simply give my pick for Best New Track:
Example - Stay Awake
Example is another badly named British rapper (eg. Tinie Tempah, Chipmunk, Wretch 32). Except, unlike the others, he can sorta rap and has a great sense of melody. The track is currently the #1 single in the UK for a good reason. The chorus to the song is absolutely brilliant. (It's the part that goes:
"If we don’t kill ourselves we’ll be the leaders of a messed-up generation
If we don’t kill ourselves will they believe us if we tell them the reasons why")
Also, the beat, which is done by Nero (arguably the most respected dubstep producers out now) is very fitting and bangs where it needs to.
(Bonus: Chipmunk, despite his terrible name, has come up with one absolutely brilliant song: Oopsy Daisy. Seriously, if this ever gets released in the U.S., you won't be able to escape it.)
tl:dr: Badly named British rapper hooks up with godlike dubstep producers to birth a electro/pop/rap/dubstep masterpiece. Have a listen.
Example - Stay Awake
Example is another badly named British rapper (eg. Tinie Tempah, Chipmunk, Wretch 32). Except, unlike the others, he can sorta rap and has a great sense of melody. The track is currently the #1 single in the UK for a good reason. The chorus to the song is absolutely brilliant. (It's the part that goes:
"If we don’t kill ourselves we’ll be the leaders of a messed-up generation
If we don’t kill ourselves will they believe us if we tell them the reasons why")
Also, the beat, which is done by Nero (arguably the most respected dubstep producers out now) is very fitting and bangs where it needs to.
(Bonus: Chipmunk, despite his terrible name, has come up with one absolutely brilliant song: Oopsy Daisy. Seriously, if this ever gets released in the U.S., you won't be able to escape it.)
tl:dr: Badly named British rapper hooks up with godlike dubstep producers to birth a electro/pop/rap/dubstep masterpiece. Have a listen.
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