Sam Sparro’s “Black and Gold” was the theme song of my travels throughout the UK – “Area Codes” by Ludacris was a close second (inside story). So when I heard Wale was doing a remix of the song, I had to take a listen.
At first I was skeptical of a rap artist remixing an electro-R&B song (or whatever the hell genre it is). But after listening to it a couple times, it does a good job of taking the original and carrying its own, not just simply rapping over the same beat. It may not be as good as Sam Sparro’s, but it’s still worth mention.
As for the rest of the album, it’s got some decent tracks and I’m starting to dig Wale’s flow, but none of them stood out like “The Black N Gold”. Other than the remix of “Black & Gold”, the best thing about the album was its Seinfeld samples, fucking hilarious – check out the full album to catch these.
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Download: The Black N Gold | Black and Gold
Wale Info.:
Genre: Hip-Hop
Hometown: Washington D.C.
Birth Name: Olubowale Victor Folarin
Born: September 21, 1984
Label: Interscope Records
Album: 100 Miles & Running | Attention Deficit
Similar Artists: KiD CuDi | Lupe Fiasco | Cool Kids | Kidz in the Hall
Links: Wikipedia | MySpace | WaleMusic.com | Facebook | Twitter | Last.fm | AllMusic
The Back N Gold Info.:
Album: More About Nothing
Originally by: Sam Sparro
Featuring: Sam Sparro
Mixed by: DJ Omega
Download Links: MediaFire | MediaFire 2
Song is Filthy I Like Wale, I follow him on Twitter and he is kind of annoying but the music is good!
Best rapper of the new generation. He is different, you cant tell from this track but he is intelligent and digs deep into issues. You need to download the mixtape. Storytelling and truth. Love it. Enjoy!
More about nothing: http://www.mediafire.com/?zqb4s1wvam6mbed
Am I the only one who has the original rougher mix of this that showed up on Beatport? Should upload it sometime.
Hit me up with the original version and I’ll post it up here. My email is admin@silencenogood.net.