

- новый проект VIBE, в рамках которого современные музыканты (DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, The Chrystal Method, Mark Ronson, Skrillex) всячески переосмысливают пять традиционных стилей музыки. Примо досталась классика...
DJ Premier was given Classical and began his immersion into the genre with Bruce Adolphe, a former classical music professor at Juilliard. They met at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music not far from DJ Premier’s home in NY. After learning about classical music theory, the inspirations of some of the genre’s most profound composers and how traditional pieces are structured, DJ Premier went out and bought tons of classical symphonies on vinyl to mash up his own creation. We then took that mash-up and orchestrated it for sheet music. In the first step of the actual recording process, DJ Premier partnered with Stephen Webber, a professor and conductor at the Berklee College of Music. Stephen taught Premier how to conduct and helped him in studio with the 58-piece Berklee Symphony Orchestra you hear on the track. Of all the takes, the one you hear is the “wild” version (which means they recorded it without the metronome in their headphones) DJ Premier conducted himself. Then DJ Premier brought that instrumental track back home to NY and Nas laid down his rhyme on top of it.
Куплет Nas выглядит, кажется, не очень уместным (или каким-то незаконченным), но в целом, конечно, epic.

Thankfully, Uni-5 is more of a Cypress Hill type of comeback than the Shyne variety, and even after all this time, the Bone Thugs members have maintained their signature sound. In fact, they still sound almost identical to when they first came out. The rapid speed of delivery and the harmonizing of their borderline R&B pseudo-singing is still intact to the point that listeners will be convinced that the quintet’s vocal cords haven’t aged a bit. What has changed, on the other hand, is their longtime producer DJ U-Neek’s production style. Although many of the songs still have that chill, let-me-smoke-to-this vibe, the majority of the tracks sound radio-ready for 2010’s musical market. “Wanna Be” boasts a catchy hook, with lyrics about people chasing fame, living the fast life, and lines such as “Take the money and the toys niggas still human beings, and all of that ain’t jack if you ain’t got the respect / 'Cause a real superstar know how to double them checks,” that may be ready for a pitch to Hot 97. Towards the end of Uni-5, the heavily Pop-influenced “Gone”, featuring Ricco Barrino, sounds like it could even cross genres into the radar of the diehard Top 40 listeners. Straying from their usual instrumental style, uptempo high hats accentuate a melodic piano line while the group waxes poetic about leaving things behind to make positive growth happen in their lives.
I've come to the conclusion that bone is no longer really interested in making quality albums because they know their fan base will be please with anything they drop. They are out to put food on the table with the talent they have and will make masterpiece music; but only mediocre albums from this point. That was the case with this project. They had a ton of classic songs, but only chose to use few of them and plague it with radio tunes for new listeners. That was my feel about it.



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