The song is good period. I usually play the instrumental though. It's
unlike anything being played on mainstream radio. The first time i heard it
on the radio I was buggin' like "this is the dopest thing i've heard on the
radio in i dont know how long". There is definitely a buzz. There was a
segment on a major local news station here in LA specifically about the
song. Everyone is saying the same thing. It's unlike anything else on the
radio. The eastern sound is generally new to people that listen to radio
music. IMO it's nothing but a good thing.
I disagree on one thing... "Addictive" doesnt sound like something
Timberland would do... it sounds just like something DJ Quik [excellent rap
producer I've been following since i was 11 years old!] would do with Dre.
I'm a rap afficionado... i grew up on gangster rap, grew up in the hood,
live in the hood and I can say first hand it is bringing a new sound in and
its a good thing. Everyone has been talking about the eastern sample and a
friend of mine made a good point "it may not sound new or out of the
ordinary to someone who listens to a lot of different music, but to us its
completely new". There was even a 5 minute segment on a major news station
here in LA about it... the streets buzzing with "what the hell is this new
sound?".
As far as the comparison to "get your freak on" you might be confusing
"Addictive" by Truth Hurts with "Ooops" by Tweet [btw her album is decked
out with MAAAAADDDD soul and she's being compared to a female D'Angelo, skip
the radio single "oops" and go straight for every other track].
Peace.
B
>From: "mark givens" <markeg@hotmail.com>
>To: ACID-JAZZ@UCSD.EDU
>Subject: addictive
>Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 19:27:53 +0000
>
>dear list: how about this R n B song "Addictive" featuring the rapper
>Rakim thats out on Dr DRe's Aftermath label. you know, the one with the
>indian woman singing over a beat that reminds me of "do it til you're
>saitified". I know you have at least heard this high pitch sing songy wail
>coming out of every car window. Its clearly Dr dres attempt to rip off
>Missy
>elliots "Get UR Feek on" it even has someone that sounds like her handling
>the other female parts(and we know how fun that can be). It just goes to
>show you R n B is at the same time the most Formulaic and the most
>innovative of the major genres:if some new trend is going to be
>mainstreamed
>into the culture it will do it via R N B. Black people dancing to bhangra
>chants. Only in America!
>
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