While
Crystal Friedman has been a part of other music based projects (See: Ugly
Sweater and Galaxykat) this could perhaps be her finest moment. Armed with nothing but her voice, an
acoustic guitar and all of the creativity one might need, Friedman tackles some
of the greatest hip hop songs of my time.
It’s
not so much the songs that she covers- from modern rappers to some from the
past, including my personal faves Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and ODB- but rather how
she covers them. She takes them as a
form of spoken word if you will, the way that a rapper would rap (The kids say “spit”)
and turns them into what would be considered a song that is, umm… sung?
One of
the easier ways to explain it with specific comparisons is to listen to the
Dynamite Hack cover of “Boyz in Da Hood”, which does nearly the same thing only
they have quite a different backing band behind their rapped lyrics turned sung
vocals.
I feel
like a lot of the rappers I listen to today would be less likely to be covered
by, well, anyone really, but hearing Nicki Minaj is not unexpected and was
quite the treat, but I wouldn’t mind hearing a Sage Francis cover or two.
Also,
in terms of the great rappers on here, where is 2Pac? I hope that this is Vol. 1 because a Vol. 2
is on the way. Aside from a Sage Francis
song (“A Healthy Distrust” is a great album to pick songs from), I’d recommend
Bobby Brown’s “Humpin’ Around”, LL Cool J’s anything (“Doin’ It” or “Mama Said
Knock You Out”, “Goin’ Back to Cali” would be too cliché, right??) and why not
2Pac’s “I Get Around” just for the overall sexy vibe, no?
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