Friday 14 January 2011

Jamie XX takes apart Gil Scott Heron

Bit slow on the uptake with this one, Jamie XX's reworking of Gil Scott Heron's NY Is Killing Me. But everyone likes Gil and I think everyone likes XX, so what's the problem - right? I don't know the original from Gil's last album, but the remix is, well, fat - or, to stretch the metaphor, seriously obese. Judging from the cool, detached but rather gloomy XX debut album, Jamie must be supressing something, as it wasn't at all clear that they had a beats head on their books. Now the Juno Plus website is predicting him to be one of the stars of 2011. CLICK
If by stars we mean someone who can rip up the dancefloor, they could well be right.
Here's the stonking Gil Scott Heron remix:

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