Cover Of The Day-Money To Blow

From here one out I'm going to let remixes be included in the cover of the day's. I don't mean none of that techno-tized remix crap, dumbed down and sped up for the cast of Jersey Shore to fist pump and smush to. That's a whole new playlist on my iTunes. In order for a remix to land on my prestigious list (psych) it must be pretty intriguing. So hurs da remix of da day.

As I've said in an earlier post, Young Money is like a zoo full of rappers, and "Money To Blow" is like the art the elephants paint; not perfect, and overhyped, but at least it's not feces. The track is a hodge-podge of Birdman, Lil' Wayne, and Drake. The track doesn't really bring much of anything new to the table. It's got some dark spacious synth chords seering in the back ground the whole time, with a typical 5 word chorus that includes adding 12 syllables to the word blow (I'm going to try to look at it like an accomplishment, but I'm sure it's not). Despite it's mediocrity, it's got some substance. The rapping isn't bad and there is a pretty cool flute synth floating around quiet a bit; not to mention beats I've come to expect to be pretty good. It's listenable, but I hate when songs are just listenable.

A-Trak brings a whole new aspect to the song; fun. To quote Pitchfork where I found this track, "A-Trak and Drake share a sense of humor, celebrating the absurdities of club life, without making it sound any less fun." That really says it all. The song does have some simple techno moments, but in a way, it's alright, because A-Trak allows it, but never takes it all that seriously. It's like a fun Kanye West. Anyways, the remix has plenty of up-beat to it, and I can't get it out of my head.

Original

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I can't get a widget for this so go to this site a read the original review I saw on it. The track is there too.