Jul
30
New Go! Team featuring Chuck D
Tagged under: Hip Hop, Indie, Music
Head over to Prefix to hear “Flashlight Fight” from the forthcoming Go! Team album out Proof of Youth out on September 11th. Chuck D is buried by squadrons of horns and screeching sirens but still holds his own while the Go! Team cheerleading troop help out in the chorus.
The Go! Team – “Flashlight Fight” @ Prefix
[...] The Meatrack Where words go to die « Rté.ie – Internet Hall of Horrors. So we all get old and then we can’t hack it anymore. Is that it? July 30th, 2007 Via Nialler9 comes a link to this site on which you can listen to the new Go!Team song “Flashlight Fight” which features the vocal stylings of none other than Mr. Chuck D. Its a pretty darn amazing song in my opinion, the Go! Team’s mentalistic drums and horns and general noise not being a million miles away from Public Enemy’s old Bomb Squad sound. But of course with alot more melody, since the classic Public Enemy sound seemed to be actually offended by anything approaching a tune. Which was a good thing, by the way. I haven’t heard much of Chuck’s recent stuff, I don’t think he’s lost it as an MC though, just his choice of backing tracks sometimes leaves alot to be desired. Its Nas “Illmatic” syndrome, when you’ve come out with such an amazing catalogue of early material its hard to best yourself. [...]