L-L-Let The Beat Rock
Black Eyed Peas ft. 50 Cent- Let The Beat Rock (produced by Boys Noize)
Still can’t quite wrap my wide head around the idea of Will.i.am. shoutin’ out to Boys Noize on a hip hop track, but it seems like thats the way the wind is blowing these days. I remember reading once in a review of the rap group Clipse that Hip Hop was like a monster that swallowed every influence it could get its grubby paws on in order to stay fresh and relevent. So a few years ago you had lots of people using Bollywood influences on Missy Elliot tracks, and now big name rappers and producers are turning to dance music, or ‘electro’ as they as seem to call it, in a bid to stay on top.
It seems to be working as well, as the Black Eyed Peas track ‘Boom Boom Pow’ (Which is what ‘Let the Beat Rock’ eventually became) is one of the BEP’s best ever singles, and is catchy as fuck.
P.Diddy is on it as well, and I’ll bet anything that the next track from the whole Diddy/Felix Da Housecat collaboration will be a big hitter.
Enjoy the future my friends…ha.
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