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Jay-Z - D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)
get your chain tooken, I may do it myself - I’m so Brooklyn.
I know we facing a recession, but the music y’all making going make it the great depression
Hova’s back with an indictment of the autotune rap scene, which he hands out with the familiar gravitas. The off-beat “aws” are a somewhat uncharacteristic feature, but then again he seems to be increasingly interested in pushing rap past what is comfortable and known. “Brooklyn Go Hard” had a similarly heavy but simple instrumental, but the beat here hearkens to some of the American Gangster work: 70s bass line, driving percussion, straightforward guitar lick. The hey hey hey goodbyes are on point.
