Lil’ Wayne, T.I., Kanye and Jay-Z back together again… well, unofficially at least!

Lil Wayne, T.I., Kanye West & Jay Z- U Aint Neva Gottz Ask (Dem Jointz Production) (Link 2) (Link 3)

‘Swagga Like Us’ was the underground hit of early 2008, bringing together four of the most consistent rappers of the last few years, and turning them into legends. They sealed the deal with a Grammy night performance, complete with the artist of the original sample, M.I.A. (in some of the coolest motherware, ever…).

For Lil’ Wayne, T.I., Kanye West and Jay-Z, that single collaboration was probably too large in scope to dare to emulate, set over a repetitive sample and featuring some really inventive lyrics- “You go see Weezy for the wordplay, Jeezy for the birdplay, Kanyeezy for diversity and me for controversy…”. The fans’ reception, however, has driven an unofficial reunion, with the same four artists back together on one track. Dem Jointz- a talented hip hop producer-ripped verses from lesser known tracks by each of the rappers, and then laid them over a piano driven backing track. This song is just brilliant, and it’s nice to see someone mixing up the original mash-up formula. Besides the heavy bass claps and synths, this is definitely the first time someone has recycled verses from 4 artists and laid down the production themselves- for a short while, this was thought to be original work from the four. In comparison with ‘Swagga Like Us’, this is a tame affair (M.I.A. is replaced by a vocodered backing vocalist), but no less perfect. Thumbs up…

[Dem Jointz Myspace]

5 Responses to “Lil’ Wayne, T.I., Kanye and Jay-Z back together again… well, unofficially at least!”

1. Twitted by djchekmate says:

   May 24, 2009 at 5:18 pm

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2. bg says:

   May 27, 2009 at 11:13 am

   If you like these songs check out this band The New Fos
   Great songs
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3. Hazel says:

   May 27, 2009 at 11:18 am

   heeeere can you repost this because its getting a lot of attention on the hyphe machine but it has reached it’s download limit? =(
4. Fllu says:

   June 4, 2009 at 2:09 am

   You should’ve embed the songs here.
5. Will says:

   June 5, 2009 at 2:39 am

   Looking into it… its just it takes up bandwidth (not that I’m short on that) and might slow the server down…