{"id":815,"date":"2008-01-16T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2008-01-16T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=815"},"modified":"2008-01-16T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2008-01-16T10:30:07","slug":"guilty-simpson-get-riches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=815","title":{"rendered":"guilty simpson &#8211; get riches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>stones throw<\/EM> are one of those labels that  seem intent on keeping the flame burning for non-blinged up hip hop that  dominates the genre, making it one to keep an eye on. <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">while there is no way i could ever claim to be a hardcore follower of the  label, i can&#8217;t deny that i have enjoyed quite a chunk of their funk over their  years, so when this primer for the full length, <EM>ode to the ghetto, <\/EM>(out  in march) turned up i was rather chuffed.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">long associated with the producer to the  underground, <STRONG>j dilla (r.i.p), <\/STRONG>the man known as <STRONG>guilty  simpson <\/STRONG>at last steps out of the shadows and drops his moody vibe all  over some nice beats. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">lead track <EM>get riches <\/EM>has a wonderfully  dark and rich atmosphere, intensified with police sirens, strings, and a  handclap created beat, all ruffed up by <EM>mr. porter <\/EM>(app. he&#8217;s part of  <STRONG>dr. dre<\/STRONG>s studio set up)<EM>, <\/EM>with guilty simpson declaring  the intention of <EM>getting riches <\/EM>in an intimidating vocal  manner.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a case of listen, but don&#8217;t mess.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">flip&nbsp;the record, and it&#8217;s time for everyones  fave samples and loops freakoid, <STRONG>madlib, <\/STRONG>to provide the back up  for <EM>she won&#8217;t stay at home, <\/EM>an unusual sounding&nbsp;production for  sure, where a vocal harmony sample is twisted and looped giving the all too  brief 2 minutes&nbsp;a sort of updated version of 60s doo-wop future funk, on  top of which the guilty man lays down a well trodden path relating tales&nbsp;of  troubles with the fairer sex something many of us can feel a certain degree of  connectivity with.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">good stuff.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.stonesthrow.com\/guiltysimpson\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>stones throw are one of those labels that seem intent on keeping the flame burning for non-blinged up hip hop that dominates the genre, making it one to keep an eye on. while there is no way i could ever claim to be a hardcore follower of the label, i can&#8217;t deny that i have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-singles-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}