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January 10, 2006
Pedestrian
Formally, "The Toss & Turn" is all about appropriation: jel's music is essentially modeled after raw, early '60s novelty dance tunes (like "The Funky Penguin") and the rapping is in the late-'80s, New York vein. Thematically, the lyrics modify and in some cases invert the associations of those two genres, so that it becomes a swingy, up-tempo song about loss, a conscientiously clubby song about solitude, and a clearly, coldly rapped song about anxiety. (written by The Pedestrian)
This track keeps sneaking around my iTunes wanting to get posted. More about Pedestrian and Anticon here
Posted by jimweed at January 10, 2006 11:32 PM