Back in August '05 I posted the original of this tune and I gotta say that Dan Black does a pretty interesting job on covering this classic.
Born in London but based in Paris Dan Black is unsigned and has just released this as a white label.
As said by Mr. Black himself:
"I knew what kind of music I wanted make, but at first I found it hard
to get these conflicting desires to blend well outside of my head. I’d
been making these weird remix/mashups for my occasional Djing, so I
thought, I’ll take the method I’ve been using for that but use it for
song writing instead. The very first thing I tried was HYPNTZ.”
And from the offical blurb:
"Fusing the ubiquitous beat from “Umbrella” with heavily chopped-up
samples from the film soundtrack of John Carpenter’s “Starman”, Dan
audaciously decided to cover one of the holiest scriptures of hip hop:
“Hypnotize”. By bending Biggie’s brutal, braggadocio, mouth-twisting
flow over his own aching, passionate melody, almost miraculously, he
transformed the ultimate rap brag into a deeply heartfelt, bittersweet
epic."
It really is infectious. Lovin' it.
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