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Audio: Pharoahe Monch, “Body Baby (An Optimo Espacio Mix)”

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Pharoahe Monch’s latest single “Body Baby” was enough of a left-field look on its own, but the official remixes are even more unconventional for a major-label rap single. Sinden & the Count of Monte Cristal take it to the rave cave, while Vicious Circle go for a drum n bass approach, but this echoed-out take by Glasgow’s Optimo DJs might be our favorite. It triples up the bassline and steals underutilized chunks of the original – feedback fuzz, yelps, handclaps, organ riffs – to stretch out for damn near eight minutes. Plus there’s a dub instrumental! No offense, Monchhichi.

Related:

1. Freeload: Erykah Badu f. Pharoahe Monch, “The Healer” Remix
2. Audio: Amy And Pharoahe, Unrehabilitated
3. Freeload: R Kelly, “Body Body”
4. Audio: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, “Boiling Death Request a Body to Rest Its Head On”
5. Audio: Baby Jaymes f Yunsta, “Posted”

• posted on May 30, 2007 in MP3 / STREAMS
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