Basement Jaxx f. Kelis, Meleka & Chipmunk, “Scars” MP3
It’s sort of like Basement Jaxx plugged prog, dubstep and Stankonia-era jeep beats in a blender for this one, but then Basement Jaxx have been their own feisty little Osterizers for a fiery minute now. More interesting is their constant impeccable/weird choice of vocalists you wouldn’t ever think of as pairing well, but who transcend clashing and end up complimenting each other in their own wild way, kind of like wearing something red with purple. In this case, iconoclastic alto Kelis links with higher-pitched UK R&B sensation Meleka, whose UK Funky track with Crazy Cousinz is impossible to stop listening to (and recently got a video). They mix like rum raisin. Add grime teen Chipmunk’s raps slithering easily through operatic sample and boingy sub-bass and it becomes an archetypal Basement Jaxx tumbler of textures and vivid quirks.
Download: Basement Jaxx f. Kelis, Meleka & Chipmunk, “Scars” (via Hattie Collins)
Related:
- Stream: Crookers f. Kelis, “No Security”
- Jan van Nuenen’s Thorny Animation for Basement Jaxx
- Video: Gracious K, “Migraine Skank”
- Video: Basement Jaxx, “Raindrops”
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- posted on Sep 9, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS
- tags Basement Jaxx, Chipmunk, Crazy Cousins, electronic/dance, grime, Kelis, Meleka
September 11th, 2009 at 7:09 am
I really dig this. Thank you very much FADER for bringing so much joy to me!!!!
September 11th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
This song is DOPE. AS. SHIT.
The beat is Madness & Kelis’ voice haunts the Track like a ghost over a grave. Murder.
September 12th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
This is the hottest song I’ve ever heard period. Kelis rocks the world. A video would be nutrageous!
September 14th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
this song is pure brilliance.
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it gives me chills
it’s luminating, eerie, && shrill,, a formula for genius.
i love it.
September 16th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
[...] she need 55k a month in support because she couldn’t earn a living? Ok!! What with the epic “Scars” with Basement Jaxx and this sparkly dubstep joint from our Milano party brethren Crookers, we’re impressed by [...]
September 26th, 2009 at 9:19 am
THIS IS HOT! Kelis is the baddest alto i know this decade . If this was a dark anime music video this would be cold
October 6th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Jan van Nuenen created an animation exclusively for the song “Scars” by Basement Jaxx. The animation can now be seen during their European tour of 2009
Check the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2ndLzswcZU