Kid Cudi, “Make Her Say (Cubic Zirconia RMX)” MP3
It’s really more of a cover, but after waking up to our clock radio alarm playing “Make Her Say” every single morning at 7:42 on the dot for the past 84 days straight (thanks Hot97), Cubic Zirconia’s ditching of the original is a relief. Their ominous synth refix gets at the darker side of Gaga—the descending, sparse electro is a good companion piece to her scary red lace death shroud from the other night. But, thankfully, vocalist Tiombe Lockhart only hints at the crazy-making melody of the “Poker Face” sample, and transforms Cudi’s juvie BJ fantasy into a sarcastic parroting of the Kid’s retardo chorus, like “Oh yeah sure, I’ll do whatever you want dude. In yo dreams!” Which makes it rather feminist, and feels like a reclaiming of all the AM minutes we’ve been terrorized by Gaggy’s vaudevillian “uh oh”s.
Download: Kid Cudi, “Make Her Say” (Cubic Zirconia RMX)
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posted on Sep 16, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Cubic Zirconia, electronic/dance, Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga, Tiombe Lockhart
Video Premiere: Cubic Zirconia “Fuck Work” + Dam-Funk Remix
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As far as supergroups go, we’re not really that about it (megalomaniacs rarely work well together), but we’ve been itching to hear Cubic Zirconia’s new stuff for months. The power quartet that is vocalist Tiombe Lockhart, Nick Hook (of Drop the Lime band), Todd Weinstock (ex-Glassjaw!) and Daud Sturdivant (empath, every band needs one) granted our wishes over the weekend while we were BBQing by dropping this little video heatrock on us. To amp the awesome, they also offered a stream of “Fuck Work”’s killer Dam-Funk remix, coming from their EP out June 22. We sense a summer mantra…
Stream: Cubic Zirconia, “Fuck Work (Dam-Funk Remix)”
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posted on May 28, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Cubic Zirconia, Dam-Funk, dance/electronic, Tiombe Lockhart, video premiere
