De La Soul - Fallin'
Spoon - Inside Out
Ghostface Killah - Love Don't Live Here No More
Les Sins - Why (feat. Nate Salman)
Brian Reitzell and Roger Mann - On the Subway
Kele - Coasting
Grimes - Go (feat. Blood Diamonds)
Fruit Bats - When U Love Somebody
The Zombies - Nothing's Changed (backing track)
Action Bronson - Easy Rider
Air - Alone in Kyoto
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
A Butter Message to the USA
Gaz Nevada - IC Love Affair (Italian version)
Kavinsky - Nightcall (Breakbot Rmx)
Tears for Fears - Mad World
Cold Cave - Life Magazine (Delorean Rmx)
Miami Horror - Sometimes
Daniel Diamond - Champu
Hot Chip - Baby Said
ASAP Rocky - Demons
Baby Huey - Hard Times
Ghostface Killah - Buck 50 feat. Method Man
The Field - Then It's White
Open Mike Eagle - Nightmares
Fifth solo with GZA on the speak and RZA on the beat (mostly) finds more steady flows from the Grandpa shogun that fathered your style. He claims Pro Tools was a spontaneous title, but undoubtedly the Genius is nodding to how little help he needs in the studio - "just a beat with a continuous loop" - to rule the iron mic unquestioned. The insults on 50 Cent diss "Paper Plate" come through that much clearer without the extra noise: "Enough to make you vogue on the cover of GQ, only missing the sheer blouse, homey, you see-through." (A good follow-up line might have been, "Game, Computer Blue.")
GZA performs Liquid Swords and flips a few new scripts at Bmore's Rams Head on Wednesday (9/10) and here at Irving Plaza on Friday. If you can't make either of those shows but still want a taste, email us to win a copy of Pro Tools and an autographed special edition poster (US residents only).
Speaking of Wu affiliate classics - RZA's back to work on Cuban Linx II and the new 100dBs joint includes a dope Supreme Clientele retwerk with your favorite Oxfordshire popsters (can you name that sample?)
