Do you know who JR Rotem is? He's a sleazy hip-hop-flavored pop producer who is responsible for the crime against humanity that is Sean Kingston's career. But he's also given us Rihanna's hot "S.O.S." and Leona Lewis's "Better In Time" so I can't hate totally. He also claimed in an interveiw with Blender to have banged Britney Spears "wheelbarrow-style." We're back to hating him. Unless...
His newest production is a hip-hop jam by new artist Jason DeRulo which features a chorus lifted straight from Imogen Heap's The O.C.-soundtracking song "Hide & Seek". It's an interesting song to sample, the vocals were sped up to create a really different and unique sound. The rest of the song has a really earnest vocal, which helps offset my initial concerns about the sample being the only good part (ala Flo Rida's "Right Round") and the lyrics from the sample are worked into the rest of the song. In the end, after much debate, I think I like it. Listen:
1 comment:
it's horrible. the original song is awesome, and it isn't just from the OC soundtrack. Imogen Heap has a full album of great songs. I am really disappointed the song just doesn't do the sample justice and they do not flow well together, one bit.
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