Here’s a curious project from Fool’s Gold signed Telephoned taking of leap of faith covering early-to-mid (pre-apocalypse) 00s R&B/Hip-Hop classics over Clams Casino‘s most renowned instrumentals. Usher’s ‘U Don’t Have To Call‘ goes from Neptunian funk to getting A$AP’ed via ‘Demons‘, Amerie’s ‘One Thing‘ is lulled over ‘Swervin‘, Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule’s ‘I’m Real‘ asks ‘Wassup‘ and 50 Cent & Nate Dogg’s ‘21 Questions‘ declares ‘I’m God‘. Now for the hardened few who might roll their eyes, the only thing stopping this from turning into a suspect hipster ‘ROFLMAO’ conspiracy is the fact it just works so brilliantly that you can’t deny the synthesis between vintage street songwriting and Clammy’s Wagnerian hip-hop modernity, when given something even more deviant as a pixie-Pop lean to carry them.
