Ring in the new...
288. OutKast "Hey Ya"
Fittingly enough for New Year's Day, today's selection is one of the few tracks on this countdown from the current millenium. In that milennium, one could be forgiven for assuming that the art of the hit single was dead, replaced by a cynical rote machine that cranks out 'product' in stead of songs.
This gem from Atlanta hip-hop oddballs OutKast proved that there's life in the old dog yet. "Hey Ya," has everything: a beat that bounces like a superball in cocktail shaker, an intricate structure that echoes the Beatles, Motown and Funkadelic as much as hip-hop, soulful vocals, a catchy chorus and some of the cleverest lyrics to come down the pike in years.
*shakes it like a Polaroid picture*
Fittingly enough for New Year's Day, today's selection is one of the few tracks on this countdown from the current millenium. In that milennium, one could be forgiven for assuming that the art of the hit single was dead, replaced by a cynical rote machine that cranks out 'product' in stead of songs.
This gem from Atlanta hip-hop oddballs OutKast proved that there's life in the old dog yet. "Hey Ya," has everything: a beat that bounces like a superball in cocktail shaker, an intricate structure that echoes the Beatles, Motown and Funkadelic as much as hip-hop, soulful vocals, a catchy chorus and some of the cleverest lyrics to come down the pike in years.
*shakes it like a Polaroid picture*
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