

I’dbeen making these weird remix/mashups for my occasional Djing, so I thought, I’ll take the method I’ve been using for that but use it forsong writing instead. The Notorious B.I.G., Soundtrack: Notorious. "I knew what kind of music I wanted make," said Black in a statement, "but at first I found it hardto get these conflicting desires to blend well outside of my head.
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Play over 265 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. Biggie, Biggie, Biggie, cant you see Sometimes your words just hypnotize me. Hypnotize (So.young Edit) by Suprematic Sounds on desktop and mobile. You can hear the homage, but also the sound of something new and potentially "hott" in the parlance of our times. Stream FREE DOWNLOAD: The Notorious B.I.G. His heartfelt presentation evades the usual ironic "indie guy covers rap hit" shtick by seeming actually to care about what he’s singing.

Take a listen to Dan Black’s "HYPNTZ," in which Black sings Biggie’s lyrics from "Hypnotize" over the beat from Rihanna’s ubiquitous "Umbrella" and bits of audio from Jack Nitzsche’s score for the movie Starman. The idea of a skinny white Englishman combining them into a cover song doesn’t seem particularly thrilling - on the surface, that is. Love them or hate them, Biggie Smalls’ "Hypnotize" and Rihanna’s "Umbrella" have lodged themselves firmly in whatever remains of our culture’s common ground.
