Friday, June 16, 2023

ruff! ruff! ruff ruff!


 

my favorite bit out of a ridiculous number of contender constituents  - the dog barking "ruff! ruff!". 

like it's applauding the track. this canine can recognize a ruff tune 

then again, there's that reverby piano refrain, the way it drifts into a haze deeper into the track 

this is a propah remix - it retains everything that's good, enhances and clarifies and brightens - like a redreaming of the track

love the way the bassline sidles and bulges 

and the "dancing we dancing we losing control"

but what's the sampled rapper saying? 


6 comments:

  1. It's Tim Dogg:

    Chopped
    Chopped, say stopped,
    hah think stopped
    Stop listen to the hip-hop

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  2. That VIP mix of the slammer you posted is a bit weird. Is it newly made for the boxset or from back in the day?

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  3. Also the irony of Ruff Ruff references followed by Tim Dogg is not lost on me!

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  4. how funny, I wonder if the use of Tim Dogg then led them to the "ruff! ruff!" idea - a dialogue of dog(g)s!

    Well, I guess "VIP Version Unreleased" would imply that it was made back then and perhaps played out as a dub, but never actually released. If it was a new remix done for the box set, then you wouldn't say "Unreleased" - because it's being released soon after being made.

    It's almost indistinguishable from the original, as far as I can tell - just much clearer sounding. (More like a remastering than a remix).

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  5. You know your post about Claire Dederer's Monsters is inaccessible? Mind, I think you know what I would say about it.

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  6. it's not about the book, it's a "reissue" of a piece of mine that I framed in a particular way and then had second thoughts

    mystery to be resolved in due course (probably)

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