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Of the various types of artists that have (ab)used autotune over the past few years, the one group that could have done so without being begrudged for it - unsigned artists - rarely took advantage of the software. Typically lacking the big label budget for either the required vocal training necessary to sing a proper hook, or for the fee to cover a more accomplished singer's guest appearance, autotune seemed to be a legitimate solution for unsigned rappers looking to polish up their out-of-key choruses into something more professional. Granted, even the entry level package for autotune is fairly expensive, but as anyone in the music industry should know by now, bittorrent has the magical ability to make anything affordable.
It's interesting, then, that shortly after Jay-Z's halfhearted obituary, Baltimore rapper 810 has put together one of the few autotuned songs that makes relatively good use of the software. I'll never be a big fan of autotune, but I will say that the chorus on Walking a Tite Rope, 810's entry for Buck Marley's new mixtape, is respectable. At the very least, it manages not to distract from the rest of the song, which features 810's typically solid delivery. Peep:
810 - Walking a Tite Rope (produced by DCypher)
Produced by Philly's DCypher, the beat features a sample from Art of Noise's Moments in Love. It's been sampled by a ton of other hip hop songs, but the only one that comes to mind right now is Uncle L's Doin' It (Again).
Further Listening:
810 on 33Jones
DCypher on MySpace
Buck Marley's We Got Next Vol. 1 mixtape (zShare link)
06/29/2009 8:30:01 PM posted by Fresh