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Brandon from Embedded Music, an independent record label that's been putting out a lot of good music this past year, sent me a new track from Iller Than Theirs. The Brooklyn-based group has been featured on this site before (here and here), and I have to say I've become a fan of theirs. Neither Kray nor Tone Tank, the two MCs that make up the group, sound anything like what you may have come to expect from Brooklyn MCs like Biggie or Jay-Z, with their music rooted more in Williamsburg than Marcy. The duo occasionally walks a fine line between "hip hop" and "hipster," but they manage to pull it off, due in large part to Tone's unique sound on the mic.
This new track is a remix of Girl Song, taken off of their self-titled debut album, by Scott Thorough of The Boys and Girls Club. It's an interesting counter to the typical hip hop "love songs" that inevitably end up as odes to strippers:
Iller Than Theirs - Girl Song (here's an alternate zShare link at 320kbs)
I have to admit that the singing on this version is a bit much for me, though if they cut that part out this song would be pretty dope. The version on the album foregoes the singing and ends up sounding better for it, though I suspect this remixed version will have a little more crossover appeal.
Here's a live version of the original Girl Song, filmed during their appearance at Brookyln's Southpaw this past summer (be sure to note Kray's fine example of hipster haberdashery in the video).
For more from Iller Than Theirs, stop by their blog. And if you're a fan of indie rap, their self-titled debut album is quite good. You can cop the album here.
11/29/2007 08:00:01 PM posted by Fresh