12/28/2005 - What You Gonna Do After the Party
Song: What You Gonna Do After the Party
Artist: Willie Hutch
Why this song is the current jam: Willie passed away this year (check his obit here) so I thought it would be nice to make mention of him on the blog. His music is pretty amazing and aside from his own stuff, he has created some great music for a lot of other artists as well. I think of Willie as a musician, not a singer or songwriter or anything, just a musician. He is an amazing talent and his voice, his guitar, and his compositions have influenced a ton of people. This song in particular I just think is so beautiful. You have to really let the music move you, and just feel him on this one. It is so easy to here him talkin to this girl and kinda swaggerin and kinda laugh it off as a joke. But there is some real emotion and vulnerability here. He starts out just tryin to mack, but I think he chills out and gets more and more real as the song goes on. And what is so wrong with seein a girl at a party and wanting to hang out? That's right, nothing. I know it is a cheesy line, but when he sings about "heaven missing an angel" it is heartbreakingly beautiful to me. The sound of this song sounds like love to me.
I am including two little bonus treats here as well. First, "Brothers Gonna Work it Out" from The Mack. This one is a testament to Willie's commitment to social issues. He did this soundtrack and Foxy Brown which were mainly some bullshit like most blaxploitation movies. But there was definitely something underneath just the vicarious thrill of black people getting over and sticking it to the white "man." This song brings some of that out and the more you hear of Willie the more you realize he is about love and freedom and good stuff like that. That being said, on to treat #2. The blaxploitation movies and their soundtracks were wildly influential in hip hop culture and that music has been used over and over again. Here is a recent example of a sample of a Willie song by the Three 6 Mafia called "Stay Fly". They tend to say some stupid shit, but the beat is hot and this was one of this fall's big jammy jams.
Artist: Willie Hutch
Why this song is the current jam: Willie passed away this year (check his obit here) so I thought it would be nice to make mention of him on the blog. His music is pretty amazing and aside from his own stuff, he has created some great music for a lot of other artists as well. I think of Willie as a musician, not a singer or songwriter or anything, just a musician. He is an amazing talent and his voice, his guitar, and his compositions have influenced a ton of people. This song in particular I just think is so beautiful. You have to really let the music move you, and just feel him on this one. It is so easy to here him talkin to this girl and kinda swaggerin and kinda laugh it off as a joke. But there is some real emotion and vulnerability here. He starts out just tryin to mack, but I think he chills out and gets more and more real as the song goes on. And what is so wrong with seein a girl at a party and wanting to hang out? That's right, nothing. I know it is a cheesy line, but when he sings about "heaven missing an angel" it is heartbreakingly beautiful to me. The sound of this song sounds like love to me.
I am including two little bonus treats here as well. First, "Brothers Gonna Work it Out" from The Mack. This one is a testament to Willie's commitment to social issues. He did this soundtrack and Foxy Brown which were mainly some bullshit like most blaxploitation movies. But there was definitely something underneath just the vicarious thrill of black people getting over and sticking it to the white "man." This song brings some of that out and the more you hear of Willie the more you realize he is about love and freedom and good stuff like that. That being said, on to treat #2. The blaxploitation movies and their soundtracks were wildly influential in hip hop culture and that music has been used over and over again. Here is a recent example of a sample of a Willie song by the Three 6 Mafia called "Stay Fly". They tend to say some stupid shit, but the beat is hot and this was one of this fall's big jammy jams.
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