Hardcore U.S. Rapper samples gay europop.

Exactly what it says on the tin.

Having a slight R'n'B/Hip Hop leaning, i do enjoy the more commercial sides of the genre, i have to say. With 'Live Your Life' rapper T.I. has teamed up with the women of the year (Rihanna) and created a brilliant Hip Hop record based on a cheesy camp pop hook from O-Zone. For those of you who forgot this annoying song from the Moldavians that irritated many and sent joy through others during 2004 I have linked it below.....for comparative purposes, obviously.

Now i was never a fan of that song, but T.I. has taken the record and made it his declaration that we should just live our life. End of. I mean, the lyrics hardly break new ground, but still the message will resound. He hands Rihanna an addictive chorus, that makes excellent use of her out of space vocals, which takes place over a military beat - again nothing new in Hip Hop. It is, bizzarely, the sample that ends up making the song a revelation.

2008 has been an even better year than 2007 for the Barbadian, with 3 US number 1's (including this effort) and an album that is turning into something of a 'Thriller' for the Facebook generation (if for the mere blatant multiple single releases and epic videos alone). For she is the true star of this record, whilst most of her contemporaries shout and scream about how amazing they are (hello Beyonce, Justin), or ensure that their private lives are splashed across every imitation of Heat your money can buy (please stand up Britney), Rihanna, as a person, seems to fly under the radar of public: general, but the music she is involved in is slowly seeping into popular culture and could well be the sort that in fifteen years time is lauded......Who knows?!

Anyway here is the song, and here is the sample.....enjoy at your peril?!



T.I. ft Rihanna Live Your Life
Uploaded by thunder12051988

O Zone - Dragostea din tei
Uploaded by djoik