Posts Tagged ‘Open Letter’
Chen Lo Speaks On His Remix of Jay-Z’s “Open Letter” and ‘Foreign Affairs’ Experience (Video)
Chen Lo is ‘a modern day griot’ with a very interesting story to tell. Watch.
‘Hip-Hop artist Chen Lo talks about his recently recorded remix of Jay Z’s “Open Letter” and the reason behind it. Chen Lo explains his understanding of the ‘Open Letter’ song and how it relates to his international experience with Hillary Clinton, the State Department, CBS, Aljazeera English and the U.S. Government’s use of Hip-Hop as a chess piece in its game of foreign affairs. Chen Lo also gives a viewpoint that only a select few Hip-Hop artists can address.’
– Footprints Web Series
Chen Lo’s album “Footprints” is due out September 10, 2013. But check out the audio for his “Open Letter” remix now.
Jay-Z – “Open Letter” featuring Swizz Beatz (Prod. By Timbaland)
With critics blasting Jay-Z about his trumped up yet relatively small ownership percentage of the Brooklyn Nets that he’s being forced by the NBA to sell for $350,000, his controversial trip to Cuba with his wife Beyonce, and quite possibly the recent Dame Dash interview that’s been the talk of the internet over the past 2 days, Beyonce’s husband vents on this track featuring Swizz Beatz produced by Timbaland. If you ask me Jay-Z maybe throwing President Obama under the bus about his Cuba trip on this song & seems like he could also be dissin’ the Russians that own the majority share of the Brooklyn Nets by referring to them as ‘Dweebs’. It’s not entirely clear. Jay-Z has always taken subliminal shots at various people so nothing is ever really clear & direct but it’s not too hard to figure who some of the shots are aimed at. It is what it is…
DOWNLOAD: JAY-Z – OPEN LETTER FEAT. SWIZZ BEATZ (PROD. BY TIMBALAND)
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CyHi The Prynce – “The Open Letter” (Video)
One of my personal favorite emcees representing Atlanta, CyHi The Prynce, drops a new video crafted by the crew over at 3 Little Digs. Man I’m telling y’all people better stop sleeping on CyHi The Prynce. Peep the lyrics & the wordplay in the video above & download the track below….It’s G.O.O.D. Music
DOWNLOAD: CYHI THE PRYNCE – THE OPEN LETTER