unpiano: music

//cover art by radek drutis

This one melody has been in my head since I first heard it on the Yesterday’s New Quintet EP Elle’s Theme back in 2001. I still play that bonus track out at parties whenever I get a chance to and without fail someone will come over and check it out. I have no idea how Madlib made that track but that version will always be my favorite. I always wanted the story to be that five years later J Dilla had re-worked The YNQ track as an inside joke, but as far as I can tell both he and Madlib where both remaking the original Placebo song. Maybe someone can tell me the truth someday.

Yesterdays New Quintet – Bonus Track
J Dilla – Love Jones
Placebo – Humpty Dumpty

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This entry was posted on Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 9:51 pm by Jesse and is filed under 60's Rock, Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.