m.o.p. ft jay-z - put it in the air

that mtv dude who's taken over radio one's evening session is terrifying: he sang along to most of "shook ones pt 2" and keeps mimicking dizzee at the start of "fix up look sharp". it's rare for me to listen to the evening session but i don't think lamacq ever rhymed over mid-nineties grimy hiphop classics. at first it was scary and vaguely embarrassing, but it's understandable if zane is letting out the frustration that must come from sitting through a live 'cooper temple clause' set. i gave this a lot of thought and decided that if i was on radio one i would probably rhyme over stuff too in a stupid attempt to convey my love of hiphop and prove that i know the words. (knowing the words is important though, in fact it might be the most important thing ever - really, if you listen to a lot of hiphop and you can't recite whole verses then maybe you are listening to the wrong mcs!)

i mention this because zane will undoubtedly love "put it in the air", and because it is the accidental transatlantic cousin of "fix up look sharp" - hyperreal, unadorned classic drum sounds and some beautiful voices. the end. i don't remember where these sounds were used before but it probably didn't have the same mcs on it so who cares (ok, i do). i like it that m.o.p. don't always get good beats because when something like this (or "ante up", or "stick to ya gunz") comes along it's more shocking. and look how much love they have for each other!