So after the first installment of Stu Reid Sampler, a musically-inclined reader - who we'll refer to as Nomo - suggested I take a look at Marion Black's "Who Knows". How right he was.
The object of Stu Reid Sampler, for those of you who missed it, is to take a popular song that features a sample of some sort, and line it up side-by-side with the original sample, uncovering the often brilliant originals and exposing them to uneducated listeners like myself.
"Who Knows" is the backbone of RJD2's brilliant "Smoke & Mirrors", an awesome track that really utilizes sampling to its fullest. The track isn't a throw-away mashup, but a cut that takes Marion Black's original, slows down sections, makes it moodier, and genuinely creates new art out of it.
I've long been an RJD2 fan, and "Smoke & Mirrors" is one of my faves, so I was psyched to hear Marion Black's jazzier, more upbeat "Who Knows". It's sultry and saucy, and definitely transports you somewhere while you're listening - an echoey, smoky track that seems like it was recorded as much for Black himself as for anyone else. I dig it in a major way.
Enjoy both contexts, the build-up-and-release of RJD2 and the free-flowing stylings of Marion Black.
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