Legendary song and no disrespect to Camu, but funny when you say ahead of his time when this is an interpolation of a song from 1963 called And Then He Kissed Me
I was in my early twenties when I first heard this. My last comment is from 7 years ago. I come back to this track every now and then. And considering the circumstances this is such a powerful lyric. This actually sound like somebody finding his peace with the fact he is going to die soon. And he made it sound beautiful. RIP Camu, you was very special to a lot of people. :)
heard this song for the first time today, realized immediately the drum samples were from "Reptilia" and "Alone Together" by the Strokes. interesting artist to pull from for hip-hop, but used to great effect. the Strokes had a lot of great drum intros, "Under Control" and "The Way It Is" being two others i can name off the top of my head. samples aside, phenomenal song and ahead of its time. RIP
I was listening to old girl groups and after listening to the crystals "and then he kissed me" i was trying to think of the song it reminded me of. I now love Camu more
I was a little mustache when this came out. I always knew Camu was sick and I trembled every time something new came out he kept getting doper and his death date was approaching. I am still not over the paradoxical tragedy that we felt when he was pronounced dead. He told us he was gonna die I will always miss and love Camu Tao.
i would do anything to be able to hear what camu wanted this album to sound like. this track is a masterpiece. one of the most underrated in hip hop let alone weathermen.
dope shit. didn't know it was recorded then. when this came out in 2008 i thought it was recorded earlier that year or like 07. defintiely ahead of time tho
when i was first introduced to this song i was digging the beginning beat , then i listened more and heard his voice i was a bit put off by it, then i listened to his lyrics and the combination of the three filled me with such dread and depression i felt every ounce of pain that man has felt along with him , i felt like an heroing , my friend proceeded to tell me that after he wrote this song he died of lung cancer and that the entire album was wrote as he was grieving
i never met camu but i seen him perform a long time a go with aesop rock. the group was sa smash after the show all i could talk about was this group sa smash. i was instantly a fan of them him especially. i will forever PUMP his SHIT in to the FUTURE.
