You Got U-God Yoo Gah

Nosaj Thing “U G”

There’s two vocal samples here, but your immediate attention goes to the one that takes up the most space – a rhythmic loop of a blues or R&B singer singing “you got” over and over until the words stop registering as words. It’s a great hook, and clicks well with beat. The sample that makes the song actually arrives first – a blurted “yeahhh” that sounds like it was recorded slightly off mic, and serves as the punctuation to a rather mournful two-chord organ riff that opens the track. These elements set up an intriguing atmosphere for the groove, an emotional space that’s somewhere in the vicinity of sadness but isn’t quite there. The beat seems as though it’s running away from this minor key dreariness, but those vocals act like a tether. It gets away, but only so far to get jerked back into position.

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