Straight Shooter
R. Kelly: "Real Talk (Darkroom Productions Remix)"
This isn't new by any means, but I heard it for the first time today. As I played it in the office, almost everyone who walked by or heard it rumbling on my factory Apple speakers whipped their head around, wondering aloud if it was a new Kells song. It's not, the original "Real Talk" appeared on his Double Up from this year. This remix was commissioned by JIVE as the flip to the song's vinyl. The men behind it, Baltimore's Darkroom Productions, are best known as the production team that's done some work scoring for HBO's The Wire, adding some musical gravitas to a show that's already deeply thoughtful and nuanced.
This remix isn't really about nuance, though. It opens with a screwed Young Jeezy sample and a spacious, moody arrangement. This is probably the best vocal performance on the utterly ridiculous, just-OK Double Up — Kelly's stream-of-consciousness rap-singing sounds free-flowing and weirdly naturalistic. I love it. By giving him the space to let his singing breathe, mixed with the might of some hard snare snaps, Juan Donovan and Jamal Roberts have crafted one of the year's very best remixes.
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