Time for a new, obscure music definition that I just made up five minutes ago...slow-motion rap. It's slow-tempo, not fast enough for you to dance too but not slow enough to prohibit casual swaying or hands-in-the-air. Typically, the chorus involves vocals belonging to an outside party, humming a sentence on repeat. Slow-motion rap is a good break from a world that relies on heavy beats sped up to 90 km/h in order to earn a spot on the Top 40 chart. Relative unknowns do it the best; case in point: Stranger Day and the brilliant "Not Playin'."
I looked up the video for this song yesterday, and find that it really says everything I want to (some parts are even in slow motion...how about that?). This is what you'd listen to while driving down a dusty back road, aviators on your face and the windows rolled down. Head bobbing is encouraged, but don't get ahead of yourself. Magic happens with a formula for success like this. Stranger Day manages to do what genre comrades such as Rockwell Knuckles, Donnis, Madchild and even Kanye are familiar with: standing out in a sea of "typical." His "Not Playin'" is anything but typical. Trust me, I'm not playin' with you.
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