Searching for Rick Rubin
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Searching for Rick Rubin
Rock and roll has been awaiting the coming of Game Rebellion for a long time: An all Black all outta Brooklyn band whose metal, punk and rudeboy skanking licks sound as credible and crunchy as their hiphop lyrics and headnodding bounce. Game makes the difficult sound effortless and the miraculous seem second nature: A hard rock band with a B-boy MC who can actually spit? No problem. A street worthy mixtape of hiphop anthems created by a band that actually rocks and flows? No problem.
Game Rebellion has been making big waves on the New York Afro-punk/Black Rock scene for about three years. In that short time they've ventured out even further out to slam heads rock houses and muddy the lilywhite waters of alt-rock from NYC and Cali to Puerto Rico and the UK. They just may be the best-kept secret in music right now (their vaunted endorsement sealed with a kiss from Sade notwithstanding).
A band of rowdy brothers with higher education pedigrees--Yohimbe and Netic have college paper, Chief Med is a qualified acupuncturist-- they've got nice skills on the mic and book learned brains and aren't afraid if today's dumbered-down hiphop knows it. They're no strangers to the classroom, the rehearsal room, the protest line or one suspects, give their brand of gangsta-militancy, the police.
Up until now there hasn't been a full-length Game Rebellion recording that adequately captured their dual mastery of hiphop's beats and rhymes driven swagger and assault-sonics and rock and roll's action-figure machismo. Up until now you haven't heard anybody dare attempt a project like Game Rebellion's Searching for Rick Rubin--a balls-out-balls-to-the-wall remix/reimagining/re-playing of tunes that bear the stamp of Rubin's studio-magic wand.Because Game got gusto and gumtption they got up for the challenge of instrumentally replaying and rewriting songs that made hiphop matter in the 80s and 90s.
For Game Rebellion's MC Netic the choice of Rubin as a guiding light was a no-brainer. "He was the first guy to get it right as far as mixing the sounds of hiphop and rock. I also did my thesis on him in college."
Reading is fundamental with Game--especially with respect to the history of culture, politics and hiphop. Game's keyboard, trumpet and hypeman Emi recalls a night spent on Google scavenging for all things Rubin and finding not just Run DMCs "My Adidas", PEs "Public Enemy No.1", The Geto Boys "My Minds Playing Tricks on Me", Jay Z''s "99 Problems" and LL's 'Going Back To Cali'-- reinventions of which did make Searching''s cut (as 'did Red Hot Chili Pepper's "Under The Bridge" and The Dixie Chick's) but Sir Mix A Lot's 'Baby Got Back' which, strangely, did not.
Though hiphop and rock share common ancestors, like Mama Africa and Fats Domino, and though both idioms now share common audiences, bridging the two always requires mad skills and realness to convince true fans that you're not a joke, a wankster, a limp bizkit. For the record, Game Rebellion is that band, yeah, we're talking those kinda Negroes, New Africans, the kind intent on who bringing us a walloping slice of The Other Real Black Experience-- that louder, darker and prouder strain mainstream media loves to ignore, the one responsible for Jimi Hendrix, Public Enemy, Fishbone, Dead prez, among others.
After hearing Searchin' you suspect these Game Rebellion cats would fearlessly paratroop into a stadium full of Wu Tang Clan or Slayer fans, not flinch (or worse beg for peace, love and understanding), do their stompdown thang, and leave waving hardcore Wu or Slayer heads on a stick.
You'll likely want to see them wreck the house for yourself before you'll trust that assessment on faith. Until then check out Searching and just know that everything Game's doing here they can do from the stage even more boom-bip-astically, MC-nastily, hardcore-actively--no little thanks due to Game's bass and drummer combo Black Steel and Mr Pink who never heard a jazz,rock,soul or hiphop groove they couldnt mosh to the floor, poplock into obedience, and harness like a tornado.
If you dug '99 Problems' before you're about dig it some more, (and if you're a radical maybe even more than before) when you hear Netic twist the hook's provocative declaration into "99 Problems and a Bush aint one of them" (and then compare the lame suckaduck in the white house to daddysboy AJ Soprano.) And if you live for the evil chromatics of a punk-prog band like Tool than you'll likely get more live when you hear how guitarists Yohimbe and Chief Med piledrive the riff from hell into this ravenous track. What Game does with "My Adidas" is pure bebop theory in action--lacing one of the biggest and most beloved hooks in hiphop history with their own black-market sneaker-pimp scenario. Netic and Yohimbe both speak of the trepidation that came with this project, the mandate for it "not be corny" looming like a vulture above all else. Corny they've avoided for sure (whew!) but fortunately not at the expense of rampaging angst, militancy, wit and youthful exuberance.
Impossible
J.Period & Game Rebellion Lyrics
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With the smile upon your face
And all I could say is damn you’re beautiful
I can’t stop thinking about you,
Girl you’re always on my mind
And all I could say is damn you’re beautiful
Hey love, it’s funny after all this time
Your hands must have been made in heaven,
In heaven baby
Your hands shake like a Spanish guitar
Your lips, they could be a work of art
I love the way you’re put together, together
I turn my head to the right and there you are
With the smile upon your face
And all I could say is damn you’re beautiful
I can’t stop thinking about you,
Girl you’re always on my mind
And all I could say is damn you’re beautiful
You got me on permanent
I crave, your body around the clock
I plan to keep you here forever,
Forever baby
Cause those eyes tell me you’re the only one
Your smile is harder than the morning sun
You’re more and so perfectly for me
Beautiful
I turn my head to the right and there you are
With the smile upon your face
And all I could say is damn you’re beautiful
I can’t stop thinking about you,
Girl you’re always on my mind
And all I could say is damn you’re beautiful
She’s down for whatever, that’s right
No matter the weather, she would
Do anything, just to, make me feel better
That’s why, I owe her my loyalty
And treat her like royalty
Baby you on to me, and that’s why I give you all of me
Let’s look to the future, and laugh at the past
I’m in love with you, but obsessed with your ass
You know what I mean, I wake up to a dream
Every time I see you, damn you’re beautiful
I turn my head to the right and there you are
With the smile upon your face
And all I could say is damn you’re beautiful
I can’t stop thinking about you,
Girl you’re always on my mind
And all I could say is damn you’re beautiful.
The lyrics of "Impossible" by J.Period and Game Rebellion speak about a person's infatuation with another individual. The song's tone is romantic, reflecting on the sensations that the person feels when they see the person they are attracted to. The singer's thoughts of the other person are obsessive, and they are unable to stop thinking about them. The person is overwhelmed by the beauty of the other person, noting how they are always on their mind, and they can't help the way they feel. The song speaks about the depths of love and how it feels intense and profound.
The second verse of the song elaborates further on the feelings that the singer has towards the person they are attracted to. The lyrics speak of the intricacies of the other person's physical features, describing their hands as if they are made in heaven, and their lips as a work of art. The lyrics paint the picture of the singer being completely and utterly in love with the other person, and they can't get enough of them. The chorus of the song repeats the sentiment of being unable to stop thinking about the other person, emphasizing how beautiful they are, and expressing how they are constantly on their mind.
Line by Line Meaning
I turn my head to the right and there you are
Everywhere I look, I see you.
With the smile upon your face
You have a beautiful smile.
And all I could say is damn you’re beautiful
Your beauty leaves me speechless.
I can’t stop thinking about you,
You're always on my mind.
Girl you’re always on my mind
I can't get you out of my head.
Hey love, it’s funny after all this time
Even after all this time, you make me feel the same way.
Your touch still kinda blows my mind
Your touch is still incredible.
Your hands must have been made in heaven
Your hands are heavenly.
In heaven baby
I feel lucky to be with you.
Your hands shake like a Spanish guitar
Your hands are passionate and expressive.
Your lips, they could be a work of art
Your lips are beautiful and kissable.
I love the way you’re put together, together
I love everything about you.
You got me on permanent
You have me completely.
I crave, your body around the clock
I can't get enough of you physically.
I plan to keep you here forever,
I want to be with you forever.
Forever baby
I want to be with you for the long haul.
Cause those eyes tell me you’re the only one
Your eyes show me that you're the perfect one for me.
Your smile is harder than the morning sun
Your smile is so bright and beautiful.
You’re more and so perfectly for me
You're everything I need.
She’s down for whatever, that’s right
You're always there for me.
No matter the weather, she would
You are always reliable, rain or shine.
Do anything, just to, make me feel better
You always take care of me and make me happy.
That’s why, I owe her my loyalty
I'm loyal to you because you deserve it.
And treat her like royalty
I treat you like the queen you are.
Baby you on to me, and that’s why I give you all of me
You understand me completely, so I give you my all.
Let’s look to the future, and laugh at the past
Let's move forward together and forget about the past.
I’m in love with you, but obsessed with your ass
I love everything about you, even your physical features.
You know what I mean, I wake up to a dream
You're the perfect person for me, and I'm so grateful to have you.
Every time I see you, damn you’re beautiful
You take my breath away every time I see you.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC
Written by: Ina Wroldsen, Arnthor Birgisson
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Mezziah
i'm so feeling this..creative kinda remind me of a view to a kill movie intro for james bond. :) a new game rebellion fan has been born. where can i cop the album when it drops?