Really, you should be listening to music every day, but thanks to Twitter, Monday has become the best day of the week to discover new songs, show some love to the tune currently dominating your iPod playlist and quietly judge the listening habits of your closest friends. Yes, it's #MusicMonday, one of Twitter's most enduring trending topics. Hence "MTV News' #MusicMonday," a weekly look at the songs we are currently crushing on.
This week, David Banner and 9th Wonder's hop-hop soul warms our holiday hearts.
Over the past decade, Mississippi hip-hop institution David Banner has made a name for himself with his relentless attack on the sounds of the south. But for his new album Death of a Popstar, he teamed up with former Little Brother member and sought-after producer 9th Wonder for a whole new type of sound. 9th Wonder's production is inspired by a mix of Native Tongues fusion, Motown cool and street-wise funk, which wouldn't normally gel well with Banner's jagged, blustery, overpowering flow. He should be huffing and puffing and blowing the beats down on Death of a Popstar.
But in a pleasantly surprising twist, that's not the case at all. Banner has softened and refined his flow a bit over time, but he still manages to pack a punch and reveals huge, blistering pockets of funk deep in 9th Wonder's grooves. The single "Be With You" is a prime example of its excellence, as it delivers a bubbly, effervescent groove paired with the best example of Banner's hybrid flow. Ever since he stopped by "RapFix Live" a few weeks back, we haven't been able to get this jam out of our heads.
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