Sometimes, having a little extra time on your hands can be a good thing. The Motown Papi YouTube The channel is the perfect example of this. As fans wait for Kendrick Lamar to respond to the many diss tracks Drake has released over the past few weeks, the person behind this account has taken it upon themselves to provide us with a little more entertainment.
Right now, the only uploads are four remixes of Drake's songs done in the style of Motown's heyday.
The first video uploaded was a take on the rapper's recent record 'Push Ups', followed by 'In My Feelings', 'Taylor Made' and finally 'Rich Flex'. Each Motown Papi remix features what sounds like live playback and a singer who sounds like a cross between Al Green and Steve Harvey.
The standouts are “Push ups” and “Taylor Made,” though. The first was doing the rounds on Twitter on Thursday (April 25) and features what we believe is an AI take on a '60s Motown singer bringing life to his heart, complete with backup singers. The singer sounds like he's playing Apollo, like he's sweating James Brown as the women in the crowd faint at the sound of his voice. Drake should have sung “Metro, shout yo'h— a– up, make some drums, n—a” instead of rapping it, because that version somehow sounds a lot more irreverent. And the part where the backup singers come in as he sings “Drop and give me 50, drop and give me 50/N – like he really made me talk like I'm 50″ is incredible.” It's like they came down from heaven to deliver these lines.
The “Taylor Made” Remix. it's smoother, slower, and sounds like something you could drop while slow dancing with the main joint. It opens with the singer speaking to Kendrick like a scorned lover, singing, “The first one only took me an hour or two/ The next one is really ready to bring out the coward in you.” The rest of the track continues in the same sad tone, but really picks up when the backup singers enter.
Honestly, these songs are beautiful — and the only way to use AI in this space.
from our partners at https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/drake-diss-tracks-remixed-motown-songs-1235666185/