Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)

So the most recent issue of Rolling Stone featured a list of the 50 greatest hip-hop songs of all time. I've always been a sucker for music lists and countdowns, rarely agreeing with them but always enjoying them. Rolling Stone has created some of the most memorable music lists such as the 100 greatest singers of all time, the 100 greatest songs of the 2000's, and the 70 greatest Bob Dylan songs. The 50 greatest hip-hop songs was no different, combining a mix of the obvious classics with lesser known yet highly influential tracks. "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" came in at number 12. I have always liked Pete Rock but had only heard a few singles. Then I listened to this one and my mind was blown. Such a sick beat that samples the saxophone from an old jazz song by Tom Scott and the opening guitar part is unreal. But it's the rhymes and storytelling of C.L. Smooth that really makes this song a masterpiece. He's talking about their friend Trouble T-Roy, a dancer with Heavy D and the Boyz who died after falling off a stage in 1990. It's a beautiful tribute to their fallen friend that is very elegant but would not seem out of place at a wake at a bar. Stolen from RS: when producer Pete Rock first played the finished track "we just started crying". Very cool.

 and a must-listen.

Some thoughts...

- Less than 2 weeks until I'm off to SE Asia. So fucking stoked but still lot's to do before we go!

- I'm in a hella tight battle in fantasy hockey this week. Need a big night from my recent free agent pick up Zack Kassian!

- Went to a very cool bar last night on Granville Island called Backstage Lounge for a good friend's going away party. Great live band playing funk covers, super cheap beers and dancing all night long!

- Coachella lineup looks sick as usual, although the headliners are sorta weak, especially when the Rolling Stones were heavily rumoured