Date: Nov 30, 1991
Weeks: 1
P.M. Dawn has a fairly unique sound. Gentle rap over laid-back synthesizer chords is not a kind of sound I've heard from many other artists. Not all their music is this relaxed, but this particular song feels like I should be listening to it while sitting in a lounge chair.
The backing music is relatively simple. It's a sample of a synthesized piano line from an earlier song ("True" by Spandau Ballet, from 1983), with a simple drum loop layered on top of it. Then they add some backing vocals and some rapping, and the result is a pleasant enough song. The song feels like it lacks structure. It doesn't have nearly enough division between verse and chorus, with the result that it feels kind of unstructured and loose and lacking a beginning and end.
The vocals may be a matter of taste. The singer, Prince Be, has a slight, nasally voice, and you're likely to either find it intriguingly unique or irritating. I generally like his voice myself, although I think his singing is better than his rapping.
The lyrics are generally nonsense, but there are some parts that feel particularly pointless. In particular, at the end of the first rap bridge, the singer brings up an ex who says he probably doesn't think about her very much any more. And he says she's probably right. So why did you bring her up in this song? The most likely explanation was that he needed to fill time until the chorus came around again.
My verdict: Like it. It's a decently relaxing song, and I think it's better than the song it samples from. P.M. Dawn has several better songs, though, such as this, this, and particularly this.
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