Basic Element feat. Max C – Shades

“I like this. Quite a lot. Sort of.”

Tim: I don’t really have anything to say to introduce this, so let’s just have a listen.

Tim: I like this. Quite a lot. Sort of.

Tom: “Check out my swag / yo, peep my style”. I should despise this, but the instrumentation is so good I can’t bring myself to it.

Tim: It is so good, isn’t it? The judgement does, as it does so often, come down to the rap bit, which for me is bordering on the edge of being too long. I was really enjoying it at the start and through the first heavy dance bit, but then had to calm down, and towards the end of it, I was on the verge of getting bored and giving up on it, to be honest.

Tom: It almost borders into “generic floor-filler attempt” at the end, but it’s saved at the end.

Tim: Well quite – just before I did turn it off, it stopped, the dance came back and I was all, “Oh, yes, this is why I’m listening to it.” The second interlude seems to pass a bit more quickly, and so overall: a great dance track, but one that’s almost ruined by the rapping.

Tom: For once, the rapping doesn’t bother me too much – there’s plenty of things going on in the background to distract.