jj – “My Way” January 19, 2010

If only I had known jj would be leaking more new tracks from the jj no 3 sessions I would’ve waited before posting those two rare tracks from last week. “My Way” is bigger and better than both of them, and may be my favorite from jj so far. Containing an entire Lil Wayne verse swiped directly from Trina’s “Don’t Trip”, the song itself is hard to classify: it samples too much of the original song to be a cover, yet has too much new material to be a remix. The mix of jj’s style with the Weezy verse is so flawlessly executed that it sounds as if jj actually paired up with Lil Wayne to write and record this song (which I am all for if they want to do that in the future.) Could this be the next step for sampling/remixing/mashing? I’d certainly like to see more grand ideas like this in the future.

jj – “My Way”
a bonus track posted by jj’s label, Sincerely Yours

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You might also want to check out “Let Go”, the first track leaked from the upcoming jj no 3. Hopefully I can get past the brilliance of jj and maybe post about something else soon, though with the March 9th release of no 3 right around the corner the odds of that happening might be slim.

jj – “Pure Shores” & “The Truth” January 15, 2010

A couple of rare and awesome tracks from Swedish duo jj have surfaced for streaming on the interwebs earlier this week. “Pure Shores” and “The Truth” are in the same vein as most of the material from jj’s debut from last year, jj no 2, and neither is from the upcoming jj no 3 to be released on March 9th. “Pure Shores” features auto-tuning of Elin Kastlander’s already smooth vocals atop some gentle drums and balearic atmospherics. “The Truth” is more generic and has an identical sound to some of the slower songs on no 2 like “Are You Still In Vallda?” and “Me & Dean” but with a much better melody.

jj – “Pure Shores”
from the vinyl edition of no 2, jj no 2.1 (not kidding)

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jj – “The Truth”
from the “From Africa To Malaga” single

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These are rips from youtube videos so the quality may not be up to snuff, but I think they’re both listenable. If you want higher quality you might have to buy the tracks (I couldn’t find them anywhere for download.) Enjoy!