According to Portishead producer Geoff Barrow, the group’s latest jaunt was purely influenced by old hip-hop: “Public Enemy, Marley Marl, EPMD, Flying Lotus and Madlib. So it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Zilla Rocca decided to go in over III’s lead single, “Machine Gun.” The result is dazzling, a fast and furious stab over the beat’s cold industrial drums and Beth Gibbon’s ethereal banshee wail. Or as Rae so aptly put it on “It’s Yourz: “machine gun raps for all my n—z in the back.” Y’know the kind of stuff to listen to while rocking a fly jersey in the summertime, god.
Download:
MP3: Zilla Rocca-”Machine Gun Remix”
MP3: Portishead-”Machine Gun”
Video: Portishead-”Machine Gun”
4 comments
the dough says:
May 8, 2008 at 9:20 am (UTC -7)
Weiss have you heard the Mood Muzik 3/Portishead mash up over at http://whentheyreminisce.wordpress.com/ ?
Passion of the Weiss says:
May 8, 2008 at 10:19 am (UTC -7)
Nope, is it any good?
the dough says:
May 8, 2008 at 10:57 am (UTC -7)
Yes, if you like Joe Budden, then you will like the things it does it your ears.
Tim Kader says:
March 26, 2009 at 5:26 pm (UTC -7)
Dear,
Though I definitely HATE and DESPISE the so-called “Rap” & “Hip-Hop”, I would like to thank you very, very much for giving me the opportunity to download such an outstanding song, Portishead’s Machine Gun.
Thanks a lot, indeed !
Tim