Everything In Its Right Place
Osunlade feat. Erro
Exit Music: Songs For Radio Heads, 2006
Everything In Its Right Place
Radiohead
Kid A, 2000
When Black Thought of The Roots name-checked OK Computer on “Don’t See Us” in 1999, it confirmed my suspicion that Radiohead was one of those unlikely groups that come along every few years and garner a surprisingly large following among some subset of the hip hop community.
Exit Music, a collection of Radiohead cover songs (presumably all recorded for the album) features a diverse cast of characters (Bilal, RJD2, Sa-Ra, Me’Shell Ndegéocello, Cinematic Orchestra, Matthew Herbert, Sia and many more…) and celebrates Radiohead extremely wide fan base.
On “Everything In Its Right Place” Yoruba Records founder Osunlade (pronounced oh-son-la-day) teams up with Erro (aka Eric Roberson - one of my favorites!) to remake Radiohead’s dark off-metered track (what is that time signature 10/4?) into a percussion-heavy masterpiece while still retaining it’s haunting qualities.
I haven’t really made it through the rest of the Exit Music album because I keep playing this song over and over. Check it out.
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June 29th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
You know, Jon. I’ve been a huge fan of Radiohead for a long time and I can’t wait to listen to this remix album.
May 31st, 2007 at 2:30 pm
[…] came with his funk cover of “Just” on the Exit Music: Songs for Radio Heads compilation that I posted last year. Then came the brilliant pairing of the Dap-Kings with Amy Winehouse and now this (he returned to […]