We're New Here
Producer Jamie xx reimagines Gil Scott-Heron\'s final album, *I\'m New Here*, as a beguiling electronic experiment; the Englishman’s sleek, shimmery production turns the jazz-funk poet’s raw urban tales into supple grooves. \"I\'m New Here\" sets Scott-Heron’s husky baritone against a bass-heavy backdrop with high-pitched Gloria Gaynor samples, and \"Running\" rides on choppy breakbeats and steel drums. The fusion\'s at its finest with the hypnotic dubstep jam \"NY Is Killing Me\" and the xx-like house cut \"I\'ll Take Care of U.\"
The xx producer and percussionist Jamie Smith takes a stab at recontextualizing Gil Scott-Heron's excellent 2010 album, I'm New Here.
For more than two decades, younger artists have been reinterpreting the work of legendary spoken-word poet and rap forefather Gil Scott-Heron. He’s been sampled, quoted, name-dropped, and featured by Common, Blackalicious, Aesop Rock, and Public Enemy. One of his most famous poems from the ’60s took up a startling…
It's kind of cute, and very humble of Gil Scott-Heron to title his 2010 album—the first in almost two decades—I'm New Here.
A legend meets a young buck, with atmospheric and soulful results. By <strong>Charlotte Richardson Andrews</strong>
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX - We're New Here review: But I'm the closest thing I have to a voice of reason