In Da Club
RRP: £4.99
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Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0606949787424
Label : Interscope
Manufacturer : Interscope
Publisher : Interscope
Release date : 2003-03-10
Title : In Da Club
Format : Array
Original release date : 2003-03-10
Studio : Interscope
Number of discs : 1
Customer reviews
review by: date: 2003-09-25 rating:Rough justice
When i first heard this single, it breezed passed me like a cold wind. I listened, but it didn't register. On hearing it a few more times, i believe this to be the single of the year. With a banging tune that never fails to get me tapping my feet, and a video thats stylish and smart, 50 cent is definately on to a winner with this one.Forget about the cheesy references to the birthday party, the tune speaks for itself. Spot on, and more of the same, please!!
review by: cidermike date: 2003-08-15 rating:
In DAAAAAAAAAAA club
Oh dear, this is poor. This song has been described as a party anthem, hence the lyric 'we are going to party like it's your birthday'.
If anyone played this morbid rubbish at my birthday party I'd shoot them. This has to be one of the most annoying tunes of the summer.
50 cents?, more like 30 pence (current exchange rate).
review by: renegade_soulchild date: 2003-06-26 rating:
50 Debut's with a Club Banger
Over the last few years 50 Cent was probably on half the mix-tapes in New York, and made his name with his famous diss track "How to Rob" in which he probably mocked half the rappers on the scene. Lucky two of them didn't include Eminem and Dre, who signed him to their Shady-Aftermath Labels in late 2002, after a huge bidding war between the main rap labels.
The first cut from his debut album on the label, Get Rich or Die Tryin', is "In Da Club" and i could tell it was going to a be a huge hit (especially in the Club scene) as soon as he mutters the first bridge "Go Shawty Its your Birthday". The chorus is really infectious and would get the dullest of parties started.
The Beat is also a superb Dre production, and was originally meant for his own album "Detox" which is still on the drawing board. Its exactly what we would expect from the Dr. and really makes this song so good, which is lyrically average.
The Single also includes "Wanksta" which was 50's first single (from the 8 Mile Soundtrack). The track is not too bad although the beat, which sounds like fair ground music, does get a bit annoying after a while. Lyrically this is a strong song, and has lots of subliminally charged messages to 50's nemesis Ja Rule.
Altogether this is a great pair of songs for the price. If you like this, you'll love the album; not the best rap album you can get, but great for partying or just chilling out.
review by: alexis kirke date: 2003-02-25 rating:
Great rolling track, percussive orchestrals, understated rap
I love "In Da Club". It is very simple in terms of arrangement, but this is actually its strength.
The medium-speed backing track could not be more sparse. It hardly changes for the whole of the song. Quite quiet orchestral string-crashes do an offbeat "......duh.DUH...duh.DUH...duh.DUH". This is exactly the rhythm also followed by the bass drum in the rhythm, and followed by the bass line as well!
So how can such a simple rhythm work? Well it's all thanks to the rap. The rapping over the top is done is a very cool, deep and calm voice. Its rhythmic effect is great. The rapper's skill provides all the variety of rhythm and timbre that is needed to complete the song.
The rapping is done in an almost "throw-away" tone of voice, though is anything but throw away. The chorus is rapped in the same way as the verse, but you can tell it is the chorus by subtle changes (he raps it all on a single tone, almost a one-note melody). The subtlety of these changes adds to the coolness and flow of the song. Tension is raised before chorus by simply adding higher notes to the orchestral string hits, and by adding an underlying repeated single note rhythmic flow.
The feel of this track is more "dark and bassy" than a lot of chart rap. This has much to do with the sound of the rappers voice, and the simple arrangement. I could imagine this playing on a dark bouncing club dance floor and moving the whole crowd brilliantly.
An excellent single from 50 cent. Simple, effective, skillful, cool and will be a great mover for when you're "in da club".
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