Tink, Kelela, and DJ Dahi collaborate on Want It for Yours Truly!

[MoreTokyo]

 

Yours Truly’s “Songs From Scratch†series, which pairs unfamiliar collaborators and puts them in a studio together, has been responsible for some truly great pieces of music. Last time around, it was Starlito and Ryan Hemsworth’s “Can’t Get Over You.†This time, the series pairs two R&B singers with very different ideas of the genre. L.A.’s Kelela comes from the icy, experimental edge of R&B, where it starts to overlap with leftfield dance music; her mixtape Cut 4 Me was one of last year’s best. Her voice, pointed and poised, floats above her tracks. Meanwhile, Chicago’s Tink is equally comfortable singing and rapping, and she brings an earthy, guttural, physical intensity to everything she does. She’s not above the track; she’s right down there in it. On their new track “Want It,†they find common ground, their voices beautifully interweaving on a track from DJ Dahi, who produced Drake’s “Worst Behavior.†Listen to it and check out a making-of video below. Source!

 

https://soundcloud.com/kelelam/kelela-x-tink-want-it-produced-by-dj-dahi

 

http://vimeo.com/93121725

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stylistically reminds me of some of Made in Heights more current stuff...just with more rnb vocal + rap.

This is not a bad thing at all.

 

Actually i could do without the rap....it takes away from the overall...just because it's sort of basic flow wise, lyrically, and tonally...plus it throws me off, in a weak way (although it segues well initially)...just isn't needed here. I keep waiting for it to go in, like if it's gonna be there, it should have juxtaposed everything...beat drop...something chancy and unexpected would have worked here ....otherwise, just sing.

 

 

but other than that very on point.

[DocumentaLy]

It's cute, but yeah, the rap kinda fucks things up for me personally...

 

I really like the instrumental after the rap.