This is far and away the best track from Sergio Mendes' most recent album, "Timeless." For those who don't know Mendes, he's a Brazilian piano player, probably best known for the track, "Mas Que Nada," which was featured on a Nike commercial involving the Brazilian Men's soccer team. Calling the album a Sergio Mendes album is a bit of a stretch. While he does play piano on every track, the creative force (for better or worse) behind the album is producer will.i.am (of the Black Eyed Peas and just about everywhere in pop music). He loads the album with a who's who of hip-hop and pop music: Justin Timberlake, Erykah Badu, Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott, and on "Yes, Yes Y'all," - The Root's Black Thought and Jurassic 5's Charlie Tuna.
While I'm not totally crazy about will.i.am, either as a producer or MC, he definitely scores on this track. Mendes' Latin piano combined with some pretty basic drums and background vocals, is the perfect backdrop for the three MC's to rhyme over. I won't break down their lyrics too much; they're not really saying anything of consequence. Essentially you have three really polished MC's (Charlie Tuna having perhaps the coolest voice of any man on the planet and Black Thought being my favorite MC) rapping about hanging out with one another in Brazil. It's one of the chillest hip-hope tracks you'll ever hear. We've had a few parties and every time this has come on, people start bobbing their head to song and ask me what it is. Unfortunately, the rest of the album is hit or miss. Check it out.
TIMELESS
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