HAMILTON: So "Belize" is probably one of the most special tracks on this album because it's a collaboration - a posthumous collaboration with the late MF Doom. On the shoulder like a California highway patrolman. They told me even when the records skip, keep it rolling. In a way, it's, like, almost mimicking the experience of sort of hearing more of a live band, something that has a lot of kind of dynamism to it.īLACK THOUGHT: (Singing) Away from you. And you have all of these different kind of musical ideas and textures that are happening behind Black Thought. HAMILTON: The musical backdrop changes quite a bit, you know, throughout the verses. No matter which corner of the globe you reside. But this might actually be my favorite track on the album.īLACK THOUGHT: (Rapping) They requested my IG. HAMILTON: So "No Gold Teeth" was the first track that a lot of people heard from this album because it was the first song to be released from it. That holy swag make the cash get the gas face. I just add weight to the bag until the bag break. When it's money on the line, never make the bag wait. But till then, don't ever try to stagnate the magnate. You better get the cheat code or get RICO-ed.īLACK THOUGHT: (Rapping) Wind in my face, hound at my heels. And, you know, it's indicative of the rest of the album, as well.īLACK THOUGHT: (Rapping) Playing a game, trying hard to hang by the same string.
It's really - it's a real masterful, I think, display of rapping on this track. HAMILTON: Everything is very kind of in the pocket, as people say - very, very sort of rhythmically complex, but always - you know, always very much under control. I'm the one that tell you what time it is. JACK HAMILTON: "Cheat Codes" is the title track of the album, and I think it's a really great example of the hallmarks of this record in terms of - you can hear the brilliance of Black Thought's rapping and Danger Mouse's production style just really, really evidently on display.īLACK THOUGHT: (Rapping) Go on, take his name in vain, like a phlebotomist. Cheat code, playing with unlimited free throws. And he joined us to tell us about a few of the album's standout tracks.īLACK THOUGHT: (Rapping) Young gunners in beast mode, K-9 teeth show.
He is a music critic for Slate magazine and professor of media studies at the University of Virginia. It's called "Cheat Codes." We called Jack Hamilton to tell us about it. It's the house band for "The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon." But now Trotter, who is also known as Black Thought, has a new album out of his own, a collaboration with music producer Danger Mouse. And finally today, you probably know the rapper and emcee Tariq Trotter as the frontman of the hip-hop group The Roots.
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