Solange featuring Snoop Dogg “I Decided (G-Mix)”
Capping off at a disappointing #44 on the R&B singles chart (and failing to even land on the pop listings), Solange’s “I Decided”, a 2008 highlight that provided the young singer’s best chance of finally moving out from up under her big sis’ ever-looming shadow, deserved much better. Thankfully, she hasn’t completely given up on making sure it reaches as many audiences as possible.
Following the still-solid original form and it’s sequel, a bombastic Freemasons-handled revision aimed for the UK/ club scene, a third re-working sees “I Decided” attached to a slight hip hop-like feel. But don’t fret, Solange hasn’t needlessly ventured down a “crunk & b” route. No, the track’s effervescent, Supremes-meets-Vandellas classic girl group twinkle remains; it’s just now filtered through a jazzy, horn-accented stomp you could imagine those Outkast boys (or, at least Andre 3000) freaking to and featuring a satisfyingly mindless cameo from Snoop (one of the few, if only emcees, who could rhyme “Pick your ‘fro” with “Do-si-do” and make it sound so effortlessly cool).
DL: “I Decided (G-Mix)” (alt)
