mixtape maestro (2.0)

“Live Your Life”‘s lyrical encouragement to not let all the negativity cramp your style was nice and all, but let’s not be foolish. The main source of this record’s appeal had little to do with T.I.’s positive spewings and all to do with Rihanna’s ice queen warbles, the larger-than-life pop production and that damn “Dragostea din tei” sample.

So with that being said, it’s not all that surprising that with a lacking of all those aforementioned elements, garage-pop-ster Just Jack‘s recent Live Lounge acoustic cover of the tune falls a bit flat (or maybe it’s simply because his consonant-omitting accent just feels totally awkward in place of T.I.’s fluid flow).

Psst…anybody else feel a need to hear some Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker” now after those guitar bits…or is that just us?

DL: “Live Your Life (TI Cover)” (alt)