Hugo “99 Problems”
A blues-rock take on Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” doesn’t sound like the most necessary thing to exist, but once the weighted, banjo-aided stomp to this semi-cover of the track by curious Roc Nation signee Hugo drops, any trace of exasperation towards just the idea of this will quickly subside.
Beck and Jack White are just a couple of the many names that will boil to the brain’s surface while listening to Hugo’s rambling, slightly addictive and “sure-to-soundtrack-the-ending-credits-to-True Blood-one-day” “Problems”, and while we aren’t completely sure we could handle an entire album’s worth of these “gangsta rock” novelties, knowing that Jigga was intrigued enough by this cat to sign him up has definitely piqued our interest in what’s to come once his debut album (Old Tyme Religion) drops later this year.
As bonus love, catch The Prince of Ballard‘s riDONKulously awesome Dap Kings-featured remix of “99 Problems” below (alongside another PoB favorite…just because):
BONUS DL: Jay Z & The Dap-Kings “99 Problems (Prince of Ballard Remix)” (alt)
BONUS BONUS DL: Rye Rye & M.I.A. “Bang (Prince of Ballard Remix)” (alt)
