Play-N-Skillz featuring Jay Z “Checkin’ My Fresh”
Dallas producer/ rap duo Play-N-Skillz have already nabbed one Grammy thanks to their work on Chamillionaire’s star-making “Ridin’” and could score another trophy next year with the Album of The Year-nod they recently garnered for Lil’ Wayne’s The Carter III (they helmed his “Got Money”). But as we’ve seen numerous times in and out the past fifteen years, it’s rarely enough to just score props for playing the backburner role, so PNS aim to strike up their own spotlight with new track, “Checkin’ My Fresh”.
Crafting it’s Jigga-”featured” hook from a looped “Swagger Like Us” line, “Fresh” finds Play-N-Skillz sounding heavily Swizz-influenced with it’s bombastic, spaced out musical display, screwed vocals and swag-based (read: depth-free) lyricism (“I can do the Coogi shirt/ I can do the Roc-A-Wear/ Only problem that I got is which rocks I’m-a wear”). As far as today’s hip hop scene goes, it serves it’s purpose well, bearing plenty of collar-popping one-liners that could end up on T-shirts or as someone’s on-line/ text message signature, but beyond that temporary trend-ish appeal, there’s little here to elevate them anywhere near the level of their star clients.
DL: “Checkin’ My Fresh” (alt)
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