Rye Rye & M.I.A. – Bang

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[rating:70/100]
This may be the first time a couple of bffs, who demanded a lot of online-attention, didn’t annoy the hell out of me. These two bffs actually make me incredibly chipper. It’s this frentic, get-crazy music that and were made to do! Straight crack from Blaqstarr on the production too. What a fantastic and fresh surprise.

Oh and this sidenote is a little annoying, but I can’t resist: doesn’t this song remind you of Slumdog Millionaire?

$100 iTunes giftcard goes to the person who comes up with the perfect Slumdog scene for “Bang” to score.* I guess you have to listen to it first.

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*just kidding. but I’d like you to do it anyway.

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Jesus Hernandez March 15, 2009 at 2:55 pm

right towards the end of the movie when salim helps latika to escape and then prepares himself for the consequences by getting in the tub with his gun sights set on the door… the sequence is also interspliced with shots of latika escaping, driving down the crowded street trying to get to jamal, and then having to run back to the car to answer the phone… as well as jamal (confused about the answer to the final question) nervously using his lifeline to call a friend… the scene is steadily building to a frenzy, the tension bubbling over about to explode, which the song perfectly captures.

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Luis Tovar March 15, 2009 at 3:25 pm

i think you won the fake $100 itunes giftcard

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thegroove856 March 15, 2009 at 5:13 pm

i love it track is so dope

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Keso March 15, 2009 at 5:24 pm

lol, congrats Jesus Hernandez ;)

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Random J March 15, 2009 at 6:33 pm

I thought this was Nina’s arcade theme from Tekken 3 when it started up. The drums sound almost exactly the same! *lol*

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Jordan March 15, 2009 at 6:39 pm

I’ve had a rough version of this for a while (not really a while, but I’ve had it). I love Rye Rye on anything, though.

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Tyler March 15, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Right on Jesus, that’s just what I was thinking

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Marie March 15, 2009 at 10:35 pm

I was thinking the montage of Jamal and Salim when they are hobo-ing it on the trains. Movement and excitement.

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Carrie March 16, 2009 at 9:56 am

I’m with Jordan. Throw Rye Rye on a track and I’m automatically a fan.

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David March 17, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Def when they are running from the cops when they were younger, In the beginning of the Movie.

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syied March 23, 2009 at 3:31 pm

this song is going to be on the fast and furious 3 soundtrack maybe even in the movie

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