
Jay-Z "D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)" isn't really an anti-Autotune schpiel so much as it is, or tries to be, a repudiation of all of the new flashy, gimmicky things about hip-hop like Autotune and Soulja Boy ringtones, as well as a re-establishment of himself as the standard-bearer in legit hip-hop. As far as the former goes, Hov is about fifteen years too late, but pushing that whole "best rapper alive" thing is made a little more difficult when Jay-Z's forced to do it over this stale beat. You know what could spice this up a little? Some of those newfangled, bright electronics that Hip-Hop/R&B artists have been using lately, like Aut--. Nevermind.
D.O.A. was produced by No I.D. and appears on Blueprint 3, set for release on September 11.
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[Source: IllRoots]
this joint raw
kareem austin
RIP gimmick rappers!!! H to da IZZO
loudog210
This track is hot!
Joshua
Whoever wrote this and said the beat is stale is an idiot. No I.D. brought the fire.
peter
Pretty sure that beat will put any other muck out there to shame. Do your homework, No ID brings it hard. This is the kinda stuff Jay should be rippin over, no more Just Blaze.
TheShipment
I love no ID's beats typically, he did the balance of one of my favourite albums of all time (Resurrection).. this beat is most definitely not among his better work though, i agree that it is on the stale side..
killin it is nothin
dae-dae
This beat rips. Talk about raw. You don't need gimmicks and auto-tune when you have a nice voice and a nice flow. And this guitar is freaking catchy.
Glass
man this song and the beat kills and +s i dont c u dummys maken cooe beats and still ripping it and lil due is right when u have a straight goin hard flow if im right say RIGHT
this is death of auto tune MOMENT OF SCILENCE
the_fresh_prince
THIS EMBODIES REAL HIP HOP
SpanishJoker
about time! hip hop was on life support with auto tone crap. We need real lyricists. not that dilutted fag rap and radio tracks. We need concept and morality in our music. these rappers are all slaves to their egos. Shout outs to Dead Prez and other real artists out there
legacy
Yeah, this beat's niiice.
Pelican
who said this beat is stale?
this beat is ill!
jay-z murdered this beat...
MOMENT OF SILENCE.
Annette
Beat is pretty good, he's goin back, but he has a wayz to go considering his last two albums were garbage.
Rob