Aw, CD singles. The land of remixes, b-sides- and often rarely heard gems. One of my favorite b-sides is from the "Crossover" single by EPMD called "Brothers from Brooklyn L.I." Still not sure how that one didn't make their album that year.
Anyway, AD and Speech seem to feature a lot of remixes on their singles, and usually they're pretty good. But the one problem inherent with the remix is that you take a good song and usually face an uphill battle on trying to improve it- for every "Shut Em Down" Pete Rock remix you've got a million remixes that lose whatever charm the original song had.
Well, on the "Like Marvin Gaye Said (What's Going On)" single you have what should be a marriage made in heaven- Speech, leader of Arrested Development, the first group to really break from the south, and Organized Noize, the producers of so many OutKast classics. And they do a pretty good job with this, though I would be hard-pressed to say that it's better than the original. But it has a really nice, laid back sound to it and if you haven't heard it before, I think you'll like it. There's also a Drumapella mix that flips it a little differently with a focus on the drums, and the album instrumental. The single also features "Impregnated Tidbits of Dope Hits" with a slightly different intro than the album version, included here as well. I still can't wrap my head around that song title, though I really like the song!
Organized Noise Remix
Org. Noise Drumapella Mix
Album Instrumental
Impregnated Tidbits of Dope Hits
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