On its original release about 6 months ago, 'Got Your Money' was most notable for the sweet chorus, sung angelically by a little known American. In the short space of time since, it's fair to say that the apprentice has succeeded the master. With Kelis, the singer in question, now having released one of the albums of the year, it's fair to say this re-release is intended to harness some of her popularity.
Keils' deceptively innocent chorus is the polar opposite of the unclean, sleazy growl of ODB. With a radio edit that rivals Eminem in the abrupt silence stakes, it's unlikely to feature on SMTV. Dodgy misogynist lyrics aside, we have a track that modernises the spirit of the seventies, while remaining defiantly old school. The attitudes of disco, funk, rap and a host of blaxploitation flicks are melodically fused. If Shaft doesn't play this, all the time, on repeat on his sound system, I'll be very surprised…
