pI've been waiting for a new jack swing revival ever since I learned that the Boyz II Men and Hi-Five tapes I loved were part of something called "new jack swing," but as great as this year's emGold: New Jack Swing/em compilation is, any such revival would probably be ill-advised. The title of Brooklyn "thug-house" DJ/producer a href="http://www.myspace.com/danceswithwhitegirls"strongDances With White Girls/strong/a' just-released debut EP for the Rapture's a href="http://www.myspace.com/throneofbloodrecords"strongThrone of Blood/strong/a label is emNew Crack Swing/em-- a much better fit for this epoch of political hope and financial despair, at least based on this wildly diverse party banger, "Everyone's Got to Make a Living"./p pIf new jack swing was a "a href="http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=15896"stronghip-hop/ramp;b hybrid/strong/a", then this emNew Crack Swing/em track-- like the a href="/article/download/144643-new-music-curtis-vodka-krudmart-mixtape-august-08-curtis-vodkas-get-down-tonight-mix"strongKrudmart Mixtape/strong/a or a href="/article/download/41801-curtis-vodka-hey-girl-mp3"strongChris Brown remix/strong/a by Alaska's a href="http://www.myspace.com/curtisvodka"strongCurtis Vodka/strong/a-- throws in elements of house, too. Sorry, a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9c5otT-RUA"strongSnap!/strong/a fans: We're not quite talking hip-house, but at the outset we're not that far off. Built around a line from "a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8YWxzPKBSc"strongJenny From the Block/strong/a", "Everyone's Got to Make a Living" starts with bare beats and a soulful falsetto vocal, then picks up block-rockin' buzz, piano house keys, synth arpeggios fit for Giorgio Moroder, and finally some African-style group vocals, as if anticipating its own Panda Bear remix. Dances With White Girls may still be DJ Frog from Philly, but based on this song from the emNew Crack Swing/em EP, you'll be happy to be fooled by the rocks that he got./p pstrongMP3:gt;/strong span style="text-decoration: underline;"a href="http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Dances%20With%20White%20Girls%20-%20Everyones%20Got%20To%20Make%20A%20Living.mp3" target="_blank"Dances With White Girls: "Everyone's Got to Make a Living"/a/spanbr /[from the emNew Crack Swing/em EP; out now on a href="http://www.myspace.com/throneofbloodrecords"strongThrone of Blood/strong/a]/p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/k3sNYCddoH8t5Pc2a-W9Oh18yw0/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/k3sNYCddoH8t5Pc2a-W9Oh18yw0/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pitchfork/today/~4/pdwKoiS5KYQ" height="1" width="1"/

pI've been waiting for a new jack swing revival ever since I learned that the Boyz II Men and Hi-Five tapes I loved were part of something called new jack swing, but as great as this year's emGold: New Jack Swing/em compilation is, any such revival would probably be ill-advised. The title of Brooklyn thug-house DJ/producer a href=http://www.myspace.com/danceswithwhitegirlsstrongDances With White Girls/strong/a' just-released debut EP for the Rapture's a href=http://www.myspace.com/throneofbloodrecordsstrongThrone of Blood/strong/a label is emNew Crack Swing/em-- a much better fit for this epoch of political hope and financial despair, at least based on this wildly diverse party banger, Everyone's Got to Make a Living./p pIf new jack swing was a a href=http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=15896stronghip-hop/ramp;b hybrid/strong/a, then this emNew Crack Swing/em track-- like the a href=/article/download/144643-new-music-curtis-vodka-krudmart-mixtape-august-08-curtis-vodkas-get-down-tonight-mixstrongKrudmart Mixtape/strong/a or a href=/article/download/41801-curtis-vodka-hey-girl-mp3strongChris Brown remix/strong/a by Alaska's a href=http://www.myspace.com/curtisvodkastrongCurtis Vodka/strong/a-- throws in elements of house, too. Sorry, a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9c5otT-RUAstrongSnap!/strong/a fans: We're not quite talking hip-house, but at the outset we're not that far off. Built around a line familiar from a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8YWxzPKBScstrongJenny From the Block/strong/a (originally sampled from the 20th Century Steel Band's a href=http://www.imeem.com/djspeed/music/DAKKMYUk/20th_century_steel_band_heaven_and_hell_is_on_earth/strongHeaven and Hell Is on Earth/strong/a), Everyone's Got to Make a Living starts with bare beats and a soulful falsetto vocal, then picks up block-rockin' buzz, piano house keys, synth arpeggios fit for Giorgio Moroder, and finally some African-style group vocals, as if anticipating its own Panda Bear remix. Dances With White Girls may still be DJ Frog from Philly, but based on this song from the emNew Crack Swing/em EP, you'll be happy to be fooled by the rocks that he got./p pstrongMP3:gt;/strong span style=text-decoration: underline;a href=http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/Dances%20With%20White%20Girls%20-%20Everyones%20Got%20To%20Make%20A%20Living.mp3 target=_blankDances With White Girls: Everyone's Got to Make a Living/a/span/p p[from the emNew Crack Swing/em EP; out now on a href=http://www.myspace.com/throneofbloodrecordsstrongThrone of Blood/strong/a]/p