• Uncredited vocalists with a club-like performance
• Amazing way of mixing together the two styles
• Curious output, maybe suitable for a specific audience
Zafrir strikes me as the individual who keeps releasing a lot of music and conducting team-ups with famous aliases, often with forgettable results and sometimes with gorgeous results. The detail I appreciate in this efforts is that he is always trying to introduce new ideas, without recycling his sound, more noticeable in the joint-efforts whilst in the presence of a talented collaborator.
Such is the case of the newest studio outcome with Afrojack in “Boom Boom Pow”. The duo presents an unanticipated hip-hop clubbier production, an energetic type that was storming the dance-floors in 2012/2013. I never found myself totally settled with the trend of that time, as these schematic has aged like milk in my honest opinion (with a few brilliant exceptions), so the aforementioned instrumental didn’t paint an overall great impression on me. However, let’s see how Afrojack and Zafrir modernized and added their spin.
The low-end department is dominated with the Zafrir’s darker vibes, with a sprinkled Bass/G-House vibes going together with hip-hop percussions. The whole structure emphasizes, as expected, on the female vocalist’s performance (somewhat repetitive) and a rap part that follows up as a duet in the central breakdown… the results work, especially when Afrojack adeptly introduces his Dutch House squeaky lead synths just around the end. The structure is linear, without a distinct drop segment, but rather one groove with a fast-paced percussions.
It’s weird to see that both the singers haven’t been credited, considering the kind of release. Overall, if you are a fan of this kind of Hip-hop leaning track, “Boom Boom Pow” can cater as this excellent single for your library. Otherwise, consider it a curious experiment between two reputed producers that didn’t ignite the spark I was seeking for, considering the genre is not my cup of tea. I am pretty sure that it could be heavily rotated in upcoming gigs and become somewhat stale after a few features, yet an efficient party starter.
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