For those who don't know, Duck Sauce is a collaboration between A-Trak and Armand Van Helden. Armand has put several tracks at #1 in the UK, and A-Trak has won a ridiculous number of DJ/turntablist competitions and titles.
Anyway, their big hit right now is Barbra Streisand. Personally, the first time I heard the song, it was just the track sans video, and I found it moderately to extremely annoying.
BUT, I have gained a new love for it. Why?
Because I watched the official music video, and saw the people who were involved in it. It made all the difference to see Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Pharrell, Kanye, DJ Premier, Chromeo (which makes sense since one of the members is A-Trak's older brother), Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend, Santigold, Biz Markie (well, sort of)...and even just the people on the street. This collaborative video takes a song that is borderline unbearable on its own, and makes it fun and dynamic and entertaining. Sometimes the difference between mediocrity and brilliance is WHO you allow to dip their toes in your song.
The other thing I love about this is that the members of Duck Sauce also play around with the song a second time. Not only is the scratching at 1:54-2:08 by Preem (DJ Premier) impressive, but the beat juggling by A-Trak himself at 2:42-2:56 makes it nearly impossible to keep your heart rate steady. Both moments of variation were WAY MORE AWESOME than the song just playing all by itself.
So watch this video. If for no other reason, then just because it's good fun.
Oh, and just for kicks, here's a Duck Sauce song recommended by my friend, that I actually like a lot more. Mostly because, as my friend mentioned, it'd be really fun to Hustle to. And no I don't mean scamming, I mean dancing.
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