sob story

Song of the Day: “The Reason” – Saigon

Saigon’s just one big sob story. There was Roc-A-Fella, Just Blaze, Mark Ronson. The kid just can’t catch a break. In this track, he lets the beat do his crying. Produced as part of his 24-hour mixtape series All In A Day’s Work, the Statik Selektah produced track sounds as street as it does lush. Prince whales on the background’s sped-up sample (“Do Me Baby” from ’81′s Controversy) while Saigon exposes his industry’s pitfalls. He offers current hip-hop something of an ultimatum: Fuck how many cars you got, tell us ’bout your sister Maya’s addiction / We might listen.