[AUDIO] Substantial/Burns - “The Memo (Move Me)”

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Substantial/Burns – “The Memo (Move Me)” – [DOWNLOAD MP3] | Artwork: Kevin Michael Earley.

After an incredible run of singles off his sophomore album Sacrifice that landed him rotation on MTV, VH1, FUSE & BET, features in URB, Black Beat, and more, Substantial returns with a brand new side-project entirely produced by Pittsburgh-native beatsmith, Burns, entitled Substantial/Burns. Fans of the Sacrifice album will undoubtedly recall Burns’ exemplary work on “Let It Go”. Shortly after creating that track, the duo decided to craft more songs in that vain before the DMV’s most prolific son began work on his third official LP.

“The Memo (Move Me)” is a brutally honest commentary on the state of Hip-Hop music and the lack of substance found in the output from both mainstream and underground scenes. Here Substantial offers his view and encourages artists to take the inspiration that they were given and use it to inspire others regardless of your choice of medium. Burns laces Sub with an airy, mystic like soundscape, which is the perfect canvas for his baritone vocals.

Substantial/Burns, will be released as a digital-exclusive on October 20, 2009. It features appearances from Extended Famm, Kokayi, Steph the Sapphic Songstress & others. Stay tuned to QN5.com for the official tracklisting, exclusives and more!

[DOWNLOAD “THE MEMO” HERE] | [READ LYRICS]

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18 comments

Bosoxfanpw7 said on Sep 23, 2009:

Nice, can’t wait for more!

JLee said on Sep 23, 2009:

good lawd that song is amazing
reminds me of songs like “think different”
hooray for new material to hear on tour
can’t wait to hear the whole project

thugged0utcubscout said on Sep 23, 2009:

str8 FIRE!! (can’t DL though i think its my cpu)

Amen said on Sep 23, 2009:

had the same issue, cub. DL from the link at the bottom of the post.

houstonz said on Sep 23, 2009:

I had to get used to the beat with the first couple listens, but it’s pretty nice.

Release dates are lovely as well.. can’t wait to cop Substantial/Burns

babyberg said on Sep 23, 2009:

dope!!

del preston said on Sep 23, 2009:

i’ll listen to this when i’m not sitting in class, listening to some senile 85 year old professor talk at me about statistics

onilink said on Sep 23, 2009:

great song, and some really sweet artwork there!!

ianism said on Sep 23, 2009:

ha i’m gonna hold off until the whole ep drops. fuck its tearing me apart though to navigate away though…

Osiris said on Sep 23, 2009:

Very cool, nice job Stan/Burns! Can’t wait to get this one son

WaleKilla said on Sep 24, 2009:

some heads on 2dopeboyz seem to have a problem with the beat saying its “weird”. i like that it’s different. still bumps too.

Kags said on Sep 24, 2009:

MOVED THE HELL OUTTA ME! That’s one of the most honest tracks Stan has dropped in a minute IMO. Each verse was bam, he was candid as hell. Would be a great song for a live set.

As far as the beat. I thought that shit was ill! If the vocal sample (which makes me think of final fantasy) was a bit cleaner, it would knock a little more but the instrumental alone is fire imo.

houstonz said on Sep 24, 2009:

^ It kinda reminds me of the vocal sample from ‘whutduzFMstand4?’

Kags said on Sep 25, 2009:

^ I actually don’t think that’s a sample on wdfms4. I always took it that it was Tonedeff doing that.

Nitroxide said on Sep 25, 2009:

dope song, looking forward to the rest of the album

artistQN5 said on Sep 28, 2009:

I actually don’t think that’s a sample on wdfms4. I always took it that it was Tonedeff doing that.

Word. I sang that part. Not a sample.

houstonz said on Sep 28, 2009:

Ah, thought it would’ve been a sample since there’s no “Additional Vocals: Tonedeff” like in other album credits (ie. “Q.T.”).

Dj Seen? said on Oct 01, 2009:

Damn…Stan gettin stronger….I’m with the homie houstonz on having to get used to the beat a little but once you realize what they are doing on this track it’s pretty fucking genius…Stan sounds great on this track…it’s kind of an off beat head nodder…like it.

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