[DOWNLOAD] Tonedeff - “Warden (Love Lockdown Revamp)”

Posted 3 years, 7 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 9 hours, 12 minutes ago by Tonedeff

Just a lil’ somethin somethin’ I did for kicks. It’s not so much a remix is as it is a re imagining of the concept – added a bunch of instrumentation, new lyrics & hook, etc. Props to Chew Fu (of Brooklyn Zoo) for reachin out to do a fresh House remix to get the ball rolling. Enjoy, folks.

DOWNLOAD LINKS:

[ORIGINAL VERSION] | [CHEW FU’S HOUSE MIX]
[DOWNLOAD THE ZIP OF BOTH]

LYRICS:
V1 (Sung)

You are the warden, though you say you’re not – I say you are/
You got me numbering my days in solitary
But you don’t know what I’ve been plotting for you
Once I chip my way beyond your prison walls

I used to have a soul until you snatched it all
You are the warden of my heart.
You’ll be the last to know that you don’t have control.
You are the warden of my heart.

You used to tell me I was someone you could trust with love
But nowadays, you barely trust me to one phone call/
Hey! Girl, you leave me cuffed to the walls/
And leave with the front door open

Hook
Give me the blue sky. Give me the sunlight.
Give me your loving, baby
Give me the key to let me go – Oh let me go.
You are the warden of my heart.

V2
Another night another, another lonesome day/
I keep on calling but you won’t come, (hey hey hey)/
Though you’re only inches away/
Where’s your mind go?

This ain’t no shawshank baby
There’s no redemption baby
I’m simply guilty, no parole in your system for me/
But I don’t wanna say a word, we know to be true
Cause I’ve already lied to serve my sentence for you/

It’s so illogical, (yeah)
We barely talk at all (yeah)
It’s strictly conjugal (yeah)
Our hearts are cold and thoughts have gone astray
I can’t stay, Not this way.

Hook
Give me the blue sky. Give me the sunlight.
Give me your loving, baby
Give me the key to let me go – Let me go.
You are the warden of my heart.

V1 (Rhyme)
Now, you’ve got a lock and key/
Sometimes it seems you’ve got it out for me/
Cause no matter what anyone says, surely I can see/
Mama, you run a lopsided democracy/
How in the hell Am I possibly thought to be shocked
when we got different philosophies
it’s hard to meet in the middle, when you belittle the issues we live through
and If I don’t agree you stomp your feet/
I wish that there was a way that I could bill you for my loss of sleep
cause I ain’t counted a fucking flock in weeks/
Ironically, you pulled the wool over my eyes/
Surprise! You ain’t he lady I thought you’d be
Props for being deceptive, But I think I’ma need an intervention
Cause I don’t wanna stop feeling you top of me/
sitting across my cheeks, devouring the very spot that keeps
my force your hungry for you, like I was an ‘aqua teen’/
Now, rock with me, master your shake/
Plans to escape are being botched as we speak
Tired of comparing apples and oranges, cause the fact is we’re always just
avoiding having to harvest honesty/
When there’s lots of grief that we cause to eachother
We gotta stop the bleeding or you can watch me leave
And break! Cause whether you like it or not, I’ll be damned if I let this loss repeat/
And there’s plenty of other sharks in the sea.

Hollerate!
Tone

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55 comments

Inferno said on Sep 21, 2008:

Goddamn ****ing sick.

It’s not often we get new Tone music, so this is a GREAT surprise. And two versions?? ****ing awesome!

Kno said on Sep 21, 2008:

This shit is “owsum” © Stan.

Why you gotta flip the song better than ‘Ye and he don’t even have his final version out yet? Fucked up.

Akolades said on Sep 21, 2008:

Very hot shit sir. Diggin both versions.

More music please.

joe said on Sep 21, 2008:

yo idk how else to get in contact with tonedeff, but busta rhymes has completely jacked tonedeff’s “give a damn”

listen to this bullshit http://musicremedy.com/b/Busta_Rhymes/videos/Give_a_Damn-26484.html

chris said on Sep 21, 2008:

WORD. It’s like Love Lockdown minus Cher.

Tim said on Sep 21, 2008:

Ehhh, I’m going to be in the minority here but I’m really not feeling it all that much. I was one of the few who really liked the original, and I dont really like the added instrumentals all that much. The singing was so/so in my mind. Gathered and MoreThanThis were must better IMO. The first half of the rapping was excellent stuff, the Tone I’m use to and havent heard in forever, the second half goes slightly down in quality but still good shit.

Good stuff, but when I read the title I was expecting a little more to be honest.

karakakashk said on Sep 21, 2008:

I’m lovin’ the chew fu mix, and new tone is always a good thing.

Elite said on Sep 21, 2008:

i thought u hated this song?? LOL

Abstrakt said on Sep 22, 2008:

After listening to it like 5 times and letting it grow on me I gotta say that its a pretty dope track.
Thanks for the new tune

artistSubstantial said on Sep 22, 2008:

Hi5 for Jesus!

Noah Magill said on Sep 22, 2008:

This song is supreme! This song is all about what I’m going through right now. I’m lovin the verse at the end, you killed it tone! lol yet again!

Keep doin what you do!

Holla!

Session said on Sep 22, 2008:

I thought we weren’t doing remixes…

awwww shiiiiet.. ya dun fucked up nooooooooooooow!

Osiris said on Sep 22, 2008:

Son, it’s better than the original. I feel Kanye’s version is a little artificial, relying mainly on repeated lyrics and concepts plus the singing is weak in parts; fairly mediocre if ya ask me.

Tone, you have once again came up with a beautiful concept of the song, I’ve been listening to it all day! It’s the freshest thing since slice bread, no lie

MarshmallowMark said on Sep 22, 2008:

Being a fan of the original, I approached this one with a bit of skepticism. While I wasn’t digging the singing portion entirely, I think the rap at the end is delicious. Felt almost like “Love Ain’t Pt. 2″ for all you Cunninlynguists fans.

houstonz said on Sep 22, 2008:

This shit is tight.. I’m burnin a copy of it for the car right now.

LiqwidMerc said on Sep 22, 2008:

Yeah, this was much better than the original Love Lockdown. Not my favorite bit of singing Tone has done but it beats the hell out of that played-out and ineffectively used autotune. The verse at the end was pretty incredible though. I miss the taiko drums from Kanye’s version, but that’s about all I miss. Nice work, Tone.

Peace,
J

thugged0utcubscout said on Sep 22, 2008:

i like that shit

Yesss said on Sep 22, 2008:

thanks tone, great great song, I was craving something new and you delivered

AV8 Records said on Sep 22, 2008:

Just a heads up fellas that this song is dropping this week on AV8 Records (digital release)

HipHop4Life said on Sep 22, 2008:

Add some Auto Tune and you will sound better on the singing

Lip said on Sep 22, 2008:

I wasn’t feeling the original at all.. this remix is all right though. I like the rap at the end the most

www.solofordolo.com said on Sep 22, 2008:

not really feelin it.
i felt the same way about the kanye version tho.

no disrespect intended at all.

drop some Chico & The Man shit & shut the haters up!!! – SOLO

Skill said on Sep 22, 2008:

Tone-sounds cool.

my force your hungry for you, like I was an ‘aqua teen’/

Kaptin said on Sep 22, 2008:

think I prefer all these to the original… will have to take a couple more listens to be sure, but I think that might well be the case. Just about to put it up on the Chrome Kids blog, hope that’s cool. bigLOVE, Kaptin http://chromekids.blogspot.com

maf said on Sep 22, 2008:

FUCK
I am feeling it
very much

ak said on Sep 22, 2008:

eeeeeeehhhhhhh…… blah

big chris said on Sep 22, 2008:

wow Tone you’ve really outdone yourself, this song is fucking amazing, I have been bumping it all day! Like it way more than the original Kanye joint.

preet said on Sep 23, 2008:

Do you (tone) create your own interpretations of songs often (ie do you have a stash of unreleased stuff along these lines)? Diggin’ this track… its quite fly

2 by four said on Sep 23, 2008:

totally spinning this shit at the party im DJing this weekend, i assume people are gonna go nuts. Last time i played Stomp when it was first out and chairs got broke so maybe people will start fuckin on the dance floor to this joint.

jimson11 said on Sep 23, 2008:

He’s good, this guy….he’s good.

Figured all 29 comments would be “this is my favoritttttte!” Can’t win ‘em all, but this was unexpected and well fucking done.

mo city said on Sep 23, 2008:

heyells yeah! i just heard the kanye west version and it is so weak…people have it in their away messages and im just iming them with the qn5 link to check the real shit out…

I love the song…one of my favorites by tonedeff

ShyGuy666 said on Sep 23, 2008:

Awesome song Tonedeff. its good to hear that you are still working on new material and such. keep up the good work !

MYKRAPHONE said on Sep 23, 2008:

alright. got to keep it real. tone the song is good but why not just release it as a new “tonedeff song” and not tye it to kanye at all. cause its not a remix,revamp, etc.. it just another song with a futuristic chill vibe. the whole
fact that kanye dropped first (and its not even a mastered song yet) make’s it seem like some biting. unlike the coldplay joint with natti. which was an original concept. IMO had you dropped this song with out mentioning the kanye track it would actually be 5 steps ahead but since it was mentioned, it like 2 steps behind. like so many of the local acts around KY always trying to copy the latest instead of creating the greatest.

Tone you know I got mad love for you and all of QN5, and im not saying that the song is wack( cause its a good song) but the marketing approach is kinda lame. i say put it out and let people judge/figure it out for them selves

Kno said on Sep 23, 2008:

Sorry Mike, I can’t fuck with you on this one. This song is definitely a remix, there is nothing else you can call it.

It really doesn’t have to be that serious to argue over the “semantics” of what the song “is” when crappy artists are dropping 4 mixtapes per month of them doing adlibs over whatever beat is hot at the moment. I don’t see how this is any different than Natti’s Coldplay thing. Love Lockdown is no more of a rap song than Viva La Vida.

Its a toss-out mixtape-style song for fun to give the fans something to listen to, like it or don’t like it. Not much more to say.

2 by four said on Sep 23, 2008:

keep giving us material, i could give two shits what its classified as. QN5 bitches.

Trapper said on Sep 23, 2008:

Fuck all the auto tune wannabe rnb cats with no real vocal ability.

Imo this is alot better than kanyes version

MYKRAPHONE said on Sep 23, 2008:

kno- thats cool homey, im not arguing, just stating my opinion. didnt say it was a rap song. , I actually like the song.

take a part of a song chop it into a new beat along with a flip of a vocal sample vs. taking basically a skeleton track ( cause thats what kanye track is) and adding a whole bunch of instruments. is not the same thing

but hey i give tone mad props for saying fuck auto-tune and the song is tight.
but yall know that im gonna give my honest opinion. thats why you guys love me. at least i didnt do it under a fake screen name….. ak

thomas from holland said on Sep 23, 2008:

That Chew Fu’s House mix is goddamn hot!

Greg Grammar said on Sep 23, 2008:

Been bumpin’ this shit since you leaked it. I did not enjoy the Kanye version but a lovin’ this shit. Tonedeff is the future.

Delay said on Sep 24, 2008:

I’m not quite sure I understand…

Why shouldn’t Love Lockdown be considered “remix appropriate” given that it sold record numbers on iTunes the same day Tone’s rendition came out? I can’t call it a skeleton when Mr. West acts like he’s got a finished song on his hands. As far as I can tell, that’s fair game.

Next, wouldn’t releasing “Warden” without referring to the original be more like biting than releasing it as a remix would? Because either way this song would have been “based,” however loosely, around the original track. Given how much better executed Tone’s version is he could very well have posted it as his own…s’matter of fact, I’m hearing Kanye fans all over complain about how this doesn’t sound like a remix at all.

But I applaud him for giving credit where credit is due, even if the original was doo doo.

Trashman said on Sep 24, 2008:

This is being well received on the blog site I saw.

TonestantialFM said on Sep 24, 2008:

This is the first time I heard this song and I gotta say I love it… Def one of my favorites… Prob top 5… u make kanye’s look like complete garbage… Mad props keep up the good work… But ummm seriously whats up with Busta taken your rhyme deff? i hope u got something out of that… joe was right… but anyway keep up the good work and i cant wait to see stan, pack, and the lynguists at the knitting factory the 16th… i rly hope u make an appearance deff

Trapper said on Sep 24, 2008:

Yo the conversation on this remix actually inspired me to write a song today. I don’t know what the rules are about spam and posting links but its called “Android Music” and I posted it on myspace http://www.myspace.com/jonsciance

MYKRAPHONE said on Sep 24, 2008:

I OWE TONE AND KNO AN APOLOGY, I LISTENED TO “WARDEN” LAST NIGHT ON HEADPHONES AND ITS BROUGHT SOME SOUNDS OUT THAT MY LITTLE 2 INCH COMPUTER SPEAKERS DID NOT . MAINLY THE LOWS WHICH DEFINITLY HAVE THE LOVE LOCKDOWN VIBE. iT DOES DESERVE THE TITLE “REVAMP” . and to clear up any confusion

i never said it wasnt remix worthy, and by skeleton i really ment minimal.

again sorry for jumping so quickly

Big True said on Sep 24, 2008:

All jokes aside, I never understood why people listen to Kanye West anyway. His whole aura is that of a whiny, spoiled, and selfish 5 year old. If I wanted to hear all that, I would go to a strip club in DC and get a stripper pregnant, then in 9 months I would hear that bullshit for the rest of my life.

Whatever… I never heard Kanye’s version. Hell I haven’t heard most of dudes catelogue. All I know is that before all these emcees started singing in the new millenium, Tone was doing a DAMN good job of that shit back in the day (Monotone EP) so nobody better start trying to call you out for doing something new. Peace.

worm9103 said on Sep 24, 2008:

i think both these tracks are the fuckin tits.

anythin that brings more exposure to this man is ok in my book.

2 by four said on Sep 25, 2008:

big fat oprah tits fo sho

del preston said on Sep 25, 2008:

This has to be one of my all time favorite songs, and probably second to “fast” in terms of my favorite tonedeff songs. The song is just sooo good, and sooo original. I can’t think of anything i’ve ever heard thats like it (and if you know something similar please cure my ignorance, cuz i want to hear it!).

shit’s crazy

Domingo said on Sep 25, 2008:

We NEED autotune it is the IN thing!!! Now about the song as always..

I Kno Tone can make a Substantial hip hop song in any given Session So I think this would be a huge release and we can Pack Fm dials all over the country preferably on Domingo which is Sunday in english in case you cats dont know and everyone from Natty dreads in Jamaica to Deacons from the south will feel this shit right here so send this out with an SOS for all Djs to play it when they get it!….Top that hahahah. Good Job Tone for real man.

Domingo said on Sep 25, 2008:

Oh yeah and Busta Rhymes did not steal Tones song We are just ahead of mufukas by YEARS..My beat was much better hahaha

worm9103 said on Sep 25, 2008:

now i really like the Chew Fu ‘small house’ version where he puts tone’s verse first then Kanye’s vocals…

they allllll good!

AV8 Records said on Sep 26, 2008:

Both versions now available on AV8Records.com – tell your local DJ to go cop it!

Tonedeff said on Sep 29, 2008:

Much appreciated to everyone who dug the track!

I recorded it with the worst fucking sinus cold known to man. haha I’m blown away by how many folks posted it up to their blogs and put it up on their profiles. Ironically, this is probably the most listened to thing I’ve done since Archetype dropped – through no fault of my own…I’ve been steady working, but not too many folks have been keeping up with the kid on cameo & production tip.

As far as this song goes, folks have had a ton of positive feedback on the song and that’s all a fella can ask for. The singing surprised some folks, (those who aren’t really Auralarians to begin with – cause y’all know that I’ve always done it from day 1), and stupefied some others.

My favorite was a message from a 16 year old kid from Australia who told me that I “need to stop with that gay ass R&B shit and do that ill punchline shit”.

It looks like I’m on the right track, folks!

Hollerate!
Tone

Messiah Kaeto said on Oct 10, 2008:

this shit is sick, loving it!!

Khai said on Nov 14, 2008:

wow love the song tone! just heard kanye’s version, then listenin to yours blew me away. cant wait for chico and the man either!
——-

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