The sounds he’s engineered here are undeniable in that regard and will surely be as eyebrow-raising for the uninitiated as they are for those overcome with nostalgia.
To be fair, though, these same touchstones of hip-hop past are in many cases samples themselves, with Khaled merely furthering the tradition he was born into-updating great music for a new generation of listeners. classic “Long Kiss Goodnight” for “THIS IS MY YEAR”, and then we get Justin Timberlake on “JUST BE” singing over a piano loop that Ghostface Killah made famous on “All That I Got Is You”. A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Big Sean, Puff Daddy and Rick Ross appear over an interpolation of the Notorious B.I.G. Fans of dearly departed ATL hero Shawty Lo will recognise the horn charge from H.E.R./Migos collaboration “WE GOING CRAZY” as the one from “Dey Know”. Project opener “THANKFUL”, featuring Lil Wayne and Jeremih, borrows the flute line from JAY-Z’s “Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love)”. “For hip-hop heads of a certain age, there’s an inescapable familiarity present throughout DJ Khaled’s 12th studio album, KHALED KHALED. DJ Khaled is out with Another one, packed from top to bottom with A-list guests.