My friend introduced me to this song back in October and I've been listening to it on and off ever since. Even though DJ Shadow's last album is pretty mediocre compared to his insanely good earlier stuff, "Backstage Girl" stands out on The Outsider. Phonte Coleman's lyrics are outstanding: the MySpace reference gets me every time. If I had to pigeonhole this song, I would say that its somewhere between Mos Def on a really good day and the greatest stripper song of all time. Actually, its probably closer to the latter.
DJ Shadow feat. Phonte Coleman - "Backstage Girl"
-Z
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