An NYU student by the name of Nyle has been making the rounds on the web for his version of the Lil Wayne song “Let the Beat Build.” The video is really cool because it was shot all in one take with no dubbing; it was completely live. And, in the words of Gawker, where I saw the video, Nyle wrote “refreshingly optimistic lyrics about creative ambition in the New Depression.”
The song and video really didn’t grab me until the horns and strings came in, but after that it just gets better.
You can find an interview with Nyle here.
Ha! I liked that!! I think I liked the banjo best, but then again, he also name-checked “Return of Jafar” and I thought I was the only one who had ever seen that.