This Remix of Jay-Z’s “Blue Magic” is Easily Better Than the Original (Listen & Download)

A real remix doesn't just put a new beat behind a well known song, or at worst tack on a new verse, it fundamentally changes the way you experience the song. And if that sounded overly deep than sorry, but I'm digging the fuck out of K-Def's "Blue Magic" remix. By trashing The Neptunes (of course) synthetic and bouncing beat on the original and replacing it with a bluesy backdrop he transforms Jay from rich and swaggering to an OG sitting in the back of the bar, telling stories of his glory years.

Too much? Yeah maybe, but it's dope, and I'm willing to bet Def's "American Gangster" remix project is too. In fact, I'm searching for a download link now but everything seems to be dead. Anyone have a working link? Anyone?

Props to the dopehouse for the spot. Remix is below the original for compare and contrast purposes (better than the original, no?):