Sweepstakes (feat. Mos Def and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)

About Sweepstakes (feat. Mos Def and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)

“Sweepstakes” is the twelfth track on Gorillaz’s third studio album "Plastic Beach". The track doesn’t incorporate a lot of lead vocals by 2D, but instead uses a spoken word part by rapper Mos Def. “The Hypnotic Brass brothers give us that full-on Chicago brass muscle, turning this track out into a ‘Quincy Jones’ version of hip hop, MC’ed superlatively by Mos Def. An absolute gent. I first met him in The Box club on the Lower East side of NYC. I like his rap work, and I saw him in Be Kind Rewind. .

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About this song

Credited to

Gorillaz, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Mos Def

Album

Plastic Beach · Track 12 of 16 · Longest track on the album

Released

March 5, 2010

Duration

5:20

On Last.fm

239,145 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Plastic Beach