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Raekwon - "Close To You"
Raekwon - "Close To You"

Raekwon Puts One Up For The Two-Steppers, Jumps On Gwen Guthrie's "Close To You"

Raekwon - "Close To You"

Raekwon keeps coming with the funked-out Throwback Thursday joints, adding his fiery verbal to another classic '80s cut. This week's superlative subject is none other than Gwen Guthrie's boogie burner "Close To You," a glimmering '86 rework of Burt Bacharach's slow-churning ballad, which was a b-side to her material-girl anthem "Ain't Nothing Going On But The Rent." The Chef cooks up some choice grown-man raps for the twelve week anniversary of the series, which has already seen reworks of Michael Jackson, Rose Royce, The Isleys and literally the entire spectrum of luminaries near and dear to our tradition. You can listen to Raekwon's flip of "Close To You" below, just be sure to stay tuned as his much anticipated Fly International Luxurious Art LP is just around the corner, dropping September 16th on an anxious public.