'Hate on Me' kicks off with very synthesised-sounding horns and hand claps. Doesn’t feel natural. It is production pretending to be a full band. Or it is a full band with tacky sounds on every instrument, perfect playing to a fault? Then Jill Scott’s fantastic voice kicks in. As the song gets under way, she sings about the contempt that men can breed in a relationship. But the song is a short ditty of just over 2 minutes and doesn’t really go anywhere beyond the main part.
The Reggaeton Mix uses a lot more from the song than the core track. More playable out on the floor, the mix seems natural, rather then replicating a live band, it just mixes it up to make a great song. This makes it go into the DJ box.
This Shelter Vocal Mix is pretty revolting. Imagine it on a Hed Kandi mix, where they just try and find songs with the lowest common denominator between them, so it doesn’t distract from tacky artwork the one on the box. Shelter Dub offers to remove the vocals almost from the vocal mix.
Reggaeton Mix of 'Hate on Me' can come home, but everything else can stay in the shop.
