Gwyn and I collab'd on this track at the end of 5090 but it just didn't seem complete without a rap ft Nahlej!! I pulled up the old session and made space for a rap section, sent the MP3 to Nahlej hoping he would work his magic and BOOM.
Lyrics & BVs: Gwyn
Music & vox: Georgie
Rap & final mix: Nahlej
THE LAST OF THE OLD WEST GUNFIGHTERS
2022 Cooper/Jones ft Nahlej
All Rights Reserved
Twenty-five men died by his hand
He robbed and plundered through the land
Hard to capture or understand
The last of the old west gunfighters
A wanted outlaw by seventeen
A handsome face but eyes so mean
A heart chilling, killing machine
The last of the old west gunfighters
Public enemy number one
Notorious for the deeds he’d done
Slept beside a loaded gun
The last of the old west gunfighters
A massive price tag on his head
To bring him in alive or dead
He always stayed one step ahead
The last of the old west gunfighters
A bullet meant to end his spree
Missed him and caught her mortally
He took his vengeance merc’lessly
The last of the old west gunfighters
He tried but never could go straight
To settle down was far too late
And finally, he met his fate
The last of the old west gunfighters
Surrounded and sure to be hung
He knew his time had fin’lly come
I guess he lived fast and died young
The last of the old west gunfighters
RAP
Yipee Ki-yay Yipee Ki-Yo
Pull the hammer back and I let one go
My trigger finger's quicker
Natural born killer
Killed more men than liquor
and livers and arrows and quivers
@metalfoot Feb 2022
Great work everyone!
@raspberry33 Feb 2022
This one has it all! Nicely parsed lyrics, excellent vocals, a great instrumental backing track and the stereo gunshots are the cherry on top.
@richaaaay Feb 2022
Crickets...Love'n this. So many great subtleties, the gunshots, the echos, percussion...The drums sound huge. The tone on the electric guitar is perfect. So is Nahlej's rap. Fun fun fun...
@cindyrella Feb 2022
Wow! This is so good and I so admire anyone writing about an old west gunfighter. I wouldn't know where to begin. Awesome!
@billwhite51 Feb 2022
bringin the gunfighter ballad into the 21st century with hip hop rhythms and a g-rap coda.
@billwhite51 Feb 2022
bringin the gunfighter ballad into the 21st century with hip hop rhythms and a g-rap coda.
@davidtaro Feb 2022
Enjoyed it the first time round, enjoyed it even more with the added Yipee Ki-yay factor. Very cool beats, love the kind of rhythmic-led, one note melody thing you have going on at various points. Nice work all!
@gwyn1234 Feb 2022
Yippee-ki-yay for the rap, the vox, the prod and the collab!
@timfatchen Feb 2022
Impressed by the drums and the total production. Makes me think i should go back to working at production but what the hey. Good story, and you could link this to the one-note challenge,. I like the high harmonies on the voices. And all the sound effects incl hounds. The rap does indeed lift it.
@nahlej381 Feb 2022
Thanks for letting me jam with you guys! Hope the rap was what you were looking for lol I watched some mystery science theater 3000 westerns to get inspired…which is probably why it’s a little silly
You guys are a powerhouse and it’s an honor to work with ya!