As the release date of their joint LP (Survival Skills) approaches, Buckshot and KRS-One have declared their single “Robot” as the official “Death of Auto-Tune” track.
KRS-One made the bold statement this past week in Chicago at a Rock the Bells tour stop. The duo’s lead single is a scathing critique of the deluge of Auto-Tune inspired songs that have dominated the airwaves over the last few years.
The title is a direct indication of what the artists feel is a lack of human creativity and drive in urban music. Despite this, Buckshot and KRS are quick to clarify that their song is not an attempt to piggyback off Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 lead single.
The duo point out that their single was released six weeks prior to Jay’s through iTunes and other digital outlets. “I don’t want people to get the averaged cliched version and thinking that we’re dissing people,’”
Buckshot explained. “What we’re calling out here is the biters, the people that feel like because this guy sold X amount of records doing this, that I’m going to turn around and do it as well.
