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In between the reed nodes These New Puritans – Fragment Two
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The eponymous reeds of the album’s title. Much of the lyrical content on this album references nature, and field recordings of nature are used in several places.

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Who looks at you the way I do? These New Puritans – This Guy's in Love with You
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The working title of this song was “The Way I Do.” Jack Barnett, lead vocalist/composer/auteur of These New Puritans, was unaware of the original song, and changed the title accordingly after discovering it.

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You say this guy's in love with you These New Puritans – This Guy's in Love with You
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The field recording heard in this track is of an amateur vocalist (credited as Elizabeth Turner) singing a scattered version of Herb Alpert’s 1968 track “This Guy’s in Love with You,” written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkK04szvPf8

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chopped-and-screwed rendition of the hook Rock Genius – Rock Discovery for Hip-Hop Heads
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À la A$AP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neQVjDhOvOE

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Seraphim Rock Genius – Rock Discovery for Hip-Hop Heads
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Thanks for reading, HMU on here or on last.fm!

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hook and chord progression lifted Rock Genius – Rock Discovery for Hip-Hop Heads
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvBmr_b-Rpg

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Souls of Mischief demo cut, “Step To My Girl.” Rock Genius – Rock Discovery for Hip-Hop Heads
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The chorus also echoes the saxophone sample heard in the Souls of Mischief track, which is Washington Carver Jr.’s cover of “Aubrey” by Bread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enwaAEQcQE0

VW pays further homage by borrowing the first line of the song, so that

Back back way back I used to fret that my honey/Would play me for one with more papers it was funny

becomes

Back back way back I used to front like Angkor Wat/Mechanicsburg, Anchorage, and Dar es Salaam

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snag the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album Rock Genius – Rock Discovery for Hip-Hop Heads
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classical melodies Rock Genius – Rock Discovery for Hip-Hop Heads
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Compare the chord progression (and heavy use of the harpsichord) of “Step” to Pachelbel’s Canon in D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go-WEqWvOd4

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And you will break my back for all the burdens I lay upon it AJJ – Love in the Time of Human Papillomavirus
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Refers to the idiom of “the straw that broke the camel’s back”. They are the final burden that causes everything to collapse.

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