Mike James & DJ Kriegs

PopMatters gave this cover a nod a couple of weeks ago, and I thought it was worth at least one more nod. The song is a smooth R&B version of the Dirty Projectors' "Stillness Is the Move" by Solange, little sister to Beyonce Knowles. The cover is a little light for me, well, comparatively, considering the sharp, idiosyncratic source material, but Solange injects a little retro-class into the song, and even makes the, at times, spartan-sounding Brooklyn six-some seem a little sexy. It's a cover that reminds you why you liked the original. Not because it's terrible, but because the original Dirty Projectors composition was so versatile to begin with. It's hard to imagine that this song or the album it's from, Bitte Orca, won't make it on to some best-of list, in some publication, in the coming month.

Listen to Solange's cover of "Stillness Is the Move" right here:

And compare it to the original "Stillness Is the Move" by the Dirty Projectors: