I remember Submerge having the Sony letter of apology up on their website for a while - that was great to see, they even admitted that their re-creation of the original track lacked any of the vibe that made them want to do it in the first place. Ha-ha-corporate fools.

From what I remember reading, Sony tried to "steal" this track and remix it into a club trance version. After sending threatening letters to UR, Sony gave up and sent the remixed version over to BMG. The project apparently died after that. I don't know if this is all, if any, true.

I don't think we can speak about any "hype", as UR never asked for it.

Musicaly, I would say that the original's still far better, but how to remix such a piece? Let's take that 12" as an "exercice de style", and a legitimate, honest and musical response to the blacksploitation (c) Sony-white-dance-division in Germany.

But Remember, I'm Afrogermanic...

Three remixes of the track that spawned a war between UR and Sony. Jeff Mills mix is given an entire side and includes two 'loops' which make for quite the plaything if you grab two copies. Flip side has the Mad Mike and Lawrence Burden mixes, which are a little more interesting, but don't give you nearly as much to play around with. After all the hype I had somewhat elevated hopes for this one, but I'm still not entirely sold on the track itself, but then, most people tell me I've got no soul.

For god sake, this is DETROIT. The jeff mills mix is the most all time happy feel good sound EVER!!!! If you ever been in detroit, at DEMF, in the rain, and hear this come in than you have no idea. May the Jaguar live for ever!!!