The most intriguing track from Jamie xx's upcoming album In Colour has surfaced onto the web. It is not the complete version, but the Young Thug-assisted "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" has leaked. According to The Fader, the leak is not the final version that will appear on the album, which also features Popcaan. However what we have heard from the song in the leaked version, Jamie xx, real name Jamie Smith, starts things off with a well-selected soul sample and transitions to a laidback, summer beat filled with bells and soft percussion.
Thugger dominates the track with his southern drawl, getting very sexual with some unknown female. Stream the track below. Head to iTunes to pre-order In Colour.
The combination of Young Thug, Popcaan and Jamie xx may seem pretty odd at the outset, but it does start to make sense the more you look at it. He has always been involved in more experimental productions, ranging from his own to those with The xx. He produced the Rihanna-assisted title track for Drake's 2011 album Take Care. He has a love for hip-hop, which allowed him to dive into the genre for the album.
"I was living in New York for a couple months and I was doing a drive to Manhattan while I was listening to Hot 97," Jamie xx told XXL. "It was the perfect setting and it made me want to make the track like that. I just think [Young Thug] is the best at the moment, him and Popcaan. I sent the song to other people who did versions, but [Thug and Popcaan's] version fit best on the record."
He had many different versions with other rappers, but stuck with what he got from Thugger and Popcaan.
"I think Young Thug has such a weird style I love, especially the things he does with his voice," Smith said. "It just sounds different. I like that Popcaan is so young and he comes from a different place, but they complement each other very well."
