“They Die By Dawn” is the second collaboration between The Bullitts, Jay Electronica, and Lucy Liu, though this time around they abandoned 80’s style stomp-clap and harmonies for Spaghetti-Western grit as well as a sermon, and eight bars and change from the former Mos Def. The Brooklyn MC does his thing, but the reclusive Jay Elect steals the show with spine-tingling righteousness. Lucy Liu…is also there, repeating the song’s title, attempting a hook. “They Die By Dawn” is set to appear on the soundtrack of Jeymes Samuel a.k.a. The Bullitts’ film of the same name, which stars The Wire‘s Michael Kenneth Williams, Breaking Bad‘s Giancarlo Esposito, and, most notably Jay‘s ex and fellow legendary recluse, Erykah Badu.  Peep the trailer on YouTube.

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So last week we looked at the visual for Jay Electronica‘s first collaboration with the U.K’s The Bullitts, a song called “Run and Hide” that was sort of perplexing. So how do these guys top “Run and Hide” for weirdness? They bring in Lucy Liu to spit a little spoken word narration on their new track, “Close Your Eyes.”

Yeah, that Lucy Liu. She’s got a cool voice, I guess, and there’s nothing wrong with having to look at Lucy Liu, but where did that come from? When it’s all said and done and the beat drops, though, it’s actually a pretty great instrumental. If you don’t have much patience, Jay Elect finally comes on the mic at the 2:34 minute in the video, and kills it as usual.

The song is actually really growing on me, but I can’t help but wish Jay would just bounce the Bullitts’ singer and set up a Black Thought and The Roots type arrangement. Then, I guess we could keep Lucy Liu around.

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