Jay-Z and Santogold put on for their borough with triumphantly brassy production by Kanye West on a track reportedly intended for the soundtrack to upcoming Notorious B.I.G. biopic Notorious. What "Brooklyn Go Hard" boasts in bloggability, though, it mostly lacks in originality. Jay's "Hello Brooklyn" was one of the weaker songs on American Gangster, and not just because of a lazy Lil Wayne guest verse; West already has a "Go Hard" song out there with T-Pain off of DJ Khaled's We Global; and there's kind of been a rash of songs built around looped M.I.A.-style vocal snippets (though usually by M.I.A.) herself), as well as looped vocal snippets more generally.So there's all that, and then, despite the booming horns, none of the swaggering live-band looseness of, say, American Gangster's "Roc Boys". "This is black hoodie rap," Jay begins, not "black superhero music". Still, West has crafted a percussive, slickly cinematic backing track, and Jay sounds awesomely slippery, raising his voice to the squeaking point at times and even playing with a Caribbean accent en route to an Annie reference. Santogold mostly just does the one-note hook, but she finds time for a rap-cadenced sing-song verse repping Bed-Stuy. Where Brooklyn at? It's here if you listen, but not quite in all of its glory (such as it is). (via 2dopeboyz)MP3:> Jay-Z [ft. Santogold; prod. by Kanye West]: "Brooklyn Go Hard[apparently from the Notorious OST; film due in theaters 01/16/09]