There had been much excitement when it was announced that Ralphi Rosario had done remixes of "Irreplaceable", the 3rd single off of Beyonce's B'Day album.
Unofficial mixes of the smash hit only began to surface during the last couple of weeks just as the official mixes were finally sent out, at the height of the song's success on radio and in digital sales.
The BPM of the original version is in that dangerous 75 to 90 BPM range at 87 BPM. Speeding up the vocal could potentially make the singer sound like a chipmunk on speed and slowing it down could make it feel like seasons have changed during the course of the mix's play.
Ralphi Rosario chose to slow down the vocal. The result is a laidback house mix. The lush production really complements Beyonce's voice. He upped the BPM to 133 to make it not sound that slow. The laidback production heavily covers up the fact that the vocals are slowed down so much.
The Dub loses most of the vocals. It is much harder and darker than the club mix. It is more what the main club mix should have been like, but we have the dub .
These mixes are suitable.
