Music Dude on music
-- I think Shakira sounds exactly like Aaaron Neville. Seriously, they sound exactly alike. Peep it.
But, what if, just for giggles, they chose to do a show together, but only they had to swicth wardrobes. That would mean Neville wearing midrifts and low rise pants; and Shakira wearing muscle shorts and backwards kangos. I'm gonna make this happen.
-- I never really commented on the whole 36Maf winning the Oscar, because I knew blacks and whites would react in such a typical way. The jokes commenced. The "why do we have to sing about hoes to get an Oscar" commenced. Screw all that. That song was an integral part of the movie. It emoted the full gamut. I thought, in the context of the movie, it was inspirational. Did you hear the other songs? ZZZZZzzzzz. Boring. (Although, In the Deep had that beautiful, majestic chorus. I thought that was so pretty and poignant.) I was proud of 36, even though I'vge never liked them -- even in a small, minute way.
But then comes late 2005 and "Stay High". Loved it. For some reason, loved it. At first, I was considering that a Music Dude confession, but not anymore. When I look back at the song, I think it's hot. The beat is dope and I think the emcees (36, Buck, 8 and MJ) are spittin hot, too. When I say "spittin hot", I don't mean in the Nas/Elzhi/Black Thought context; I mean in the southern hop-hop context. Over the years, I've come to put my bias aside and listen to that stuff in a vacuum, because that's the only way a East Coat, NY-bred music nigga like myself can give that music a fair listen.
Anyways, I'm spittin all this to get to this point: "Poppin My Collar". Love it. It's somethin about these 36 niggas that's gettin at me these days and it's not the Oscar Kool-Aid. Yall know I don't get down like that. Don't know if I have truly put my arms around the record to be able to tell u exactly why I love it. But I just downloaded it and plan on putting iot on a CD with a few other confessions; namely E40's "Tell Me When to Go"; LL's "Control Myself" and a couple TI joints.
Don't fret. It's still me, though. I just thought I'd hit yall with those few confessions.
Here's what I won't do, though: that new Ghostface with Ne-Yo. Turns my stomach. Shame on Ghost.
But, what if, just for giggles, they chose to do a show together, but only they had to swicth wardrobes. That would mean Neville wearing midrifts and low rise pants; and Shakira wearing muscle shorts and backwards kangos. I'm gonna make this happen.
-- I never really commented on the whole 36Maf winning the Oscar, because I knew blacks and whites would react in such a typical way. The jokes commenced. The "why do we have to sing about hoes to get an Oscar" commenced. Screw all that. That song was an integral part of the movie. It emoted the full gamut. I thought, in the context of the movie, it was inspirational. Did you hear the other songs? ZZZZZzzzzz. Boring. (Although, In the Deep had that beautiful, majestic chorus. I thought that was so pretty and poignant.) I was proud of 36, even though I'vge never liked them -- even in a small, minute way.
But then comes late 2005 and "Stay High". Loved it. For some reason, loved it. At first, I was considering that a Music Dude confession, but not anymore. When I look back at the song, I think it's hot. The beat is dope and I think the emcees (36, Buck, 8 and MJ) are spittin hot, too. When I say "spittin hot", I don't mean in the Nas/Elzhi/Black Thought context; I mean in the southern hop-hop context. Over the years, I've come to put my bias aside and listen to that stuff in a vacuum, because that's the only way a East Coat, NY-bred music nigga like myself can give that music a fair listen.
Anyways, I'm spittin all this to get to this point: "Poppin My Collar". Love it. It's somethin about these 36 niggas that's gettin at me these days and it's not the Oscar Kool-Aid. Yall know I don't get down like that. Don't know if I have truly put my arms around the record to be able to tell u exactly why I love it. But I just downloaded it and plan on putting iot on a CD with a few other confessions; namely E40's "Tell Me When to Go"; LL's "Control Myself" and a couple TI joints.
Don't fret. It's still me, though. I just thought I'd hit yall with those few confessions.
Here's what I won't do, though: that new Ghostface with Ne-Yo. Turns my stomach. Shame on Ghost.
posted by Twistinado @ 12:15 PM
3 Comments:
At 3:42 PM,
Anonymous said…
How's the playlist coming Music Man?
At 8:04 PM,
Twistinado said…
Jim: Hold tight. I gotcha Big Pop.
At 10:35 AM,
Anonymous said…
I dont get down with 36, or that LL joint...however TI been my dude for a minute on. As for the Ghostface, its better on the album, but I too felt like it was lame.
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