https://youtu.be/u_C4onVrr8U

WTF was with Cole on the last verse of this song?!

The instrumental is a sexy, laid back guitar beat.

Cole's first verse is about trying to get with a chick he had a previous rendezvous with

You got R&B singer Miguel crooning explicitly about wanting to fuck and then in the last verse Cole comes in talking about Kapernick, Police Brutality and President Trump

Way to fuck up the entire mood Cole!

So the chorus of this song goes:

You drinkin', I'm drinkin'
You smokin', I'm smokin'
You freakin', I'm freakin'
You fuckin', we fuckin'
You fucked up, we fucked up
We make it, we take it
You hate me, I hate you
You talk shit, I talk shit

Red and Keith Murray's verses are standard party rap fare about getting girls and shit

So it's incredibly odd Sermon spends the last half of his best talking about being a responsible father to his kids

... always angry he talked about “bleached assholes” in that song

right after the chorus?

I put the next record on.

also same w Roses. that "auntie team" line irks the shit out of me too

>... always angry he talked about “bleached assholes” in
>that song

It sucks cuz it’s basically the best beat on the album and he completely squandered it. Completely.

Cause since dood dropped Cons and them as ghostwriters he's been writing cringeworthy bullshit in just about every song lol.

got love for the game
But ay I'm not in love with all of it
Could do without the fame
And rappers nowadays are comedy
The hootin' and the hollerin'
Back and forth with the arguin'
Where you from, who you know
What you make and what kind of car you in
Seems as though you lost sight
Of what's important when depositin'
Them checks into your bank account
And you up out of poverty
Your values is a disarray, prioritizin' horribly
Unhappy with the riches
'Cause you're piss poor morally
Ignorin' all prior advice and forewarnin'
And we mighty full of ourselves all of a sudden, aren't we?


Then Rihanna Comes in and says


You're gonna be, a shinin' star
In fancy clothes, and fancy cars
And then you'll see, you're gonna go far
'Cause everyone knows, just who ya are
So live your life (Hey! Ay ay ay)
You steady chasin' that paper, just live your life
(Oh! Ay ay ay)
Ain't got no time for no haters, just live your life


Its like they on completely different songs.

Flanked of course by the standard “but Q-Tip’s verse was still dope, just off-topic” comment.

______________________________________________________________________________

"To Each His Reach"

but.....

Fuck aliens.

^^^

...so I always kind of shrug it off as, if it's dope, who cares if it doesn't go along with the theme of the song.

truuuue.

BUT.


that shit not only made the verse.....but made The Pharcyde.

as a real time listen to that album. we were fucking JAW dropped.

its almost like that verse made this opposite premise of this post true:

they shoulda rose to his level.

but then again the shock of that verse is what makes THEM them

but soooo different than the other two. i know the first few times i listened to it i would just rock with it but at some point i was like wait......when did the song turn to this?????

gotta love fatlip lol

...when that that beat changed and that first verse drops and the fender rhodes sample comes in (i think its a sample) .. amazing moment right there!!!

This song is well on its way to becoming one of the great "love letter" songs in hip hop.. but then the dream dissolves into a nightmare lol (don't stop it yet!)

Wanted the instrumental for so long to this shit.. finally found it on napster one day and it was worth the wait.

...FUCK YOU DON'T CALL MY HOUSE!

Yo, I love that. Ha ha.

One of my favorite moments from that album. Fatlip's helter skelter flow on that song reminds me a lot of OBD.

But to get back to your point of Fatlip derailing the song, doesn't the first verse start out on an upbeat note, then moves onto the second verse which hints at a bit of disillusionment, and then progresses to the third verse where the 'relationship' is totally dissolved?

the first verse start out on an upbeat note, then
>moves onto the second verse which hints at a bit of
>disillusionment, and then progresses to the third verse where
>the 'relationship' is totally dissolved?

Hope
Disillusionment
Chaos

Fatlip's verse works for me.

...at least for me, by the time it turns to chaos you're not really prepared ..the 2nd verse still feels normal to me even though he's hinting at some shit ..but when he dives into the 3rd verse the whole vibe changes into something sinister quickly and you're already fully committed

..it's like a roller coaster ride thats been pretty smooth ..then it dips into some shit that you weren't prepared for .. now it's too late to get the fuck off !!

It's still one of my favorite songs ever, but Big Boi talking his player shit in the midst of all the serious subject matter always throws me off.

Dre's verse is sad and philosophical about a girl who experiences tragedy

Big Boi's verse is about getting some head in the parking lot in exchange for a free poster

Even as early as the second album, they were on different planets LOL

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com

Dre is all apologetic and taking responsibility and Big Boi is telling his ex that her girl was sucking his dick and that she and her mama can get the hell out.

Lol

between the two, that song sounds so much better with him on it. He has my favorite verse as well.

Or The Dungeon at the time. I’ve never been around multiple DF niggas that can hold the same convo with each other.

KRS just finished ripping the track a new one and topped it off with the little patois, and Tim comes in with 'Baby, Baby, ummm... maybe, mabe, ummm...'

I cut the song off after KRS finishes

I skip Cam on Banned for TV too. His energy level is lower than everyone on there, like he just woke up from a nap.

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com

I mean it was on topic with the rest of the song but it was so dirty that the entire verse was cut out of the radio version.

>I mean it was on topic with the rest of the song but it was
>so dirty that the entire verse was cut out of the radio
>version.

It was so amazingly Houston tho so it’s perfect. Tela has to swing in on a rope for the video version. Good times overall. It’s high up on the list of ‘can’t play it around kids’ regardless.

Such a great beat ruined by a horrible chorus.

Sweet taste of victory, go head breathe it in like antihistamine, I knew they saying Damn Ye you snapped on this beat, fuck you expect? I got a history


Lol. I was with it until the high pitched wheels/steel part.

Ruined what was otherwise a pretty perfect song.

It was soooo much better.

I also remember the original "It's Your World" was a little more stripped down. I came to love the album version but I recall preferring the original for a while. Think it was something w/the drums that Dilla ultimately added to the final version.

wish i hadn't heard it

Red & Meth throw off the album experience way more than they throw off the song though...I recognize the L&R is supposed to be a gritty, nasty funk record...but it would have better served the project as a whole to be a bit more subtle.
Also, Ricky's verse on DiaND has its moments, but pretty often, as soon as I hear "Lookin' at my b*tch, I bet she give ya ass a bone", I just snap out of the state that song puts me in and fall back to earth. Not a huge Drake fan, but it shoulda been him on that feature...that topic woulda been his bread n butter.

...everyday like I know I'm the shit and you ain't fucking with me.

Joe Scudda on Little Brother's "Lovin' It".

Phonte's verse is happy, the sample is happy and Joe instantly throws the song off. I don't really know why Joe was on LB's first single at all compared to everyone else in the Justice League at the time.

It's not that I dislike Scudda's work....but man he was a bad fit on that song IMO.

https://youtu.be/vLReIhRgVS8

Ruined the song for me.

Mine...Danny Brown ruins it imo, the slowed down tone of the beat kills the energy, and not really diggin Danny here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LINt9Fq2c8E

I've listened to this song probably 100 times in my life, and only heard the third verse like 5 times.

Rhymes but the imagery of that always threw me off.


**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

damn near ruins a near perfect song.


**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

He's the undisputed GOAT
but "it's like, like...I'm a gun" completely kills the premise
in fact the whole monologue is ass

We didn't need to be told you were rhyming from the perspective of a firearm
smarten up, Nas

Followed up by "If this was Vietnam, I'd gook you!" in the same verse.

**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

It zigs when you expect a zag.

That line is like a record screech to me. No one ever asked him about that colorist bullshit.

Ditto for Kane and that “women of a light skinned breed, you got you got you got what I need” back in the Afrocentric era, but the Buck line felt worst/extra disrespectful

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com

Not the first or the last to front
but to hear it was like "oh, you're one of them"

Andrew.

ALWAYS.

So bad. He even had to address it about how he was just kidding on “Cause I Can Do It Right.” How hard would’ve been to say “18 to 80” in the first place?

.

The line about interracial dating threw me for a loop. I listened to the song for the longest but that line never sat well with me.

"Downtown interracial couples hold hands/
I breathe heavy like a old man wit a cold can of Old Style" - Hungry

Think there was another example or two I can't think of right now but he's since stepped back from that perspective in interviews and such.

I think there was a no-name rapper or rap group who took issue with that line in "Real People" shortly after it was released, and dissed Common over it ... though I can't remember who it was. Think they used the "Real People" beat for the diss too. It was pretty weak haha but they did an interview or two about it and explained why it bothered them so much. Not sure if Comm ever responded.

Comm also had the F-bomb line in "Dooinit" that is super cringeworthy to listen to now. But it doesn't ruin the song cause the song is that good lol.

>"Downtown interracial couples hold hands/
>I breathe heavy like a old man wit a cold can of Old Style" -
>Hungry
>
>Think there was another example or two I can't think of right
>now but he's since stepped back from that perspective in
>interviews and such.
>
>I think there was a no-name rapper or rap group who took issue
>with that line in "Real People" shortly after it was released,
>and dissed Common over it ... though I can't remember who it
>was. Think they used the "Real People" beat for the diss too.
>It was pretty weak haha but they did an interview or two about
>it and explained why it bothered them so much. Not sure if
>Comm ever responded.
>
>Comm also had the F-bomb line in "Dooinit" that is super
>cringeworthy to listen to now. But it doesn't ruin the song
>cause the song is that good lol.

Not that I have the right to comment on anyone's preferences but I remember hearing Common admit to having some sort of a relationship with a white woman at some point.

He didn't say if it was a hookup or if it happened after he recorded Real People. It makes sense. He's on the road and likely playing the field, at least early in his career. But maybe he felt conflicted about interracial dating in the time period around LWFC/Be.

The Dooinit is textbook record scratch material. I can only listen to the edited version of that song. I probably shouldn't listen to that song at all now, but that song is tough outside of that part.

he never has been. even when his music was good, his rapping wasn't.

Raekwon starts off with a verse cautioning the youth against getting caught up in the street life. Then Cappadonna comes in and dedicates his verse to rappers talking trash and not backing it up.