At the pool this weekend this one older woman asked why there were so many people in Faneuil hall, it was because of some weird little Boston rapper, I didn't say that but I did say "Oh a rap show I think, in which this woman replied "BLECK I don't like rap do you? Too much swearing" ALRIGHT. I hate this attitude towards hip hop. Some of the most intelligent music is hip hop, of course there is awful rap where they are just trying to sound tough and swear unnecessarily, luckily I only listen to exquisite hip hop music...such as THE PHARCYDE. This album (and I'm pretty sure I'm alone in this thought) sounds like a bunch of gay (and I mean that word in the 40's sense of extremely joyful) rappers came together and they're just having a ton of fun, its their first album in the early days of hip-hop, what is there to lose? Its funny, has some great lyrics and stories and the jazz influenced beats really get you into it. Here's some of the best songs from this album:
I'm that type of ni***r- I love the drums and the bass with the "um um well excuse me" added. The best lyric? "I'm that type of ni***r to catch a bullet in my teeth then call you St. Nick dick cause you'll get hung like a wreath"
Soul Flower (remix)-I LOVE this song, the beats great and they make a ton of P-funk references, which I always appreciate and the lyrics... "I got more flava than 7/11 slurpees if Magic can admit he has AIDS, fuck it, I got herpes" HAHA
Passin Me By- the most popular song on the album, and it usually ranked among the best hip hop songs of all time. To me it has this great innocence, he just has a crush on this girl, just give him some attention!!
The skits are also just extremely entertaining on this album like when everyone randomly busts out singing "Quinton's on his way with another J, and its okayyy" now Quinton is memorialized in hip hop history cause he was nice enough to bring his buddies a joint.
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