Erotic Lawyer wrote:
Honestly I am not trying to be funny at all here but Hit em Up reminds me a lot of Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way. One was far less violent obviously. It was such raw emotion in go your own way that made it great. Seeing Lindsey and Coke Enema scream at each other was great. The Christie and nut undertones only add to it.
Hit em Up was as visceral as anything though. It wasn't fake visceral. It was two former friends in a game over their head. Who Shot Ya didn't help. Hit em Up doesn't make you feel warm and fuzzy or good about humanity. It shouldn't. It was powerful though like Fleet song just a sadder version of it. I can go on about why the social disparity of the times and the two groups involved make sense but you either know or don't care.
I remember buying Doggy Style and the new Sugar album one night from a record store. The guy just looked at me. I could only offer, man I love Husker Du.
90's rap was pretty important. It muddied up the better talents like Eric B and Rakim but the Chronic truly brought it over to the white public more than Run/Aerosmith did. They opened a door as did PE and Anthrax.
That being said Tupac was influential and yes actually a good acting talent. He would have had a good career and likely matured well ( maybe Cobain would have or Nick Drake). I think Biggie was a better wordsmith overall though.
Does anyone remember in clockers when Chuck D was being disrespected? Always humored me.
Burn Hollywood Burn.
Up next my views on Kanye, Chief Keef, Metallica, Screeching Weasel, Faith No More and the Grateful Dead. Maybe Robert Johnson too.
I always thought the rat packed music was the original bragging rap
Songs about how awesome they were, how they partied and the women they got with some stuff from the heart sprinkled in iccassionally
My Way totally translates to hip hop
Chief Keef is the worst