FOUR HIP-HOP TRACKS FROM YESTERYEAR THAT'LL MAKE YOU WANNA MOVE SOMETHIN’...
JAY DEE – WON’T DO
Only Dilla could make bigamy sound so acceptable. ‘One won’t do and two is not enough for me though!’ Jay Dee is talking broads, multiple broads, and it’s like we’re pairs of Nike Air Max 90’s or limited edition New Era fitteds. One is simply not enough, and that treasured collection has just gotta be expanded! Something deep down just always challenges that ‘naughty boy’ image that Jay Dee attempted to put out there from time to time. In reality, I think he was a real momma’s boy who enjoyed home cooking and stroking kittens whilst making killer beats...but of course, it’s not hip-hop to admit that. He’s surely and sorely missed in the musical world, that’s for sure.
MED – CAN’T HOLD ON
This Medaphor tune is straight contagious. After the first listen I found myself skipping back to the beginning over and over until my thumb hurt.
MADVILLIAN – FANCY CLOWN
I can’t get over the subtle disgustingness of this track. It’s amazing. If you listen in carefully you will notice that Victor sprays some serious adultery hysteria (‘you wasn’t sorry when you sucked him off in the hallway’) and brags about revenge sex unashamedly (‘I duped the maid Carolyn, she made me throw the towel in...I told her knock it off, but she had to set the rocket off’) whilst still maintaining that rock solid lyrical prowess he is most rightfully famous for.
SAUKRATES – PLAY DIS (FEATURING COMMON)
It may just be some morbid personal fascination of mine, but I think of Common as the George Clooney of the hip-hop world. His voice just makes me swoon, and with that he can do nothing wrong. Therefore, I like pretty much everything Common does, but especially this track. It’s jus upbeat and happy. Common and Saukrates seem to bounce off each other nicely, and there’s some killer lines in there like ‘I like a Heineken it’s sorta like my vitamin’. Oh, how we all wished beer was a vitamin.
