Showing posts with label Rap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rap. Show all posts

Friday, August 23, 2013

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: Throwin' Bows Like Johnny Cage


By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

Crime Mob's instant classic "Knuck if You Buck" may be the most misunderstood rap song of all time.

Well, at least it was to me, until I decided to look it up on Urban Dictionary.

You see, I've had this song all wrong since my friends and I made a 3 am trip to Steak 'n Shake when I was a junior in high school. We were talking about the song and asking just what the hell it meant. Our waiter came up and explained:

Friday, August 9, 2013

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: Fab at His Best


By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

I've always thought that Fabolous was one of the more underrated rappers of my high school days, and YouTube user Thevaughn21 agrees with me.

In a comment underneath my favorite Fabolous song, and Fruitvale Station commercial jam, "Breathe," Thevaughn21 writes simply that "this n***a gets way less credit than he deserves."

Tru dat.

Friday, July 26, 2013

Forgot About that $#!+ Friday: Every Other Juvenile Song



By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

Everybody remembers Juvenile's breakthrough hit "Back that Azz Up."

The ode to ass shaking reached No. 15 on the Billboard 100, practically started the "twerk song" movement, introduced the mainstream to Lil Wayne, helped his album 400 Degreez reach 4x Platinum, and paved the way for The Big Tymers to become stars.

But what most people don't remember is that Juvenile had several other hits, including a No. 1 single back in 2003. The reason you don't remember them: They were pretty much all terrible.

So, let's take a look back at some of Juve The Great's other hits.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Yeezus, How Did We Get Here?!?!

Credit: RapGenius.com                                                                                        


By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

I recently wrote a review of Fast and Furious 6 where I wondered just how on the Earth the franchise had advanced from the first film about cars and the racing subculture of LA, all the way to the international heist/anti-terrorism summer blockbuster the latest installment was.

Yeezus, the latest album from polarizing artist, lyrical genius voice of a generation, and gay fish Kanye West has the same feel. If you listen to his first studio album The College Dropout, a masterpiece from early 2004, then turn Yeezus on, you'd be hard pressed to find many similarities.