Saturday, 9 July 2022

My Alphabets Part 2

"M is for the Money, E is for the Evil
The other M for Memphis, the P is for the People
The H is for the Hoes and the I is for Ice
The S is for your Soul, it can come with a price"

Duke Deuce - I Get Crunk
(From CRUNKSTAR album; 2022)



It's a testament to how timeless LL Cool J's I Need Love is that it's already inspired two remakes so far this year. DJ Fresh & J.Stalin's I Need A Plug is a nice little requel, but Duke Deuce's I Get Crunk is bigger and deffer enough to qualify as a legit revamp. This shit needs a proper video where Duke can strut his half B-Boy/half D-Boy stuff. Off-beat and on-beat, old skool like Beat Street, Duke got more funk than Popmaster Fabel's feet.

True story: as I was writing this post the universe aligned with the algorithm and YouTube recommended me a documentary about LL Cool J's Bigger And Deffer album. Let Marty lead you away from drugs and petty crime, lead you away from Memphis beats and rhymes, lead you to that ticket line so you can watch 11 minutes of LL in his prime.


If LL doesn't shout out Duke like he did Peewee Longway then we riot.
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10 comments:

  1. Spartan9 July 2022 at 13:33

    Always assumed LL got flack for I Need Love by his contemporaries back in the day. Good to see it getting some love today, regardless.

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  2. Kelvin Mack10zie9 July 2022 at 14:09

    He did, but quality songwriting triumphed in the end. That and Teenage Love reign supreme in the pantheon of 80s Rap ballads.

    Worst 80s Rap ballad has gotta be Nice & Smooth's Something I Can't Explain. Putting a turgid 6 minute ballad as the 2nd song on your debut album was such a terrible A&R decision 🤨

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  3. Kelvin Mack10zie9 July 2022 at 14:13

    Sidenote, that thumbnail on the LL video might be the G.O.A.T hands-on-nuts moment.

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  4. Spartan9 July 2022 at 15:12

    That Nice & Smooth song is horrific.

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  5. Kelvin Mack10zie9 July 2022 at 15:35

    The transition from Early To Rise to that piece of shit song is equally 😂 and 😭

    Sidenote two, the kitchen wild out scene from Duke Deuce's WTF! video is my favourite Rap video moment of recent years.

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  6. Smell Rell9 July 2022 at 21:48

    When he is good he is very good

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  7. L.A10 July 2022 at 20:51

    Good find on the LL doc.

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  8. Kelvin Mack10zie11 July 2022 at 08:59

    Should have been a minute longer with some talk about My Rhyme Ain't Done tho, natch.

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  9. Yohan11 July 2022 at 15:35

    I like this song, but I Love WTF and Just Say That. Still hope Duke Deuce releases that DJ Zirk remake track he was teasing a while back.

    I'll also fly out to support the LL Cool J / Duke Deuce riot in person.

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  10. Kelvin Mack10zie11 July 2022 at 16:29

    Crazy visionz, BOOM: Duke remakes Go Cut Creator Go but in tribute to his 2 DJs the DJ Tootz twins.

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