(From 400 Degreez album; 1998)
Ghetto Children as one of the best songs on 400 Degreez? For years I couldn't see it. Haterz tryna make me out as stubborn? I can't be it. That's my fancy way of saying that your musical taste should be ever-evolving and not forever fixed in stone inside your domepiece. You come up with them initial favourite jams, ha! You ain't gotta be stuck with them initial favourite jams, ha!
Unpopular opinion: I'll always prefer Follow Me Now to Back That Azz Up as far as 400 Degreez singles go. There's a Juvenile interview where he says Follow Me Now was the single which #actually propelled the album to multi-platinum status after it became big on Latino radio due to the Santana interpolation. If true, that's some Oye Como Whoa Na type trivia.
had a similar revelation earlier this year with "rich n--" mannie goes completely bonkers on that one
ReplyDelete400 degreez - the gift that keeps on giving
It really is.
ReplyDeletePrefer Soulja Rags to 400 Degreez but both are classics. I think I prefer both Ha and Follow Me Now to Back That Azz Up, possibly Rich N****z too.
ReplyDeleteCurrent top 5 400 Degreez album tracks IMHO:
ReplyDelete1. Ghetto Children
2. U.P.T
3. Gone Ride With Me
4. Run For It
5. Rich N***az
Not an album track but a single but I keep forgetting you're not a big fan of "Ha".
ReplyDeleteEh? I love Ha. Not a fan of the remix with the Hot Boys over the different beat.
ReplyDeleteMisremembered then, I remember someone on the baby blue back in the day who hated that song.
ReplyDeleteI think that was Rey. He always had funny taste regards Louisiana rap.
ReplyDeleteThat first point you made about ever-evolving tastes ticks the right boxes for me. First time I heard a CMR album was Chopper City In The Ghetto by B.G. and by the time I heard the song Bling Bling I was like ok that’s too much, what the funk is even going on here? I didn’t understand anything about it, the beats, the flows, it was like a joke lost on me. Flash forwards a few years later, I’m doing a Lil’ Wayne deep dive, then onto Juvenile’s 400 Degrees and Hot Boys’ Guerilla Warfare, and I’m enjoying all of it, so the next logical step is to listen to that B.G. album once more …. And it clicked! Almost 10 years after my first listen lol. That aaaaah moment where you’re like I’ve been wrong all along - this shit rules!
ReplyDeleteIt's always a beautiful feeling innit?
ReplyDelete^ One of the realest things you've written 4 real.
ReplyDeleteHad that near orgasmic feeling earlier this year after a proper deep dive in Lil Phat's discography. Listened to a few of his mixtapes, didn't really click for me save for a few songs here or there. Threw on Life Of A Yungsta, it hasn't left my rotation yet.
Congratulations on joining #LilPhatHive.
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