Thursday 12 August 2021

Keep it in the Fam-Lay

On one hand, Fam-Lay retired from Rap without having a hit single even though he had a handful of singles which shoulda been hits. On the other hand, Fam-Lay sorta has a 2021 hit single by proxy via that BIA lass he discovered/mentors. I ain't tryna suggest his writing hand was behind BIA's rhymes on Whole Lotta Money, but her nonchalance and flow on this one sound like they were trainedtogo by him.

BIA - Whole Lotta Money
(From For Certain EP; 2020)




Related: while I was playing Duck Hunt, the DMCA treated my Fam-Lay playlist like a sitting duck. A best of Fam-Lay without either version of Rock N' Roll? That's like thinking of Lee Harvey without thinking of a Harley.

Fam-Lay ft. Lil' Flip & Kelis - Rock N' Roll (remix)
(From Rock N' Roll (remix) single; 2003)



14 comments:

Yohan said...

This song might be the best Cardi B track I ever heard.

Also, to be that guy: that EP dropped at the tail end of 2020.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Remember Remember the 11th of December.

Technically Cardi B is a BIA biter rather than vice versa because BIA was dropping music in deadpan Spanglish when Cardi was the Kat Stacks of Instagram/a reality TV star.

Yohan said...

Fair enough. TBF I only know the broad from Safari, which did get a lot of burn from me over the years.

GGGGGG said...

Fam-Lay so underrated

Johnny Rap said...

Another Girls rapsong which isn't bad (at all).
Shakey & AshbashThaRapper - Boss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hX0QKgoTmc&list=WL&index=25

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Could really go for a new GetEmTree song right now tbqh.

Jmil843 said...

AZ finally dropping but this doesn’t look promising https://twitter.com/fadeawaybarber2/status/1426222177787973634?s=21

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Idris Elba???? 🤣

Hopefully it's a joke tracklist because it doesn't have Different or the song with Jahiem he just dropped.

Ben said...

When I saw that tracklist for Doe or Die 2 I was mystified why he picked those guests of all people. The Conway feature I guess makes sense cause Griselda are having there 15 minutes right now but none of the other features make any sense.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

I'm hoping it's fake. People do fake album tracklists as viral jokes.

Yohan said...

Just listened to the entire "For Certain" release and while this song was the best song on it, I was pleasantly surprised. imo one of the better releases of last year.

I also liked the "Bia Bia" remake with Lil Jon and "Plate".

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Following in Fam-Lay's footsteps by doing a Lil' Jon song.

DOMTOM_ said...

If anyone needs it, i uploaded the best-of Fam-Lay right here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/jzber9gieb52lss/The_Martorialist_-_Best_Of_Fam-Lay.zip/file

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Good man, cheers 🍻