Monday, 6 January 2025

My Mind Spray 18

Here is something I can't understand: why a new remix of OMB Peezy's 2016 classic Lay Down featuring GloRilla suddenly appeared outta nowhere last week? At least it would make sense if there was a remix featuring Flo Milli since her & Peezy are two Alabama rappers who dropped nothin' but fire for 2 years or so and then lost their respective sparks thereafter.

Moniker for a MAGA rapper who thinks Hip-Hop kulcha was invented by pure-blooded 'Muricans who had no Jamaican or Latino heritage: FBA YoungBoy.

It makes sense that Tariq Nasheed's revisionist FBA Hip-Hop nonsense would gain traction since The Kulcha™ is now just a repository for grifters, conspiracy theorists, conspiracy-theory casualties, MAGA guys, flat Earthers, myopic Stans and people who are allergic to history which took place before they were born. If the FBAs think Fat Joe is a culture vulture then just wait until they discover Ezale. Or Necro & Ill Bill.

In actual order of preference, my fave Casual songs which aren't on his Fear Itself album: Turkey & Dressing, Who Do That, I Gotta (Get Down), Studio D, The Best At It, Years Ago, Classic Material, Feel Like Busting and Turf Dirt.

10 comments:

noz said...

"lay down" became a big tiktok thing recently, the remix is piggybacking off that https://www.tiktok.com/discover/lay-down-by-omb-peezy

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Ah of course.

When is TikTok going to discover Dirty by Baby Soulja & Boosie?

Ben said...

It’s amazing what Tik Tok does for songs that get lost to time maybe it’s one good contribution?

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Definitely.

Spartan said...

Will Tariq Nasheed erase from the history books all the questionable clothes old school rappers wore back in the day, though?

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Cold Crush's outfits in Beat This: A Hip-Hop History will live on forever.

Malcom McLaren X said...

The "Hip Hop Is Black" gatekeeping shit comes in twenty year cycles. Don't Heads ever get bored of having the same conversations, ad nauseam? Unless you're Herc or Bambaataa (or whomever they 'stole' their ideas from) EVERYBODY who makes, consumes and comments on Hip Hop in 2025 is a Johnny-come-lately Culture vulture(tm). #YouWerentThereMan

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

One thing the internet has taught me is that Hip-Hop heads definitely do NOT get bored of having the same conversations, ad nauseam

Anonymous said...

no love for bay vs bricks?

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Just listened to it. Very nice.