(From These Titles Are Getting Pretty Silly AKA Can't Sell 4 mixtape; 2025)
I slept on this one because Sandman's other current single Need A Woman is one of the most embarrassing Rap songs ever recorded: insufferable finger-wagging prudishness which makes 1996 Jeru Tha Damaja sound like Too $hort. Look Alive, however, is my favourite type of Boy Sand song where he mixes ground control shit with galaxy brain shit. The video even features the return of his apartment from such Martorialist-approved Sandman videos as Waiting On My Girl and Yup. Do It!.
Bonus beats: Sandman mentions Kool Keith on this song, so here's one of my favourite Ultramagnetic MC's deep cuts. Before Kool Keith mastered Sex Style, he dabbled in Romance Rap with this solo R&Bullshit ballad probably recorded around The Four Horsemen era in 1992/1993. Fresh for February 14th you suckaaaaz, there ain't nothing Don Juan Thornton won't do for the object of his affections. He'll take her out in the summer to see the Jets! He'll take her out in the winter to see the Mets! Keith doesn't mention wee-wee or doo-doo on this song and that's why it's a much welcome outlier in his catalogue.
(From New York What Is Funky compilation; 1996)
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