concerning moi
a hideous triumph of form and function
Lil Wayne, “She Will (Ft. Drake).”
Even if the whole picture is low-key, there are a handful of great cuts from Tha Carter IV. This is one of them. Love the production, Drake continues to blow me away. Weezy is focused.
“eat her til she cry/call it wine and dine”
To be honest I feel stupid for not finding the “Cosmia”-sampling Fashawn track, “When She Calls,” off his debut album Boy Meets World until now.
It’s buried (buried I say!) on the latter half of the record and exquisitely takes the original Joanna Newsom track, placing it as the background to a story Fashawn spits about a man who loses everything.
It’s easily the best use of a Joanna Newsom song, although between The Roots, “Right On,” and those Calamus Root Magician remixes, there isn’t much competition.
Still, it is another fine example why Fashawn continues to impress me and also reinforces the deeply inherent emotionality of Newsom’s material. On “When She Calls,” producer Exile and Fashawn bring to bare the searing melancholy. Fine work.
Tyler, The Creator’s “Yonkers” is still stuck in my head. Terrifying growl and a scuzzy beat. Perfection in a frightening manner. Goblin drops in April.
repped over at The Needle Drop, these dudes know how to put together a great low budget video. Meyhem Lauren and Action Bronson drop “TYPHOON RAP” and I swear these guys exist in a Tim & Eric kind of universe. HIlarious flow each of them and really great old school beats too. Ya’ll need to check this out.
Weezy’s back baby.
I’ve been diggin’ on Fresno rapper Fashawn’s no frills record from 2009, Boy Meets World. “Why” is a standout track featuring great interplay between the hook and the sample. Old school hip hop heads will go nuts over this kind of old school crate digging.
Fashawn’s the kind of rapper with his heart on his sleeve, but his style is so breezy it’s real easy to understand the hype. His swagger is confident and laidback and “Why” reflects the kind of wisdom you’d expect for someone his age; thoughtful, but full of youthful energy with plenty of room to grow.
key lyric: “I told my momma I’d change but it’s clear I’ll always be the same”
music video of Fashawn’s “The Ecology” and “The Score” from his debut album in ‘09 Boy Meets World. I like this guy’s loose and breezy style. Very old school.
but do I ever come up in discussion over double pump lattes
and low fat muffins, do I?
— Drake from “Thank Me Now” off Thank Me Later. This line always kill me because I think it represents this super insecure feeling that I can relate to a lot. Love often falls apart that’s a fact, but is that time you spent with the person ultimately mean something? Do you become permanently imbedded in your ex’s psyche or do you fade away like a bad song or that tv movie you watched once years ago?
