Comments on: Explicito Lingo: Downloads

By: dr. b.

dr. b. — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:48:39 +0000

Stuff that I own, but oddly hadn’t imported into iTunes. What the hell was I thinking?

By: Jay Smooth

Jay Smooth — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:40:03 +0000

My favorite thing about “Put It In My Mouth” is how that song’s beat (a sample of “Fun” by Brick) was re-used on the most opposite song imaginable, India Arie’s “Video.” I’ve always wondered whether the irony was intentional on India’s part.

By: Oshunluv

Oshunluv — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 07:58:04 +0000

How do I feel about them??? hip-hop classics!
Bone-Thugs and Biggie was an Oakland classic Back in the day! And I think sometimes it’s okay for guys to have music that speaks to thier journey to man hood.
As for hot hip-hop with female-sentiric lyrics…check out Lateef from Latyrics (Quannum projects), Lady Don’t Tec No. The lyrics,composed and proformed by a man, praise the beauty of complex, intellectual, uban woman…and the beat is bumping. It is one example of good hip-hop that sees and values women.
Great post- thanks for the trip down memory lane!

By: La Lubu

La Lubu — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:11:55 +0000

I bought “Freak Like Me” as a CD single when it first came out, so I guess I have no shame either, LOL! I dug the attitude, as well as the beat. That was a woman who knew what she wanted, and was going to go get it! Damn, you sure brought some memories back for me with this one; I was working down in St. Louis at the time, hangin’ out in Soulard, listening to Majic 108…..seems like a lifetime ago.

Generally, I don’t like the thug-life gangsta genre of hip-hop; good lyrics trump a good beat every single time for me. What got me about this song though, wasn’t just her attitude—there was a sense of humor there, too. Maybe not directly expressed, but hey….”it’s all good to me”.

The mainstream media, including the mainstream music press, is completely fucked up in their differential treatment of rock and hip-hop. As I remember, it was 80s hair bands that first started popularizing the rock-porn connection, and using video babes….but that was white boys, so it’s ok. Shee-it.