I Shot Ya!

One thing we don't see much of anymore is a group collaboration where EVERYONE on the track is spittin the bangin lyrics. Here is one of my favorite ones from the 90s, where all the folks are bustin out the "hawt fiyah". lol.



Around this time, LL Cool J was starting to take another route toward a more lovey dovey, "softer" James Todd Smith; gone are the days when folks used to "forget Oreos and eat Cool J cookies". But here, LL showed everyone that not only did he not lose that side of him, but he could hold his own on a track full of stars. Keith Murray introduced this track with a bang, and Prodigy followed right up behind him with another tight verse. Fat Joe, as always, brought the heat, but even the Madame of the Firm, Foxy Brown, showed the men that this was no longer "a man's world". LL ended it with the same energy as the rest of em.

Kudos folks on this. A lot of songs only do 2-3 people at a time, and not all of them are cohesive with each other. I think a lot of folks don't realize cohesion is the biggest part of any group collabo, and if the crew isn't cohesive, then the song is gonna fail. Here's another one that is a bangin remix: starting off with Young Jeezy and followed by more nice flows:



DJ Khaled couldn't have picked a better group (well I probably wouldn't have chosen Rick Ross, but even he brought it.) Can't even front...this is probably one of the most bangin group collabos this millenium.

We need more songs like this...if folks can bring it like this at least 85% of the time, then music can still stand a chance! Don't tear down your desk/office listening to this. I can't be held accountable. :-D

Straight Sympin

I know that whenever you think of hip-hop music, you don't think about those types of songs where you see folks "sprung", nose "wide open", and the such. I really don't think that I ever thought I'd hear about some dude who decided that this girl was the one who could have him trippin over his own two feet, and much less write about it. But you know what though, it's music like this that is the jam at times when you feelin like this, but you don't wanna admit it to your boys. Songs like this one:

LL Cool J - I Need Love
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LL wrote the original sympin song. I mean, seriously she musta had that "good good" because one minute he talkin bout he bad and such, then this nigga talkin

When I'm alone in my room
Sometimes I stare at the wall,
and in the back of my mind
I hear my conscious call
tellin me I need a girl
who's as sweet as a dove
for the first time in my life
I see I need love

OK....how does THAT work? Did she put it on this nigga somethin proper like? LOL. I know yall ladies know how to work it and put it down in the bedroom (well some of yall...lol), but dayum, it must be serious for him to put it out there like that.

Now T.I. took it to another level with Freak Though. Not only did he put it out there that he wanted to be with this girl, but apparently, she's the neighborhood hoe, and he tryin turn a hoe into a housewife (although he say he don't...but he lyin tho. lol)

TI - Freak Though - WITH LYRICS! @ Yahoo! Video

Seriously though, this nigga done lost his mind. I mean really, all your boys and your fam done ran through her and you still tryin to make her wifey? Yeah...uh...not quite. But hey, you like it, I'll tolerate it. I just hope that I don't fall into THAT gap. lol

Then if that ain't bad enough, after he done wifed up the girl, you then tell her that she can buy the bank out and "have whatever she like".



Like for real doe...I'm outta suggestions at this point. Some good friends and I had this phrase called "Tampabayin", where she could do anything she wanted to and get away with it. It sounds like T.I. is a member of this club, cause he believe "it ain't trickin if you got it." I call shenanigans on that line. LOL

Last but not least, we gots this one here:



Now she really know he sprung...cause he done told her she the best he EVER had. I mean seriously, even if she is, do you tell her that? Does that mean that you whipped from head to toe? That she can use you for her personal carpet? LOL. I know the women reading this are gonna have issues with that, but honestly, I think so. There are ways to show her that you feelin her without losing your manhood.

I hope that these negroes get it together for the men...we lookin real simp-lified right now. LOL