HOW DARE YOU QUESTION NOZ’S TRENDSETTING?
#1 TATTOOS ON MY SKIN AND ON VARIOUS PARTS OF MY BODY
#2 REVIEWING RECORDS THAT I DONT ALWAYS HEAR
#3 WATCHING THE MOVIE SCARFACE,,,,, NOBODY WAS WATCHING THAT SHIT BEFORE ME I SAW IT IN THE THEATRE
#4 THE MAFIA,,,, COSTA NOSTRA BIT MY SHIT WHEN I LEFT MY NOTEBOOOK IN HIS LIMOSOUINE AFTER WE WENT TO ITALY THAT ONE TIME
#5 HOW I FOLD MY BANDANA
#6 MADE DRINKIN WATER, SODA, JUICE(probably) POPULAR
#7 PIANOS,,, STARTED USING THEM IN 91. NOW EVERYBODYS PLAYING
#8 CREATING AND MAKING SLANG POPULAR LIKE ,,,, GRIVEL, KIKO, PITTED, THANK YOU, BREIHANIC
#9 YOU ARE A EXTRA DICK RIDER
#10 THIS BELONGS AT THE TOP,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, NOZ AFTER MY NAME WAS IN THE XXL COLUMN THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME MY NAME WAS EVER PRINTED IN THE PRINTING COLUM THEN OUTTA NOWHERE POP’S UP’S a nas from queensbridge??? HE BIT MY NAME THERE IS NO WAY IN THE UNIVERSE THAT SOMEBODY ELS COULD PUT THREE LETTERS TOGETHER AND MAKE IT SOUND THE SAME BY COINCIDENCE TOTALLY IMPOSSBLE. ASK LIL DAP AND A GANG OF OTHER WITNESSES. LIL DAP KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE UNIVERSE
#11 SHOELACES,,,,,,,,, (nothin to be proud of)
#12 FIRST BLOGGER WITH TATS UNDER MY SKIN.
#13 EMAIL. BACK IN 99 BEFORE IT WAS POPULAR TO WRITE EMAILS I WAS SENDING THEM TO ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.
#14 MAKING EXPOSING REVEALING TRUTHS ABOUT SPACE LIZARDS, GOVERNMENT SECRETS AND PASTEURIZATION THAT NEW HOT SHIT PEOPLE DO IT BU TNOT LIKE NOZ I BEEN DOIN IT SINCE… JUST LISTEN TO MY BEATS THESE FAGGOT CONSCIOUS RAPPERS DONT EVEN HAVE BEATS EXCEPT WHEN THEY DO THEY WILL NEVER………. HOW DARE YOU QUESTION MY TREND SETTING, LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE
#15 LAMISIL, TINACTIN RAPS,,,, I STARTED SAYIN ALL THIS CAUSE I WRITE…. RHYME WHILE IM SICK FOOT ACTUALLY GETTING THESE DRUGS FROM THE PHARMACY…YOU ARE A DOUBLE DICK RIDER.
#16 I COULD JUST KEEP GOING BUT NOW I’M TIRED… I MADE BEING TIRED HOT HOW DARE YOU QUESTION MY TREND SETTING LOOK AT WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE.
― and what, Saturday, 5 April 2008 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i dunno about any of their other songs but cappacino by the knux is dope! Its the only throw back joint I've been really feeling. That Pacific Div Fat Boys joint is way boring and sounds just like every Cool Kids song except the dudes are passably better rappers than the Cool Kids. Noz's post I thought was on point for a sec but I dont really think rap needs to be tied to a 'real place' to be good or whatever, thats just not realistic. But yeah so far this post-myspace generic 'throwback' rap has been way underwhelming
'cappuccino' sounds great tho, the one guy kind of sounds like dude from camp lo and the hook sounds totally de la
-- deej, Saturday, April 5, 2008 9:42 AM (Saturday, April 5, 2008 9:42 AM) Bookmark Link
I can see why one might think it sounds similar to Cool Kids, but I think there's certainly room for "similar to, but much better than". Other than the Fat Boys reference, and maybe their image, which I could give a fuck about, I'm not sure what's supposed to be retro about this, tho. If anything, the aesthetic strikes me as hyphy reconciling with medium rap. None of the other songs I've heard by them sound like that, anyway.
I will give you that the Knux song is better, tho. (Actually, their image is way more obnoxious to me than Pac Div's.)
― The Reverend, Sunday, 6 April 2008 06:52 (sixteen years ago) link