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I have so many opinions 4 u

deej loaf (D-40), Saturday, 20 September 2014 07:23 (nine years ago) link

do tell!!

the late great, Saturday, 20 September 2014 07:26 (nine years ago) link

I like 40 Water but never got into this beyond the surface & it never really popped off so I don't really have an opinion on it. I like the P-Lo/The Invasion / League of Starz post-hyphy style though, less goofy (?) but the beats still bang (bang, bang)

P sure crunk decisively won the popularity wars back in the day tho lol, I mean people at my college liked "Blow the Whistle" and "Tell Me When to Go" but nowhere near how much people went nuts for "Get Low" for example. Lil Jon uber alles

nova, Saturday, 20 September 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link

actually nvm p sure people did go nuts to "Blow the Whistle" too. All Lil Jon tho which is kinda weird to think about & shows he was more versatile than people sometimes give him credit for (to say nothing of casual/non-rap fans who think he just yelled over shit)

nova, Saturday, 20 September 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link

Blow the whistle and tell me when to go ate both produced by lil jon you know

Οὖτις, Saturday, 20 September 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link

Nm xxp

Οὖτις, Saturday, 20 September 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link

blow the whistle has actually only gotten more popular as time has gone on ... it barely charted initially:
http://www.complex.com/music/2014/05/how-did-blow-the-whistle-become-hyphys-biggest-anthem

deej loaf (D-40), Saturday, 20 September 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link

really forward thinking stuff that breaks the boundaries. this is the kind of stuff that is literally catnip to real music buffs

cool music buff (missingNO), Saturday, 20 September 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link

actually seen that article before, nice job btw

And yeah def. prefer it to "Tell Me When to Go" although both are dope

nova, Sunday, 21 September 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link

I feel like I barely go to a party where "Blow the Whistle" doesn't get played but I had assumed this was strictly a west coast phenomenon

The Reverend, Sunday, 21 September 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link

I still hear "Feelin' Myself" out pretty often (which ppl go nuts to obv) and "The Thizzle Dance" and "Super Hyphy" every once in a while

The Reverend, Sunday, 21 September 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link

At the time tho "Tell Me When to Go" was the biggest song that year but I rarely hear it now. There was one time that summer when I was at a red light and it came on the radio and I realized the guys in the next car had it on too and we started rapping it back and forth between are cars and going all dumb. That was the best.

The Reverend, Sunday, 21 September 2014 00:35 (nine years ago) link

Feelin myself is the jam

Οὖτις, Sunday, 21 September 2014 00:45 (nine years ago) link

of all the songs you just mentioned, literally only 'blow the whistle' gets played at non-west coast clubs IME

deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 21 September 2014 01:28 (nine years ago) link

blow the whistle is a national legacy hit, now

deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 21 September 2014 01:29 (nine years ago) link

feel like I hear blow the whistle every day

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 21 September 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link

man I hated "The Thizzle Dance" in college, thought it was terrible. college college blahblah.

I really should correct my lack of Mac Dre knowledge though, letting the Bay down

nova, Sunday, 21 September 2014 02:15 (nine years ago) link

At the time tho "Tell Me When to Go" was the biggest song that year but I rarely hear it now. There was one time that summer when I was at a red light and it came on the radio and I realized the guys in the next car had it on too and we started rapping it back and forth between are cars and going all dumb. That was the best.

― The Reverend, Saturday, September 20, 2014 5:35 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I had this experience (kinda sorta) with Snoop Dogg "Who Am I (What's My Name)" a couple weeks back lol, SoCal in NorCal man

nova, Sunday, 21 September 2014 02:21 (nine years ago) link

Other Too Short songs of that period I hear out once in a while: "Shake That Monkey", "I Want Your Girl", "Burn Rubber"

The Reverend, Sunday, 21 September 2014 06:50 (nine years ago) link


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