Monthly Archives: October 2009

Hey clueless Warner Records reps!!

Posted by David on

WTF are you doing dropping that awful Gucci/Usher single? its tone deaf, smothers Gucci’s appeal and is so clearly tossed off. The thing is — Gucci does a great job w/ R&B “for the ladies” joints, you just cant force them like that … how you gonna let a million dollar single like this one just float out into the ether on a mixtape is beyond confusing:

Trick’n Off

Posted by David on

rolling my eyes at old head new yorkers condescending backhanded ‘compliments’ towards real southern lyricists. OR: is he just laying the groundwork for even broader eventual acceptance??

Diamond chain around my neck?
i call it bloody mary
purple vette parked at the crib?
i call it welch’s jelly
blue and white new droptop beemer?
i call it papa smurfin’
if ya take ya n**** word?
call that a lotta nerve
three thousand four hundred dollas?
call that a louis purse
a penthouse suite for me and her?
call that a lost skirt
outshine gucci mane?
i call that boy the first
that black-on-black phantom on sixes?
call that a rollin’ hearse
me and mariah on a screen,
i call that feelin’s hurt
this bustas that be cakin ****?
i call em captain kirk
rick ross, gucci drama boy,
i call that goin in
so icey and maybach music?
call that a easy win

Lock’Em In The Trunk

Posted by SergDun on

There are so many different versions of this song, just search youtube to get a quick breakdown. A lot of janky low budget sequels made by no name memphis rappers. Personally this is my favorite version made by Zirk, Squeeky and Kilo. Three 6 has a version too, I don’t think it’s as good though. What I like about this one is that the beat isn’t trying to hard, just simple with an amazing screwed sample for a chorus. I can listen to this all fucking day and I have.

Lock’Em In The Trunk

Lock’Em In The Trunk ft Kingpin Skinny Pimp

The second is what I think maybe the original version that appeared on Dj Zirk & 2 Thick’s Lock’Em In The Trunk album, from 2000.  I’ve never learned what the history of this song is or why it was released later with shittier sound. Personally I like the slower dustier version because it just makes the song more menacing and it bangs a little better to my ears. The dusty version is just another one of those examples of a sound that Memphis really perfected via fourtracks and tapes. Especially when you compare these two songs side by side I think it just drives home the point of how much better lofi recordings can be when you want to make some gangster ass raps. There is a grit to the music that really helps make the music more ominous. The slower and crunchier the song the more you want to just smash someone in the face. It’s terrific!