What It Is - It Ain’t Nuttin’ Else
Why do rap guys put their answerphone messages between tracks on their albums?
“Yo wassup Cliff, this is Deemo. Me an’ B-Spoke trippin over the post last Tuesday, dawg. Where you at, G? You got my cell. We bout to get us some mo sushi, brother. Peace.”
Or something.
I have no idea what any of that means, or who those gentlemen are, but this week I think I’m going to put some of my emails in between my posts, starting now. Will it make me look street?
August 1st, 2006 at 4:16 pm
I think we’ve lost him, folks.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:39 am
On the second Jurassic 5 album there are messages from people like Julian Lennon (or possibly Shawn- I’m pretty sure it’s not John anyway) and Mick Jagger’s secretary. Scraping the barrel.
On Dr Dre’s 2001 though there’s a great/terrible one from a woman tearfully declaring her undying love. The music kicks in whilst she’s still speaking and the first line of the song starts just as she finished:
Unnamed Lady:“… and you have no idea how much I love, I will do anything to be your perfect woman”
Dre: “I just wanna fuck bad bitches…”
It’s quite touching.