January 03, 2006
Holy Crap
Unkut.com just dug up one of the reviews I wrote for the Source, back in '91. Yikes! This must be how Lil' Jon feels looking at his high school yearbook photo.
Posted by jsmooth995 at January 3, 2006 11:20 AM
Vance Wright *rapped*? Holy shit.
Posted by: Joe Grossberg at January 3, 2006 12:38 PM
wow, you wrote "not" in all caps for emphasis! And I won't mention the "on which".
Man, I feel embarrased at blog posts that I wrote just 30 days ago.
Posted by: Hashim at January 3, 2006 12:40 PM
"Although there are many heads flown on the album" ... heh.
BTW, here is the Lil Jon yearbook pic for those interested.
Posted by: Joe Grossberg at January 3, 2006 12:42 PM
Haha, well at that time I was writing the reviews out on looseleaf paper, while I rode down to their office from high school, so I couldn't really italicize or anything like that.. That's pretty funny that they would print it that way.
The "on which" looks fine to me though!
Posted by: Jay Smooth at January 3, 2006 02:06 PM
Nice. The most hip-hop writing I did in HS was a letter to the editor of that Tower Records magazine (I forget the name; it was a one-word title and they gave it out for free at the check-out counter) telling Dmitri Ehrlich how Fu-Schnickens was gimmicky but Me Phi Me was truly creative.
Well, I was half-right. :)
Posted by: Joe Grossberg at January 3, 2006 03:59 PM
Haha.. wow dmitri ehrlich, there's a name I haven't heard in years.. I have a vague memory of not liking his stuff but that could be my old age..
Posted by: Jay Smooth at January 3, 2006 04:14 PM
"Me Phi Me was truly creative"
Gotta love Frat-Rap.
At least the Fu-Scnickens were the first group to use kung-fu movie samples. They were no Wu-Tang though with that whole awful "rapping in flying Chinese take-out boxes" thing in the video.
Posted by: Robbie at January 3, 2006 04:18 PM
I seem to recall Me Phi Me being touted (by his own people, not rumor-mongers) as the first gay rapper, back at that time? Am I imagining that?
The Fu did get gimmicky I guess, but Chip Fu was and is quite nice on the mic.
Posted by: Jay Smooth at January 3, 2006 04:47 PM
Chip Fu rapped so fast that you actually needed to read the lyric sheet to keep up. Ali from Tribe gave them some good beats as well.
Posted by: Robbie at January 3, 2006 05:33 PM
And here I thought 50 Cent was the first gay rapper. ;) Oh man, I kill myself.
Here are some translation, for all you new jacks, of terms used by Jay Smooth...
head bob = head nod
tip = subject matter
bozack = magic stick + 2 crystal balls
Posted by: i'm the skwidawd at January 3, 2006 06:25 PM
Oh yeah, almost forgot... Chip Fu goes nuts on Ali's "Lord Can I Have Mercy", which appeared on Ali's 2004 album, "Shaheedullah & Stereotypes". A lot of people missed that one.
Posted by: i'm the skwidawd at January 3, 2006 06:31 PM
Wow, who would have thought that people remembered Me Phi Me and Fu-Schnickens. Anyhow, the best part of the latter group was that they had a greatest hits album. No, seriously. After two LPs and that Shaq song.
Posted by: Joe Grossberg at January 4, 2006 04:54 PM
i think his solo joint chipfu that is is going to be nutz!!!!
Posted by: roger at April 18, 2006 11:48 PM
i think his solo joint chipfu that is is going to be nutz!!!!
Posted by: roger at April 18, 2006 11:48 PM
i cant wait man...he is a slept on mc....and the game should thank him for his contributions,nuff said
Posted by: david at May 7, 2006 10:21 AM
i cant wait man...he is a slept on mc....and the game should thank him for his contributions,nuff said
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