Which City Has Produced The Most Platinum Hip-Hop Albums? (best, state, better)
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"Where I'm from" on Vol.2 is a classic too. Bajan, can you bless the kind folks of City Data with the lyrics?
"Where I'm from" is lyrically dense. It's from Vol. 1, though, not Vol. 2.
I'm from the place where the church is the flakiest
And people is praying to God so long
that they Atheist
Where you can't put your vest away
And say you'll wear it tomorrow
Cause the day after we'll be saying, "Damn, I was just with him yesterday."
I'm a block away from hell
Not enough shots away from straight shells
An ounce away from a triple beam still using a hand-held weight scale
You laughing, you know the place well
Where the Liqour Store's and the base well
And Government, F Government, _____ politic themselves
Where we call the cops the A-Team
Cause they hop out of vans and spray things
And life expectancy so low
We making out wills at eight-teen
Where how you get rid of guys who step out of line, your rep solidifies
So tell me when I rap you think I give a F who criticize?
And if this is lies, God strike me
And I got a question, are you forgiving guys who live just like me?
We'll never know
One day I pray to you and said if I ever blow,
I'll let 'em know
This is exactly what takes place in the ghetto
Promise fulfilled, but still I feel my job ain't done
Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice
"Where I'm from" is lyrically dense. It's from Vol. 1, though, not Vol. 2.
I'm from the place where the church is the flakiest
And people is praying to God so long
that they Atheist
Where you can't put your vest away
And say you'll wear it tomorrow
Cause the day after we'll be saying, "Damn, I was just with him yesterday."
I'm a block away from hell
Not enough shots away from straight shells
An ounce away from a triple beam still using a hand-held weight scale
You laughing, you know the place well
Where the Liqour Store's and the base well
And Government, F Government, _____ politic themselves
Where we call the cops the A-Team
Cause they hop out of vans and spray things
And life expectancy so low
We making out wills at eight-teen
Where how you get rid of guys who step out of line, your rep solidifies
So tell me when I rap you think I give a F who criticize?
And if this is lies, God strike me
And I got a question, are you forgiving guys who live just like me?
We'll never know
One day I pray to you and said if I ever blow,
I'll let 'em know
This is exactly what takes place in the ghetto
Promise fulfilled, but still I feel my job ain't done
Cough up a lung, where I'm from, Marcy son, ain't nothing nice
I was thinking 2nd album, that's why I said Vol. 2
This should also go down as one of the all-time great narratives. How foul and dirty was X? Setting up your man to take a fall for a crime you committed. SMH. None of these cats are telling stories like this today.
'Coz old man winter's arrived
The temperature dives
November just died
December's alive
Thus it ain't no typical ride
Just individuals way to bring home the bacon when bacon was all gone
Making it our own
Don't get me all wrong
We've all indulged in the bulge of those no-nos
No you ain't solo,
There's even lower levels you can go.
Take some people, put them in Atlanta snow
And here I find you in this Motel 6 with all these guns
And all your goons, lined up in adjoining rooms
Like some wild cowboys coming to get me at high noon
But my mind's like a flower in bloom
Peep how my eyes just scower the room
I'm alert, plus I paid the clerk
I got it laid out
You think you the first person I played out, in a 2 hotel town?
Come on now!
I peep your Lexus at you
Left the exit got some connects on that side of town
Money well invested, rudely interrupted
Jamaican accents (Boy you know who you dun f-ed with?) A gun in your face and that's all you can come up with?
Location: Watching half my country turn into Gilead
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Originally Posted by KodeBlue
That Joell Ortiz verse wasn't hard to decipher at all. In the grand scheme, its not hard to relate to another region. Maybe subtle nuances of different regions peek thru, but at the end of the day, they're all doing the same things in all regions.
It wasn't about being able to decipher (though there are songs from different regions that do need to be for outsiders), but about being able to relate. Everything he stated, from unlaced Timbs to Champion hoodies was a definite East Coast aesthetic (probably worn in other regions, too, but not identified as strongly as out East). Just like gators are synonymous with Detroit and buttoned up Dickies with SoCal. Sure, I can relate that those are the styles worn there, but I can't really relate from first hand experience, barring seeing the occasional odd ball fashionistas who go against the grain. Those subtle nuances, as you stated, aren't as subtle in my book, and are just one aspect of why hip hop is still pretty regional imo, and why it's easier to relate to someone from your own region. You won't see too many low riders around this area, for example. I don't see why people are calling me crazy when you extend that concept to rappers and lyrics. It makes far more sense that I would relate and respect someone from my own region (or who makes music like my region) that speaks on things I know of (or seen the effects of) firsthand over someone from outside that region.
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