The Crossroads Episode 10.5 - Johnny Spanish (Continued)

Johnny Spanish - Watch Your Mouth (The Lip).


"Johnny Spanish - you should fear 'im, boy / spitting all venom in your body got the serum for it  / like the Cherokee and Iroquois / we some baggage handlers, you just some errand boys / I'm fucking ill, I'm just so real I'm crying tears of joy / well, fuck the police we ain't paranoid / well - just a little / [...]" - Johnny Spanish

This one might be a stretch, but I think there are sometimes connotations in lyrics that could/might should be examined.

Johnny Spanish Feat. The Roots - Shiny (Remix).

"I came, I saw, I conquered / [...]" - Johnny Spanish (Chorus.)

"If I catch you bootlegging my shit, don't buy it / I'm-uh show you a pirate like Captain Jack Sparrow / rob you point blank with a knife, bow, and arrow / [...]" - Nappy Roots (First Verse.)

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The Crossroads Episode 10

Naturally Amazing - Streets Git A Hold Of Me (Blacksmith Presents: The Community Mixtape)

"I ride out like a native / that's shouts out to my Apache / [...]" - Naturally Amazing


J. Cole Feat. Lee Fields & The Expressions - Ladies off The Warm Up mixtape.

Yea, ay, look / when she talks she so closed minded / all she want to do is shop / she so clothes minded / wanna cop the latest before them other hoes find it / material girl yet somehow I don't mind it / probably cause she so fine it will blow your mind - she black and Pocahontas / [...]" - J. Cole  (Had to check that he said "Pocahontas" (Via.).)


60 Second Assassin Feat. Timbo King, 12 O'Clock, & Chi-King - Clockz N' Kingz off Sunz Of Man Presents: 60 Second Assassin - Remarkable Timing (2010).

"Counter clockwise, count the troops, not the lies / I see through your foolish attempts with closed eyes / I'm Sitting Bull with a peace pipe, wanna pull? / Got timberwolves dressed in all, sheep's wool / From the blocks to the box, from the fingers to the tops / Less is much more, but my need's a whole lot / [...]" - Timbo King (Via.)


Johnny Spanish - Raw Talent (The Lip).

"I been wanting this since I was 5, playing the piano / th'hustler in the streets, wondering if the D ain't know / so you can find me in the back of the beamer / rolling up a whole Sacagawea / know that I happen to be thuh / illest from my city dawg / [...]" - Johnny Spanish

As much as I love hip-hop and as much as it loves drugs, the fact that it makes nearly everything (Jimi Hendrix, Sacagawea, Sitting Bull, etc., et al.) into a reference to it can be exasperating at times.  Or just entertaining.  Sacagawea wiki here.

Again, not exactly hip-hop, although I'm still waiting for the Jack White x Jay-Z song(s)...

The White Stripes - Icky Thump.

"White Americans, what, nothin' better to do? / Why don't you kick yourself out?  You're an immigrant, too / Who's usin' who?  What should we do? / Well, you know you can't be a pimp and a prostitute, too / [...]" - Jack White (Via.)

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Eminem - Despicable by The People's Poseur

2010/06/22 Relapse. Click on Vibe to listen to the first single "Not Afraid" (Via Vibe; Rap Radar.)  First time I've cared about something Monsieur. Marshall Mathers had to say in awhile.

"Hollywood Divorce" by Outkast Feat. Lil Wayne & Snoop Dogg.

     Rap Radar "Not That White Stuff"

I wanted to have the Murs song where he talks about white fans (or I could have had Wale's "The Kramer" or any of a number of other things) to lead into this discussion.  This is The People's Poseur, so I'm not trying to make any claim's to authenticity, but is the typical business cycle of the blues, jazz, et al. doomed to be repeated?  When I saw the Rap Radar thing I thought it was/still kind of think it is funny (I think I had recently seen a post about Asher Roth on there right before seeing the , too).  I mean they are either talking about something on the level of The Insane Clown Posse ("Miracles" official music video here; SNL "Miracles" Parody here; on FOX News in 1995 here; on The O'Reilly Factor here) or Vanilla Ice or they could actually personally dislike me, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the music or getting use of the site - although maybe that's not the best attitude to have.  Anyway, what do y'all think?

     Rap Radar "Ill'in"


"Shining" by Johnny Spanish prod. CHOPS (Via Mad Decent.)

[UPDATE] "Go Whities!" here.

We can't all be Third Bass . . .

"The Gas Face" by Third Bass Feat. Zev Luv X.

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