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Thursday, February 1, 2007

Music It’s Hard to Rap When You Don’t Have Teeth Anymore

Posted by Chas Bowie on Thu, Feb 1 at 1:00 PM

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Remember the hiphop retirement home scene in CB4 (hilarious movie, btw)? It’s the scene where Chris Rock’s character envisions a future of retired emcees sitting around an old folks home, reminiscing about the good old days of hiphop. (Including a geriatric guy who looks nothing like Flava Flav, swinging a big clock around his neck, going, “Yeah boyeeeeee.”)

Well, this is pretty much what Nas has turned into—hiphop’s answer to Grumpy Old Men; an old school dude past his prime who declares that “Hiphop is Dead” just because he’s no longer relevant. But now he’s trumped himself by dropping one of the most train-wreck tracks I’ve heard in forever: Where Are they Now (90s Remix) with guest spots from all my favorite middle school rappers: Positive K, Rob Base, Das EFX, Lords Of The Underground, Chip Fu, Father MC, Monie Love, Redhead Kingpin, Dres, The Original Spinderella, EST and Mike G. Some (Monie Love, Dres) sound better than others (Rob Base, Positive K), and the beat is a bloody mess, but the result is completely fascinating (in a midget porn sort of way).

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Man, I used to LOVE Lords of the Underground, but those were some of the weakest bars I've heard in a loooong time.

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