Saturday, February 21, 2009

slow jams raps

These new Yung Joc slow jam raps are way better than they have any right to be. Along with this Its A Nitti Beat track & Trai'D's X-Pill, yr talking about a pretty strong series of soft 4theladies material in 09. Gotta say that conceptual gimmickry is a much better direction for Joc to go in, since hes about the least distinctive rapper; even "its going down" was a track that for all intents & purposes should have been forgettable it was so generic but was classic instead (ultimate 'more than the sum of its parts' joint). A genuine singles artist, he can never make his tracks work as a rapper (listen to Jody Breeze outshine him on "Thug Love") but as an artist hes got ... something. Apparently. theres no way a rapper of his caliber should still be around & no doubt hes had enough weak album tracks to warrant ignoring forever & ever ... but here we are. 80s Sade saxophone on "Meet Me at the Bar" is fire, and I cant explain why but if dude makes an album of loverthug traxx im not gonna be that mad at it ... maybe.

It all leaves me very cautious making proclamations about what career moves yung joc should or shouldnt be doing. But for now these tracks are tight & thats whats up.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

good post, great production on those 2 yung joc songs

1:03 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

trai'd tracks pwns these joc ones, but you're definitely onto something w/ this post... the guy has been not-so-secretly murdering r&b hits for the past few years. he's much more convincing as a butter-smooth lothario than a corner-thug wordsmith (altho i think "it's goin down" is a classic) so it makes sense that these cheesy ladies songs end up working pretty well.

7:25 PM  

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