I never saw a song make oldheads angry like this did when it came out

[jelanitsunami]

Dawg I remember being in middle school when this dropped and I had never heard so many older heads sh*t on one song before this. My pops is an OG hip hop head from it's inception and this song was like hip hop's funeral for him. Wouldn't even let me play it in the car or his speakers in the crib. I remember Ebro saying he wouldn't even let DJs play this when he was PD at Hot97.

 

[prophecypro]

I actually remember listening to a Hip Hop radio DJ on his weekly show spin this and then midway through the song he just let it scratch and halt it and outright say it was wack on the airwaves

 

[Cheech&Chong]

Shawty Lo is a beast but this song was/is/always will be awful.


Best is dope tho

 

[Dave7]

We had a segment called “Bump it or Dump it” on the radio were the DJ played a new “hot” record and then people called in and said whether they like it or not and they played this...maaaan the fukkery that ensued on the radio that day

 

[TheIsleofMan]

A lot of older people I knew didn’t like cam’s switch. Specifically, “I get computers puting”.
I had so many arguments about that line.

 

[ROBEEZYKILLA]

Im convinced this song inspired hip hop is dead lol all the "backpackers" were furious

 

[cheek100]

Rip shawty a real one

 

[Wiles]

Rip shawty a real one

 

[jelanitsunami]

Im convinced this song inspired hip hop is dead lol all the "backpackers" were furious

I swear I almost put this exact sentence in the post lol this was definitely one of the inspirations for that album

 

[Detroit Wave]

shyt was so and still is

 

[CrimsonTider]

shyt was so and still is

Blassic song

 

[Crumple]

Dawg I remember being in middle school when this dropped and I had never heard so many older heads sh*t on one song before this. My pops is an OG hip hop head from it's inception and this song was like hip hop's funeral for him. Wouldn't even let me play it in the car or his speakers in the crib. I remember Ebro saying he wouldn't even let DJs play this when he was PD at Hot97.

Ghost mocked it



I thought it was a fun song.

 

[Harry B]

It's one of the most hiphop songs ever, sounds like it came out in 1981.

Old heads think the most pure rap that ever was made came out 20 years after hiphop was founded for some reason

 

[Solomon Lurke]

Knew what song it was going to be the moment I read the title. I worked for a marketing company at this time and we promoted this song and album for Asylum. I always took the song for what it was. My only thing was having to hear it CONSTANTLY. It stayed on the radio. I don’t remember djs (radio) per se feeling a way about but in general Hip Hop heads were livid. Asylum went crazy with the promotions for them. Tons of cds passed out, posters, flyers and even a promotional dvd with Fabo geeked out his mind. I still had a copy of it up until a few years ago but don’t know what happened to it now. No matter what you personally feel about the song, it defined an era.

 

[jelanitsunami]

Knew what song it was going to be the moment I read the title. I worked for a marketing company at this time and we promoted this song and album for Asylum. I always took the song for what it was. My only thing was having to hear it CONSTANTLY. It stayed on the radio. I don’t remember djs (radio) per se feeling a way about but in general Hip Hop heads were livid. Asylum went crazy with the promotions for them. Tons of cds passed out, posters, flyers and even a promotional dvd with Fabo geeked out his mind. I still had a copy of it up until a few years ago but don’t know what happened to it now. No matter what you personally feel about the song, it defined an era.

If Fabo came out like 5 years later he would've been huge. Dude was singing about being a drug user in '05 when that type of thing was a no no in hip hop. Fast forward a couple years after Wayne started doing it then it became a trend.