Low key LIL FLIP murdered David Banner on “like a pimp” more than Eminem did jay z on renegade
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In defense of Banner.. bro was a pretty educated dude. He went to Southern and was in grad school at UMES before going all-in on music.
Around that time, he was clearly trying to figure out how to balance message and mainstream. Cadillacs on 22s actually was the first single, and it had a whole different vibe. But then Like a Pimp dropped, and that obviously became the bigger hit. Probably label-driven, because that’s how the game worked back then.
Even in the Like a Pimp video though, you see stuff like burning crosses and him running like the Klan is chasing him. I think he was trying to find his voice as an artist and felt label pressure to make some shyt that wasn’t really where he was at mentally/spiritually. Even that line, “I still love my queens, but nikkas hipped me to the game,” shows he was trying to keep one foot in the message, even on a radio track.
Flip def had the better verse. But I feel like that song was more in his lane and Banner was tryna find himself, so naturally his verse(s) on a song like that ain’t gonna land the same
Around that time, he was clearly trying to figure out how to balance message and mainstream. Cadillacs on 22s actually was the first single, and it had a whole different vibe. But then Like a Pimp dropped, and that obviously became the bigger hit. Probably label-driven, because that’s how the game worked back then.
Even in the Like a Pimp video though, you see stuff like burning crosses and him running like the Klan is chasing him. I think he was trying to find his voice as an artist and felt label pressure to make some shyt that wasn’t really where he was at mentally/spiritually. Even that line, “I still love my queens, but nikkas hipped me to the game,” shows he was trying to keep one foot in the message, even on a radio track.
Flip def had the better verse. But I feel like that song was more in his lane and Banner was tryna find himself, so naturally his verse(s) on a song like that ain’t gonna land the same
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Back when the South had shyt on lock down.