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Skee-Lo "I Wish" Appreciation Thread
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Good lord, not this thread again.Song was dope but good gotdamn. Some of y'all actin' like this was representative of hip-hop in '95 or some shyt. This was PG rap in a world of mostly hard shyt and laidback radio joints. It ain't like it was 2Pac, Bone Thugs, Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, and... Skee-Lo
Hindsight makes everything more than it was tho', I guess. 
International S.
"He never had the makings of a varsity athlete"
I grew up in the pjs in maryland, that summer wpgc brought dude out there to perform in some harsh conditions but he killed, mokensteff performed too.. dude showed up late in the passenger side of a camry and left with 2 hoodrats..
MouseTeeth
All Star
it is back in the form of whitewashed self depracating hipster rap like macklemores "thrift shop" unfortunately
G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman
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I loved the song when it came out and I appreciate it even more now. As a kid I was just
Song was dope but good gotdamn. Some of y'all actin' like this was representative of hip-hop in '95 or some shyt. This was PG rap in a world of mostly hard shyt and laidback radio joints. It ain't like it was 2Pac, Bone Thugs, Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, and... Skee-Lo
at dude's life and the lyrics to the song but now in the era where nikkas come out rapping about having a condo on their wrist on their debut single I appreciate dude even more for this song. nikka came out on some fukk it this is my life shyt. 98% of the population can relate to that song as opposed to "I woke up in a new million dollar car even though all my albums flopped".I loved the song when it came out and I appreciate it even more now. As a kid I was just
If people gave a shyt about relating, we woulda never liked half the shyt we've liked. It ain't that serious, it never was and it shouldn't be now. That same summer, people who didn't smoke weed still fukked with "I Got 5 On It". People who weren't on welfare liked "First of the Month". Virgins liked "One More Chance". Know why? Cause nobody gives a fukk. It's music, man. It's music.
Sure, it's a "relatable" song I suppose, but when the hell did that ever REALLY matter?
G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman
Logic Is Absent Wherever Hate Is Present
It matters. We've only been presented commercially with fantasy rap for the most part. When nikkas are introduced to acts like The Fugees or Arrested Development we fukked with that. I Got 5 On It blew up mainly because of the beat and the hook.
The verses really had nothing to do with the success of the song. 1st of the Month was a song everybody in the hood could relate to. So while you say nobody gives a shyt I disagree, it's plenty of us that do give a shyt we're just not being catered to.
The reason you may think nobody cares is the same reason some Blacks still eat Chitterlings. At some point you learn to turn shyt into a delicacy but it's still shyt, just because it seems people love the garbage that's out today it's just them coping with the shyt that's being fed to them since they have no other options to consume.
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
Always dug that track!
Beat was dope too. Sounded like vintage Cali production from the mid-90's. Classic joint there.
Beat was dope too. Sounded like vintage Cali production from the mid-90's. Classic joint there.
So tell me this... if you found out this nikka SkeeLo had all kinda bytches and a nice-ass car when he made this song, and just happened to write a real catchy record about wishing he had such things... would that make you like the song any less?
If you listen to music thinking "how true is this song to the artist's life and how much can I relate to it", the list of songs you like must be real, real short.
G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman
Logic Is Absent Wherever Hate Is Present
Yes it would. There are some songs where I know I'm being lied to and other where I think the artist is coming from a genuine place. If a nikka comes out talking about he's cashin out with a condo on his wrist I'm well aware that artist is lying to me. I really can't get into extreme fantasy rap. When a nikka tells me Noriega owes him favors it's something in me that tunes him out.
I don't like fake artists is what I'm saying. If the music is fantasy I tend to tune it out. It's just the real nikka in me that does it subconsciously. I'm not saying every single lyric has to be true but the artist has to be talking about his reality for the most part in order for me to fukk with them which is why J.Cole is my fav artist of this era. Pac and Scarface are my 2 favs of alltime.
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
Song was dope but good gotdamn. Some of y'all actin' like this was representative of hip-hop in '95 or some shyt. This was PG rap in a world of mostly hard shyt and laidback radio joints. It ain't like it was 2Pac, Bone Thugs, Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, and... Skee-Lo
Gottdamn nicca, this is the "appreciation" thread. Can't you appreciate the song a li'l bit?
G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman
Logic Is Absent Wherever Hate Is Present
Songs like this are what I love about growing up in the 90s. Listening to these rappers talk about the same shyt year after year gets old after a while. Everyone is swagged out, have mad cash, yet sell less than half of what artists sold years ago
I remember being out of school one day and I spot Jadakiss in a beat up Toyota, but if you went by his lyrics you'd think he was rolling through the Bronx in a Cadillac
fukk rap post 2001-2002
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I remember being out of school one day and I spot Jadakiss in a beat up Toyota, but if you went by his lyrics you'd think he was rolling through the Bronx in a Cadillac
fukk rap post 2001-2002
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Reupped because of the Sway Interview.
NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
Superman till this day is still the best executed flip of Between The Sheets
Skee-Lo is a dope producer as well