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Thread started 06/13/04 10:08am

BlaqueKnight

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The Roots - Don't Say Nothing

I've heard that the chorus of this song is making fun of 50 Cent. For the hip hop members; any truth to this? ?uestLove? I know your ass is lurking around! Speak on it, bruh!
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Reply #1 posted 06/13/04 10:53am

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BlaqueKnight said:

[color=blue:cc1fb715ac]I've heard that the chorus of this song is making fun of 50 Cent. For the hip hop members; any truth to this? ?uestLove? I know your ass is lurking around! Speak on it, bruh![/color]



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Reply #2 posted 06/14/04 1:52am

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BlaqueKnight said:

[color=blue:cc1fb715ac]I've heard that the chorus of this song is making fun of 50 Cent. For the hip hop members; any truth to this? ?uestLove? I know your ass is lurking around! Speak on it, bruh![/color]



Fuck 50 Pence.
There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently
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Reply #3 posted 06/15/04 9:12am

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Don't Say Nuthin'


[Verse 1 - Black Thought]
Yeah! That all mighty amazing, ill, highly contagious
Kamikaze south splash like it shot from a gauge
Until your body sound clash
Head of the Class, Magna Cum Laude
Beats bring the beast out me, flagrant - foul rowdy
Reed pipe but deed tight, disposition keep on flipping
Keep em playing they position
Keep making the people listen what I spin
Put em out on a limb
Got tears, got blood, got sweat, leaking out of the pen
Y'all fake niggas not setting a trend
We never listen to them
It's like trying to take a piss in the wind
My home team doing visitors in, yo don't test em
They all standing close to the edge, so don't stress em
Now who the type built to last?
It's no question, the Master!
Villain in Black wit no stets in my sound
Hitting you hard from - every direction
Your head and shoulder, area your midsection dawg!

[Chorus]
Yeah.....
Give it here, and don't say nuthin
Just give it here, and don't say nuthin
.....Cut the check
Give it here, and don't say nuthin
Nigga, give it here, and don't say nuthin


[Verse 2 - Black Thought]
Yeah, Illadel! Home of the original gun clappers
Out on the wrong corner your shit'll get spun backwards
You got the fool wanting the rules, enter at risk
Or your own nana'll keep a gat under the matress
Shorties running reckless from Philly to Texas
Suprising what niggas willing to do to get a necklace
Some emotions felt better left unexpressed at times
Niggas' crime record longer than a guest list
Yes, I done seen things you wouldn't believe
Seen people reach levels thought they'd never achieve
Silhouettes waiting in the wings ready to D
Thirst decise or need at least a buck to breathe
C'mon! Stick up kids, they be out to tax
Most times they be sticking you without the gats
I'll still be on the grind when it all collapse
And if it's my worst bar then I'm a take it right back nigga

[Chorus]

[Verse 3 - Black Thought]
Yeah, it ain't nothin like I rush I get, in front of the band
On stage wit the planet in the palm of my hand
When a brother transform, from aynonomous man
To the force, crush whoever might of thought I was playin
I'ma flame some, sentence the shit, the cold twist to slang
Thicker than big boy baby, mom, sister pain
Beyond measure, relaxed under pressure
You see the master piece, but to me it's unperfected
Give it here Geffen Records, I'm off the handle
Cut the check, and yo it better be as heavy as anvil
Next joint comin, all bets is cancelled
Nigga black ink, red was a G finacial
We finna have the whole industry at a stand still
See me put the system on lock like can pill
So get wit them endorsements, and call reinforcements
Cause my click come a full sizeable portions

[Chorus]
"Pedro offers you his protection."
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Reply #4 posted 06/15/04 9:31am

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Yeah, I know the main audible part of the chorus is taken from bridge of Joe Tex's "I Got Cha", but I was talking about the mumbling. Its done very similiarly to 50 Cent's style of rapping, that's why I thought this.
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Reply #5 posted 06/15/04 11:03am

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BlaqueKnight said:

Yeah, I know the main audible part of the chorus is taken from bridge of Joe Tex's "I Got Cha", but I was talking about the mumbling. Its done very similiarly to 50 Cent's style of rapping, that's why I thought this.

although that makes perfect sense, the folx over at Okayplayer claim that the mumbling came b/c BT didn't have a hook and the 'suits' told him the song needed a hook, so in a true rebel sense, they mumbled something and it stuck. shrug

...but BK, I like your explaination better. kiss2
[This message was edited Tue Jun 15 11:04:47 2004 by mochalox]
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Reply #6 posted 06/15/04 1:49pm

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mochalox said:

BlaqueKnight said:

Yeah, I know the main audible part of the chorus is taken from bridge of Joe Tex's "I Got Cha", but I was talking about the mumbling. Its done very similiarly to 50 Cent's style of rapping, that's why I thought this.

although that makes perfect sense, the folx over at Okayplayer claim that the mumbling came b/c BT didn't have a hook and the 'suits' told him the song needed a hook, so in a true rebel sense, they mumbled something and it stuck. shrug

...but BK, I like your explaination better. kiss2
[This message was edited Tue Jun 15 11:04:47 2004 by mochalox]



Oh. Thanks for clearing that up. Too bad. I like mine better, too. wink We need us a black weird Al to drop a CD making fun of all these busters. Problem is, he'd probably get killed by one of these mumble-mouthed mutha ...kas who can't take a joke. evillol
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Reply #7 posted 06/15/04 1:55pm

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BlaqueKnight said:

We need us a black weird Al to drop a CD making fun of all these busters. Problem is, he'd probably get killed by one of these mumble-mouthed mutha ...kas who can't take a joke. evillol

I thought we did....

*Rick_James_reference*
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[This message was edited Wed Jun 16 5:51:20 2004 by mochalox]
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Reply #8 posted 06/21/04 8:12am

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album review: By Lynne d Johnson.
"Shorty ain’t scared of change. I’m saying, on the real., I’m not. But I am a firm believer in the adage, “If the s*** ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” So on April 14, when The Roots held a listening session at the Electric Lady Studios in New York for their new album The Tipping Point, to be released in June and some of the tracks sounded other than Roots-like, there was of course a moment of pause."
continue and read the track by track breakdown on http://www.vibe.com/modul...=0&thold=0
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Reply #9 posted 06/21/04 8:21am

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mochalox said:

BlaqueKnight said:

We need us a black weird Al to drop a CD making fun of all these busters. Problem is, he'd probably get killed by one of these mumble-mouthed mutha ...kas who can't take a joke. evillol

I thought we did....

*Rick_James_reference*


That album is my shit!!! dancing jig

Classic Neptunes beats (before they became all popular and whatnot!)
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Reply #10 posted 06/21/04 10:20am

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okaypimpn said:

mochalox said:


I thought we did....

*Rick_James_reference*


That album is my shit!!! dancing jig

Classic Neptunes beats (before they became all popular and whatnot!)

i love any/all ODB music.
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