With hip hop we must take the bitter with the sweet. Hip hop is a paradox of the good, the bad, the real ugly, bluntness, and audacity. Here are a few songs that we wanted to say, "it feels wrong, but the "lyrics" are so tight!" Even so-called conscious rap ONLY hip hop fans caught themselves singing along and nodding their head to these obnoxious lyrics. These songs made you cringe at the words and phrases sung, but you couldn't help but either like or it leave it in the back of your mind as a "guilty pleasure".
"Dead Wrong" Notorious B.I.G feat. Eminiem
One of the most sinister hip hop tracks ever made filled with lyrics of rape, murder, and robbery. Get Em on the track and it's even more wicked. We couldn't stop head nodding to this song's memorizing beat and haunting hook with "the weak or the strong who got it goin' on?" It was clear that even after his death Biggie definitely had it going on.The song included so many off the wall rhymes that the last line in the song had to be cut from the already violent song.
Fact: Chucky Thompson produced the song.
"Prostitute Flange" - Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne puts down the loud banter of his usually hustler boy lyrics and slows it down a bit with a half rap, half raspy whisper as he seranades his lspecial ady. He says he doesn't care if she used to be a prostitute because all that matters is that she's with him now. Enough to make you say what? We weren't sure if we were more surprised by this different style of song for Weezy or that we actually kind of liked this ode to a former jezebel.
Fact: R&B lovers will know he borrows his hook from Musiq's song "Me and You" where he sang, "I wouldn't care if you were a prostitute and hit everyman that you ever new it wouldn't make a difference if that was way before me and you girl".
"Shoot Em Up" - Nas
This vengeful tale of getting back at rival crew boasts a haunting melody which sounds similar to Christmas bells. Although I'm sure most of us don't want to just drive to a house and shoot 'em up, "shoot em up just just shoot em up what? kill, kill kill murder, murder murder" just has to escape anyone's mouth who hears this song.
Fact:Havoc from Prodigy produced this song.
"Hit "em Up" -TuPac
No list of hot lyrics mixed with a bad attitude could be complete without the late Tupac Shakur. A perfect hybrid of a sympathetic victim of poverty who had a vendetta to the world that oppressed his people - and the people who pissed him off. "Hit em Up" was the Tupac diss against Biggie, Junior Mafia and Puffy(now Diddy) where he threatens physical harm and to destroy their careers. His reasoning was he thought that Biggie and Puffy knew information about his 1994 robbing and shooting that they would not tell.
Even though we were feelin' Biggie at the time we couldn't help but sing along to, "Grab ya glocks when you see Tupac call the cops when you see Tupac /who shot me but you punks didn't finish you're about to feel the wrath of a menace....."Even we were scared of Tupac after this song.
"Crank That (Souljah Boy)"-Soulja Boy
This song by the rap newcomer started a whole dance craze around the country and people hopped up and down in clubs and house parties alike doing "the superman". Even though it had a catchy singsong feel to it we knew something had to be up when the phrase"superman hoe" was in the mix. While he jdenied it alluding to any sexual innuendos on BET, his slight smile made us think otherwise.
Fact: Looks like Soulja Boy should of done his research before choosing his name. In December he was sued by Willie Lyons, an unknown rap artist who claims he is the original Soulja Boy and has been for 12 years.
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