Comments on: Two Songs That Have Absolutely No Similarities, Other Than That They’re Both Soundtracking My Tuesday Night

By: Passion of the Weiss

Passion of the Weiss — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:03:22 +0000

I’ll take “How Do U Want It” for $500, Alex.

By: Tray

Tray — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:58:36 +0000

“I side with Zilla.”

Me too. Most overrated rap song of all time has to be something or another by Pac. I nominate Dear Mama, Keep Your Head Up, Brenda’s Got A Baby (how bad was his flow at this point in his career???) - basically any Pac single that isn’t Hit Em Up or I Get Around.

By: DocZeus

DocZeus — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:35:53 +0000

It takes what was great about the original and rips it’s balls off and replaces it with this “Big Daddy Kane in A Purple Suit” loverman steez than I cannot get with.

For the record, I also don’t like Puff Daddy Remix Of “You’re All I Need To Get By” although the “Razor Sharp Remix” (the video version) is the greatest hip hop love song of all-time.

By: Passion of the Weiss

Passion of the Weiss — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:23:12 +0000

I side with Zilla.

I can’t believe you don’t like the One More Chance remix, Zeus. Your “hate” hand is strong.

By: DocZeus

DocZeus — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:57:45 +0000

Just don’t care for it at all. I also loathe the “One More Chance (Remix”) with a fire of a thousand suns. Haaaatttte it. Give me the original album version all day, errryday.

By: Zilla Rocca

Zilla Rocca — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:37:18 +0000

Here’s why “Who Shot Ya?” beat is so dope…

First of all, from an MC’s perspective, it’s one of the best beats to rap on. It just MAKES you want to spit. The right BPM, the right snares, the right kind of sample that’s wide open for you to flow all crazy on. It’s like the guitar riff in “Stairway to Heaven” that Wayne Campbell immediately begins playing when he picks up that guitar in the Wayne’s World movie–it just gets pulled out of you.

From a DJs perspective, it’s “that real hip hop shit” you can pull out that EVERYONE knows. Again, right tempo for blending, dope lyrics, super long intro for cutting…it’s all there

Second of all, it’s dope because it was never on an official album. It’s the B-Side to “Big Poppa” I believe(dart can confirm this) as a “throwaway” joint that mixshow DJs discovered and played non-stop. “One More Chance” used to be on the radio the entire year of ‘94-’95, but 14 years later you’re more likely to hear “Who Shot Ya” at a bar, hip hop show, DJ night, satelittle radio, etc.

It’s definitely OVERplayed but not OVERrated

By: douglas martin

douglas martin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:28:17 +0000

zeus, i think it’s the most overrated hip-hop beat of all-time. biggie’s lyrics on the song are practically untouchable. the 2385265216 freestyles over the same beat from other artists? not so much.

the only ones (well, besides this one, that i hadn’t heard) that even come close to great are the ones by jay-z (”old school, new school need to know this/i burn like left-eye lisa lopez”) and royce the 5′9″ (whose entire verse his a career highlight).

but the beat? not really that hot.

By: DocZeus

DocZeus — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:51:55 +0000

Am I only one who thinks “Who Shot Ya?” is the most overrated hip hop song of all-time? No? Really? I’ll sit down.

By: douglas martin

douglas martin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:53:59 +0000

you are the only other person i know (besides myself, of course) that has pedro the lion and big L sharing space on your hard drive (or i-pod, or whatever).

not quite as much of a stretch as m.o.p. and tegan and sara, but a pretty far stretch, nonetheless.

By: christine

christine — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:33:15 +0000

um, you have now been elevated to hero status. consider it an honor.

you didn’t know it was that easy, did you?
(then again, i probably make it insanely obvious that it is indeed that easy.)