Wayne’s pre-Carter II output is as overlooked as Tha Carter III is overrated. Lately, I’ve been unnaturally obsessed with “Shine” from 2000′s Lights Out.
As Tal Rosenberg pointed out, back then, “Wayne was just firing off words as if he had them stored in the magazine of a machine gun. “Shine” is one of Mannie Fresh’s most drugged-out, wacky, cartoonish rap songs, and Wayne’s verse is hilarious (“All these carrots like I’m a fuckin’ vegetarian”). The song is closer to Carl Stalling than it is to most contemporary rap music.”
Lamentably, if the Rebirth rap-rock guru released a song entitled “Shine” today, it would probably be a Collective Soul cover.
Download:
MP3: Lil Wayne ft. Hot Boys-”Shine”
4 comments
Trey Stone says:
August 22, 2009 at 9:59 pm (UTC -7)
Mannie Fresh pre-”Carter” = Super Mario Bros
Ben Westhoff says:
August 23, 2009 at 10:42 am (UTC -7)
Great beat. All these old Dirty South/West Coast collabs are interesting. Seems like those regions used to share a sensibility that the East Coast wasn’t really a part of.
Dom Corleone says:
August 25, 2009 at 4:53 pm (UTC -7)
Whew this one brings me back. Nice post!
Sablesma says:
August 26, 2009 at 1:16 pm (UTC -7)
Wow, there’s really no video for the version with Juvi, BG and Turk? I’ve got a very clear image of the yellow PT cruiser and the rest of those cars riding across a bridge, but I can’t for the life of me find it. I feel like I’m going crazy over here, anyone know if it exists?