Rabbit foot clutched, I’ll assume the first video for the forever-delayed Sir Luscious Leadfoot means that we’re approaching resolution to one the most baffling sagas of the last few years. Normally, when a rapper can’t get an album in stores it means one of two things: no hit single and/or their buzz has dwindled to J-Kwon type torpor. But Big Boi has dropped four excellent singles and one that shall be never spoken of in mixed company. Whoever forced Antwan to record “Ringtone” at gunpoint certainly employs fuzzy logic, considering he’s half of the most popular rap group of all-time and thus, does not need to pander like he had a Yung in front of his name. In an era of rappers who can only pack message boards, Daddy Fat Sacks maintains one of the biggest off-Internet fan bases around. I’m sure he could go gold panning for it at Knott’s Berry Farm and in this dessicated climate, he seems like the closest thing to a sure bet.
The video for “Fo Yo Sorrows” doesn’t do the song complete justice, but I suppose spaceships and rent-a-aliens don’t fit into corporate budgets in 2010. However, it does serve to remind everyone that we’re lucky that George Clinton is still alive. How he outlasted DJ Am is beyond me, but chalk it up to his fulfilling the old adage of being “too weird to die.” I know few musicians that don’t have a “George Clinton invited me to join his band and all he offered me was this lousy crack sack” story. Props to Too Short for letting the salt and pepper creep into his goatee, teaching the youth that aging gracefully isn’t necessary mutually exclusive with one’s pimpery. Meanwhile, Big Boi is Big Boi and that’s all anyone ever wanted. Hopefully, this will come out before we’re able to purchase the other kind of pit bull.
Download:
MP3: Big Boi ft. George Clinton & Too Short – “Fo Yo Sorrows”
2 comments
Flowers says:
March 10, 2010 at 9:21 pm (UTC -7)
not sure how I feel about the children in this video and their unsavory gesticulations, especially given the title and subject matter of the song.
Tree Frog says:
March 10, 2010 at 10:28 pm (UTC -7)
In the words of my brother, “George Clinton reminds me of what a zonked out orangutan druggie would look like in Planet of the Apes.”
Song’s pretty good too.