With the presidential election drawing near, more and more hip-hop artists are making politically-oriented music. The latest to do so is rapper Sugar Tongue Slim, who wants to educate listeners on the Street Science of drug-dealing. Judging by the sampled audio clips found on the song’s chorus, Slim believes that the US government has played a big part in the distribution of illegal narcotics. What makes Street Science different from other conspiracy-theory tracks, however, is that the song encourages the audience to ignore the conspiracies and “Just Say ‘No’” to drugs. Sir Clef‘s production sounds more East Coast than Dirty South, but Street Science‘s message holds true nationwide.
Dope song. Love the usage of the news clips. This is for listeners who can process a song. If you cannot listen, engage your brain and come to a conclusion about what you've just heard... then this might not be your kinda listen. BIG props on the creativity and spin.
This is the type of song that will slip by some because of the beat. Not really something that makes you wanna play this too much, but thats a diservice to what he's talkin about. This is a flow I would like to hear with a different beat or maybe without one altogether. Suger was nice with this one.
Hey, I needed this tonight. A rapper coming with some originality and something different than the usual. I've never heard of this guy before, but I'm definitely liking where he's going with this. I love the title of the album too "Southern Reconstruction". Sounds like Sugar Tongue is about to attempt to reconstruct the southern hip hop sound back to something original and fresh. I like that. I don't expect anyone who only listens to songs for beats and mindless lyrics to even remotely like this. A slight cooler production would have served the joint better I would say, but this is decent as well. Sometimes it's not all about the beat. I will say one thing though. The artist I've seen combine a great production with a deep important political topic the best is Lupe Fiasco with "Little Weapon". That beat was banging and you could actual listen to it without really understand what he said, and then you could also listen to the words as well. I know people who really didn't listen to what he was saying who love the track because of the beat. Then they find themselves thinking smarter in the future because they were subliminally influenced. It's like the same recipe "wack" rappers use. They spit a bunch of trash over a hot beat, and now the whole generation has soup for brains. Let's reverse that. Start subliminally and straight-forwardly influences the culture and generation for positivity, goodness, and knowledge. This guy gets 4 stars though, and I'll be looking for more joints from him. Thanks for posting this today DJBooth. This is a nice variety.
If you close your eyes and listen he almost sounds like Em when he first came out. He definitely has a strong message whereas a lot of rappers these days aint talkin about a whole lot. I applaud that however to me this song is just average.
MAD(e) in Italy maybe the fact that we're European affects our tastes...I like club-oriented songs too, maybe because it's a bit difficult for us to get used to listening to the typical American hip hop...it's something which doesn't belong to our culture!
Well, it's weird to see a rapper who looks like an intellectual and not like a gangsta with tattoos etc...he's hot! Ok this is not important for the song lol
The song is original, I like the background music but it's just not for me...I find it really boring, so to me it's only ok!
guarda Patty.... la mia base è stata tutta la vecchia scuola prima di approdare a tamarrate + da club (wu tang:enter the 36 chambers, nas - the message, dre - chronic, tutta la discografia dei cypress hill...). solo che ad un certo punto ho cominciato ad essere meno intransigente nei miei gusti. e quindi vai con un pò di r n b.
è vero quel che dici. in europa, anzi, in italia hai fortuna se alla radio passano tracce non di grossi nomi (come ryan leslie) nei programmi di settore figuriamoci nella programmazione normale...
ma è un problema tutto nostro. berlino e parigi, per dire due grosse capitali, vengono rappresentate da nomi come kool shen, bushido o IAMS, rohff che ricevono anche un certo successo di massa. ma da noi cosa funziona??? di americano solo le cose ballabili (BEP, Mariah Carey, 50 cent e poco altro) e di italiano solo la feccia (fabri fibra, neslie e qualche altro ignorante...).
è automatico che i nostri gusti si spostino verso qualcosa di più club friendly.. se si esce il sabato per club non possiamo pretendere gli onyx ! e quindi ci adeguiamo....
Well it's better not to write in Italian, so everyone can understand! Mad(e) in Italy wrote that here on the radio we hear only very few among the many hip hop songs out now, only those by famous rappers/producers (Kanye West, T-Pain, Nas, 50 Cent...), so we have to adapt ourselves to what radio plays! For example, in this period in the clubs I hear only American Boy by Kanye West...I've never liked it but now it's really getting on my nerves! There are many good songs out now, why do they keep on putting only this song? Mad(e) in Italy wrote that this is only an Italian problem, because in Germany and in France (as in England) hip hop and r&b are overspread and they have many solid artists...they even collaborate with American hip hop/r&b producers (Raptile, German rapper, made a song with Trey Songz, Matt Pokora in France sings Timbo's songs etc)! Mad(e) in Italy, I think hip hop is not a suitable genre for Italy...France and Germany have many black immigrants who produce black music, but here most of Italians only like Italian music (that to me it's totally lame, apart from some artists). And u are lucky to hear some club-friendly hip hop...I hear only dance music in the clubs! Or they put Madonna (4 Minutes) only coz it's Madonna...if it was sung by Danity Kate nobody would have put it on air! To me 50 cent is weak but in Italy he's famous, so they play his songs even though they're whack..it's logical that people say "oh hip hop has horrible songs"!
yep.... hip hop in england isn't that big like everybody think..
i've been there many times, and clubbing in london is all about 2step, garage, grime and house. estelle had to fly to cali to get her chance and singers like taio cruz and jay sean will never do it big like american artists.
yes, it's true that hip hop doesn't belong to italy. but it's also true that pizza doesn't belong to american culture... so, if italian rappers can't spit for @*#$!, american pizza can't be REAL pizza i guess..
it all depends on personal skills Patty. some rappers can do their damn thing and some other just talk some @*#$! on a mic.
Mad(e) the problem isn't about the rappers, it is about Italian folk! In Germany there is a real hip hop culture, and it's something that here doesn't exist at all, and will never exist (my sister is really hoping so lol). Anyway you are right, Italian "rappers" really suck...we are not able to produce international music of any genre, every song sounds almost the same! Now they are crazy for "Badabum Cha Cha"...my God, it's trash! Better than some other song, but still garbage! BTW I didn't express me in the right way in the last post...in England there's a r&b culture, hip hop not so much! I personally like Jay Sean and Taio Cruz, and I've heard they had quite a success out there in England! But maybe you know more than me, I've never been in England If there's a good rapper in here, I'm sure he would have to go to America...because here he would have no success :(
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! e quindi ci adeguiamo....
If there's a good rapper in here, I'm sure he would have to go to America...because here he would have no success :(
