For me, Christmas came a few days early in the form of a new Pack mixtape, hosted by DJ Jack (me neither), titled The Pack is Back. As you can see above, there is a picture of some girl's boobs on the front, which is a pretty great use of photo editing software. Such a good use of photo-editing software, it makes you wonder why they did nothing to tweak the muddy tones in the portraits of Lil B and Young L. Step your contrast filter game up, people!
Not all the songs are all that new. You'll find both "Hoes in this House" and "Touch It (Like an iPhone)", for instance. Also, they have a song that I have been looking out for since 2007: their collaboration with Jim Jones. Dedicated NOT readers might remember that I somehow - before the invention of Twitter - found out they had made a song with Jim Jones. This, of course, was back when Jim Jones was good, and it looked like Bay Area rappers might actually rise to national pop-star status. It was quite exciting. Here is the song in question.
The Pack, Jim Jones "Fly Erryday"
Keep in mind that it is probably three years old. Jimmy raps about hyphy and ghost-riding the whip and other stuff that I doubt he would bother mentioning in 2009. The song is somewhat unremarkable, but I thought I'd post it considering how long I've been looking forward to it.
More exciting is their collaboration with Husalah, which might be really old, too. For all I know. Husalah sounds right at home on a bass line reminiscent of the greatest Bay Area rap song of the decade: "Sleep Wit The Fishes" (consider this my contribution to the endless proliferation of bullshit lists on the internet. As if online "journalism" weren't subjective enough already. Fuckouttaherewiththatbullshitson!)
The Pack, Husalah "Slappin"
So long as Husalah sounds great on the mic, I give a fuck who he did or did not talk to. I find it fascinating that people pretend to have this whole set of ethics about who they will or will not listen to, based on the artist's relationship to the justice system. I'm willing to bet that plenty of people will listen to X-Raided or South Park Mexican but not Husalah. And worse yet, they might not think anything is odd about this. There was, after all, no recent trend where dudes wore Tall Tees emblazoned with "Stop Molestin' Children" or "Stop Rapin". Someone should really make a shirt that says "Stop Bloggin'".
The Pack "RIP Mike Jack"
This must be the most interesting Michael Jackson tribute song I've heard. It's not actually about the guy at all. It's mostly about Macbooks, iChat, and other forms of social media. The tribute to Michael Jackson is a total afterthought, which I really appreciate if it was intentional. The death of the King of Pop in the age of social media was a really obnoxious thing to experience, wasn't it? The most popular entertainer EVER died at a time when people do almost nothing but broadcast their experiences with and opinions about pop culture on the internet, as if these are really personal, intimate, and meaningful things. When the King died, Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, and everything else swelled with the asinine thoughts of people who felt they had some sort of personal connection both with MJ and the internet. I was no different.
So, that some sort of faux-sentimental tribute to Michael Jackson could be appended to a song about using computers and macking on chicks on iChat (really?) seems totally appropriate. If the song was done to seem intentionally flippant, it makes quite a statement. But also, if they thought it would be taken seriously as a tribute song, that seems more telling of what a pile of horseshit this whole MJ media kerfuffle really amounted to.
That's about all I have to say about The Pack right now. It's nice to see that they're back together making music, and that they have pictures of girl's boobs to put on their mixtape covers. If you want to download the whole mixtape, the link is here.
And, it's about time I run an actual correction when I get something wrong. Sirealz did not produce "Vinnie Mack". It was someone named Eli "The Fly Guy", who is actually a Jazz pianist. Sirealz and another friend taught him how to produce rap records, and this was the result. Pretty cool. Sirealz himself was kind enough to email me a high-quality version of the track to share with all you bastids, so enjoy.
Team Knoc, Beez "Vinnie Mack"
Have a wonderful holiday, and don't expect to find any fucking lists here any time soon.
8 comments:
you took the wind right out of my "hit the corner, cooperate with the cOps" and "Ugh, I snitchin cuddie" sails.
The amount of internet debate about Husalah's arrangements with the justice system is ridiculous. Most rappers that I like are probably terrible people, which is something I accept wholeheartedly. I just did a post on Husalah, who I was initially exposed to by your blog. Thanks!
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"The Pack is Back" is such a great album. I really liked it. There are a couple of remixes done in such a nice way that I couldn't stand dancing in my room like a crazy.
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