Sunday, November 14, 2004
ausencia
we all need hugs.
back in the days when i was a teenager--stop me if you've heard this one--ODB was the wildest thing hip-hop had outside of Kool Keith, Fat Lip or that white dude with the flat-top who sang about ice. i mean, like nutty. an E-40 spelling test with mescaline blowing bubbles in your brain, nutty. he exemplified that element of rap that made me want to shake two shell-toes to begin with: its eccentricity. welfare checks and all. plus, i loved how he made Wu-Tang glossy, yet not take itself too seriously. for that, he'll ride around the hip-hop canon in a limousine with some 40oz's and a notebook: stenciling small eternities with his raps about booty and Brooklyn. god bless the dead.
oh, and women are weird.
