MAYNHOLUP!’s Ro Of The Week #11
Z-Ro – “Happy Feelingz“
from The Life Of Joseph W. McVey (Rap-A-Lot, 2004)
How yall livin CocaineBlunts? U alreddy kno whu it is yung MAYNHOLUP! righ heah mayn back wit sum mo ROTHA fo ya iTunez mayn!
Ah mayn life be good righ now mayn. Between de weatha finally gittin above 0 degreez up heah, de NBA playoffs startin up (T-Wolves gon be der nexx year believe dat!!), an ill azz springfest ova de weekend, an de summer righ roud de corner, ya boi really aint got much ta complain about mayn. On top uv dat, MAYNHOLUP! steady on his way ta becoming de nexx David Cronenberg mayn look out fo dat “Triumph 61” flick mayn im gon be de coordinator on de set u alreddy know!! Iss gon blow up like Slumdog mayn!
Wun uv deez dayz ya boi gon mess around an make a Z-Ro biopic mayn. Iss gon be full uv trax from de Mo City Don but I’m gon rep de southern sound too mayn, maybe open up wit “Can’t Let Go” (Pimp C prod.) wit a shot uv Screwston in de distance righ when de beat drops mayn!!! An all yall bitchazz NYU film studies jackaz fall back, go watch Lost In Translation o sum bullshit mayn we smokin ova heah.
So dis week i got two mo heataz fo yall. De firss wun uv mah absolute, no argument favorite Ro songs eva mayn. “Happy Feeling’z” migh be de bess Mike Dean/Ro collab, which is sayin a lot mayn. An I always foget how good this shit sounds when iss nice outside mayn steada snowin like a mafucka.
‘Till nexx week yall!! An also go git dat PLAYBOY TRE record tamorrow LIQUOR STORE MASCOT u a fraud if u aint up on dude by now!
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:10 pm
I’m not seeing the other “lesser known” track. Am i missing it or did you forget to put it up?
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:40 pm
i fucked up in de email i sent ta Noz mayn. i re-sent de righ column an mp3 but it mite uv gotten lost in de confusion mayn.
de original “lesser known” song i wanted wuz de “Goin Down Freestyle” wit Graf an Trae off Whut It Dew 1, but i cuddint find a non-iTunes version. Go buy dat mayn. De song dat i replaced it wit iz “U Aint A Pimp” wit Flip mayn.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I read a comment the other day that got me confused:
“Z-Ro Trae And a number of Screwed Up Click members really don’t get the respect that they are owed. Even at this point in his career Z-Ro still makes great music, but I personally feel in my opinion that his earlier work (dated back in 1989 when he blessed the SPC Killa Klan and Street Military albums) was more raw and uncut. You all are just now being exposed to the music that we as young Texas Boys came up on, That we listened to as kids. If these music critics gave an accurate account of the music in truth Z-Ro’s first appearances were in the late 80’s.I read somewhere that his first works were in 1998, by then the man had an arsenal of club bangers considered to us now as CLASSIC.”
Do you know which recordings/ albums this guy is thinking of?
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:07 pm
who ever wrote that must be chiefin on the kill
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:09 pm
i also gotz a prefernce fo de earlier cuts but love de new stuff mo den any otha artist mayn. i wuddint call any uv de 98 Ro i’ve heard “club bangers” at all doe.
if he wuz droppin verses in de late 80’s, shit mayn doze muss be dam near impossible ta find. maybe Noz can dig dem up wun day mayn
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Sorry I can’t upload more music right now. Maybe next week on the lesser known track…
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:01 pm
no worries mayn
April 24th, 2009 at 3:04 am
I agree, Z-Ro is aging like some barrel of malt, but it would be sweet to hear that 89-98 arsenal, bangers or not…
The guy seems pretty sure of his thing and even if he might be clownin on some ignorant fool its not impossible that there is a lot of recordings before 98. I dont find him on the earlier albums of the groups dude mensions though. Going to ask QDawg at Deadly Grounds…
April 24th, 2009 at 10:19 am
“‘96 – ‘06, ten yearz in it”
-Ro on “Who’s The Man”
April 26th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I think that dude meant 1999
April 27th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Psychiatric center? Lexapro? Wow, I never knew that Z-Ro suffered from clinical depression.