MAYNHOLUP!’s Ro Of The Week #21
Z-Ro & Trae – “Gorilla Maab“
from Military Mindz Compilation (Beatbox, 1998)
Lil’ C f/ Z-Ro, H-Town – “I Aint Takin No Loss“
From Keep On Stackin 4 (Brickmade, 2008)
An u alreddy kno whu it is yall.
Wuss good mayn ya boi MAYNHOLUP! back dis week wit sumthin special mayn fo yall ta chief on dat kill to mayn. Ro been wreckin verses fo 10+ years mayn dass common knowledge but iss thowed ta look at two tracks a decade apart mayn juss ta see how live de boi really is.
“Gorilla Maab” mayn if im not misstaken comes from 1998 juss befo de actual Guerilla Maab tape dropped mayn. Der’s no Dougie doe juss Ro an Tae mayn an de Mo City Don spittin some uv dat Look What You Did To Me fiyah here on de real! Half his verse iz sum earlier/later derivative uv hiz classic verse on “Mercy” where he prove yall double-time Ro hatatz wrong. He does dat too on dis verse but go even further in mayn maintainin dat rapidfire flow longa den ya boi can even keep up wit even wit knowin de words mayn.
Fass foward ten yearz lata mayn an Ro still goin Cloverfield on de mic. Dis time ova sum cuntry rap tunes mayn, De King Uv De Ghetto outshine many uv his H-Town peers efforlessly mayn. Dass not ta say yall should skip ahead to hiz verse mayn cuz der’s sum vets comin correct on dis here mayn, wun uv mah favorite posse cuts uv de lass couple yearz. But iss really not fair when Ro git hiz verse in.
Well dass gon do it fo dis week mayn, deze two real thowed recordz mayn so stop fuckin watchin Harry Potter mayn take de money u wuz gon spend on dat to a record store an cop wun uv Ro’z albums mayn. Fuck outta here wit dat shit mayn at leass watch Videodrome insted!! Out!
July 17th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
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July 17th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Great post, mayn.. I didn’t even know that “Gorilla Maab” track from ‘98 existed. I’m always surprised when people say they’re fans of Ro or Trae but haven’t heard “Rise”, that shit is classic.