This song and album lowkey birthed guys like Uzi, Carti, Juice and X tbh

Song was so ahead of its time fr

thug would be working at mcdonald’s if it wasn’t for wayne verse on this

Two completely different Three 6 Mafia eras but they both sparked a wave of music that came after or hell, even decades later.

that 80s southern producer n dj tape that pops up once in a while

literal 2010s trap norms from bass to drums to melodies to hihats in like 1988 just that 80s south is barely catorgorized or widely known

The synthesis of Hip Hop and R&B. Without this song, there is no LL Cool J gimmick, New Jack Swing, Hip Hop Soul, Neo Soul, Melodic Hip Hop, and quite possibly Sample Based R&B.

You can arguably hear all those sub genres in one element or another on this classic joint

even the fx on his voice

same with funkadelic and james brown and a few reggae + disco artists

rappers before rappers (which funny enough the term "rapping" has actually been used since like the 60s in black music and even in some recordings, again such as james brown and funkadelic but even some jazz)

Literally all of Flockavelli

waka flocka top 3 most important for modern music

I saw you itt and just knew it had to be said

there was a visible shift in music after this if you ask me

Damn that Wayne song is bad

Came itt to post this

True indeed

this is a chance for me to finally say dem franchize is one of my fav groups too niggas was shakin dreads and poppin beans to that shi like crazy as they whhipped with no doors on

i remember i used to argue this on KTT1 and i got crucified for it

Not Lowkey, but highkey

Legend

Predates 40/Drake's Sound

progenitors of emo rap