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I like them quite a lot. We can talk about them here.

Also I was surprised to see that on ILM P&J thread Miranda -- who appears to like a lot of the same types of electroni-pop that I do -- also likes Big Tymers quite a lot. Is this just a coincidence or is there something about Big Tymers that might recommend them to such an audience?

(Obviously I ask because after I thought about it I decided there probably is.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

They are no longer fly. Sorry.

― jm (jtm), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 07:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I love drum machines. I love off-key sing alongs. I loved forced simplicity as a result of amateurism (re: Mannie Fresh's rhymes - not so much his beats). I'm sure that the content gets monotonous over the course of an album (and I'd guess that Fresh has produced somewhere around 1000 Cash Money records by now), but it's perfect in the context of a radio single. See:

Got a quarter tank of gas - In my new E class
But that's alright, cause I'm gon' ride
Got everythang - in my momma name
But I'm Hood Rich - dadah-dadah da-dah da-dah da-dah

This has been running through my head for the last 10 months or so, and when it comes on the radio, I turn it up. Loud.

― Miranda, Tuesday, 18 February 2003 12:22 (twenty-two years ago)

yes there is nitsuh and its called southern bounce

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 13:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I was thinking partly of the bounce but also the fact that their stuff is very dense and sparkly. Also that their tendency to sing and chant and such works them into the production a bit deeper -- even apart from the production there's something very "song"-oriented about the relationship of the vocals to the music. (Not saying this is a blanket good quality, just possibly what helps them appeal to listeners who usually like that sort of thing.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

he also steals from powerful sources (plz sing the tune of "still fly" to "gilligans island main theme" for proof.)

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

a rapper stealing from pop culture?
I find that hard to believe

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I liked the singles pretty well, thought they were fun, catchy, etc. Then I heard them driving to a party in a coke dealer's car over a really expensive system. It really clicked. I've been a big fan of Big Tymers, Birdman, and Project Pat ever since.

― Adam A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 20:36 (twenty-two years ago)

a coke dealer w/a really expensive stereo?
I find that hard to believe

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

gilligan's island theme is actually a pretty classic shanty tune -- beefheart has a song with the same tune.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 21:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Ca$h Money Millionaires is still reeling from the loss of Juvy, BG, Turk et al if you ask me. Boo and Gotti? No thank you.

But before then they are classic because how can you not love a group that makes songs like "#1 Stunna" and means it sincerely?

― Brian the Snorf, Wednesday, 19 February 2003 13:31 (twenty-two years ago)

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