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Anyone heard this yet? I like the album and love the single, and video--Timbaland looks like he's standing there trying to figure out how to fire Magoo and replace him with this guy.

― M. Matos, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Raise Up" was underwhelming as an mp3 (production indistinct, Petey a bit too blary/bleary/blustering) but it's awesome as a video. The chorus really comes to life and the production sounded really interesting if comparatively subtle, so I'm going to try and download it again to see if I can get an improved version. And you're right: it's the look on Timbaland's face (as well as the helicopter shirts) that really make the video and remind you that you're not watching "Country Grammar" for the hundredth time... And I've heard really good things about the album - any more details on that score?

― Tim, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't have it yet, but the album is supposed to come out in three weeks' time. Meanwhile, let' s hear it for Bubba Sparxxx...

― JoB, Saturday, 29 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two years pass...

whats up man, I just want to say what up and keep spittin. i got yo autograph from my granma. I want to be a rapper to. i got the rhymes i'm just working on how to put it to the beat and go wit the beat. Man hit me up and tell me what i can do to be better at rappin man.
Yo friend Jason

― Jason Perry, Friday, 12 December 2003 15:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Jason.

I'ma just tell you what my daddy told me from his death bed. He lay there, still and quiet, his eyes sunk deep into his face, and slowly reached out one skinny arm towards me, taking my hand tenderly, as one might pluck a delicate rose from a spring flowerbed. He lived life as a man's man, but in death he was so fragile and anonymous. more like a lost child. He stroked the back of my hand with one finger and gingerly pulled me closer. Already a few phrases were bubbling in the back of his skinny throat, but he lacked the strength to set them free. I leaned in further and caught what were to be his final words: "Son...keep it gangsta", he sighed. And with that, he was gone.

Hope that helps.

Petey

― Petey P@blo (nordicskilla), Friday, 12 December 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Man,

We got all the playas up in here.

Holla!

― Kanye (JasonD), Friday, 12 December 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

two weeks pass...

What are people thinking of "Freek A Leek"? I was a little disappointed. I think Petey deserves better than a tossed-off Lil Jon beat for his return.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 03:39 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

I'm not a big fan of the song but the video has this one hottie that I wouldn't mind seeing more of. Does anyone know who she is or how to find out. She is the fine a$$ girl with tig ol' bitties and she's shown throughout the video.

― B Stoddard, Friday, 6 February 2004 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

i was wondering the same thing... somebody holla back with info

― pimp, Thursday, 19 February 2004 18:57 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Same here. That chick is BAD. If anyone knows who it is, please hit me up with her name. I gotta wife that chick. AndyHoward2@aol.com Thanks.

― Andrew Howard, Tuesday, 23 March 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

some one also tell me the name of that girl she is fine

― Dean Gaddi, Saturday, 3 April 2004 07:12 (twenty-one years ago)

"Nam June Paik"

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 3 April 2004 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

what is with yr nam june paik obsession?

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 3 April 2004 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

It's the answer to almost everything.

When I'm as fucking bored as I am right now.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 3 April 2004 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

is that really the name of the girl cuz i cant find her

― uMm, Saturday, 10 April 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, she's hott.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 10 April 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Holla out to my boys in 602!

Anyway, for real, I was snopping around looking on google n shit for that FINE ASS BREEZY from the video Freek A Leek (Yall know which One I mean!!) and last I got to hear was that her name was "Esther" and that she did some shit for Outkast and was called Choclate Thunder in that Shake Yo Tailfeather video.

I DON'T KNOW FO SURE, K? Its a possability tho.

Anyway, if anyone here can halla back who she is, OR SOME FUCKING pics, of that fine ass breezy, that'd be on the rack.

Peace, ~DN~

― Dark Nation, Saturday, 17 April 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

Has anyone heard Still Writing In My Diary?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, 14 May 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, it has a ew good tracks on it, especially Stick 'Em Up (Petey's own production!) and the Timbaland track Break Me Off featuring Missy Elliott. Also present: Lil' Jon, Mannie Fresh and Kanye West.

― JoB (JoB), Friday, 14 May 2004 13:47 (twenty-one years ago)

a few

― JoB (JoB), Friday, 14 May 2004 13:47 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

"Now I got to give a shout out to Seagram's gin - 'Cause I drink it, and they're payin me for it." - best part of "Freek A Leek"

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 29 May 2004 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I like that.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Saturday, 29 May 2004 03:48 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

Oh my god "Get On This Motorcycle" is the best Timbo production in ages! Magical!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 05:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Spurious Disco Inferno comparison of the week #23: "Starbound: All Burnt Out & Nowhere To Go"

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"get on dis motorcycle" is in fact a fantastic production. the ace in the hole is the children's chorus or whatever the heck that is looping around in the background. the combination of those plus the sitar and all the little chiming, tinkly bits (so much treble to this track) gives it this crazy forward-lurching momentum that the deliberately crappy drum taps help pin down a bit. the full-stops make it rip harder too, even though that's the oldest trick in tim's book.

love how everything but the sitar drops out for the first couple bars of bubba's verse.

― .rob (rgeary), Monday, 21 June 2004 01:17 (twenty-one years ago)

petey pab needs some respect.
remember the OLD SCHOOL HIT where he capitalized on 911 by singing:
"USA CMON AND RAISE UP, GET A FLAG
TWIST IT ROUND YOUR HEAD SPIN IT LIKE A HELICOPTER"

beautiful.

― emma cleveland (emma cleveland), Monday, 21 June 2004 01:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"Get on Dis Motorcycle" really is a fantastic song, and the "Starbound" call is spot on.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 June 2004 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

whoa for some reason i did think of D.I. when i first dl'ed this song but i failed to understand why. now i do. children choruses: only good when looped and fucked with? anyways, the fact that my own loose association was just corroborated is why i love ILM

― jake in portland (cerybut), Monday, 21 June 2004 03:29 (twenty-one years ago)

The children's chorus in "rubber band man" is pretty hot too.

― djdee2005, Monday, 21 June 2004 03:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah i was thinking today about how many great rap tracks this year have kids singing in them. But then I could only think of "Welcome Back" and, um, the first song on the Kanye West album.

"Rubberband Man" is prob my favourite hip hop track of the year.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 21 June 2004 07:12 (twenty-one years ago)

eight months pass...

My god, I think I actually like "Get on Dis Motorcycle." WHAT is that sample in the back? I like the line about coaching too.

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Monday, 21 February 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

(I've had a really good hit rate pulling loose hip-hop mp3s from M@rt1n S. I don't necessarily love them all, but I'm finding most of them at least okay.)

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Monday, 21 February 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

This is the first thing that I've heard that sounds anything like this that I actually like.

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Monday, 21 February 2005 00:50 (twenty years ago)

Wow, good on ya sir. :-) All the sharing of goods between us has been grand!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 February 2005 00:51 (twenty years ago)

I think I need to hear this "Rubber Band Man."

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Monday, 21 February 2005 00:54 (twenty years ago)

http://gangstabear.com/images/Homie-front-1.jpg

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Monday, 21 February 2005 00:56 (twenty years ago)

Get On Dis Motorcycle almost made me wreck my car the first time I heard it. Holy shit..

And I love the "put the money in the bag bitch" song.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Monday, 21 February 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

"Freak-A-Leek" is the grossest song I've ever heard in my life.

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 21 February 2005 12:55 (twenty years ago)

'jam y'all' is a much better lil jon production than 'freak-a-leek' imho.

'get on dis motorcycle' is great, but i think 'it's on' is still my favourite.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 21 February 2005 13:05 (twenty years ago)

yeah, that girl is definitely called esther, she was in the source last year, but no one seems to know her surname!

― blunted nitely, Monday, 21 February 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

There's this wonderful thing called Google, you want to give it a go.

― JoB (JoB), Monday, 21 February 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

you might. Anyhow, the woman is called Esther Baxter. Do you want to look her up in the phonebook?

― JoB (JoB), Monday, 21 February 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

they did a feature on her in xxl

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 21 February 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

i think. i might be remembering wrong.

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 21 February 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

I still think "Get on Dis Motorcycle" is amazing. I'd like to hear more.

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Sunday, 13 March 2005 15:23 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Does the rest of the album sound anything like this?

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 11:12 (twenty years ago)

no mention of 'Vibrate' at all on this thread? 'Vibrate' is vi-grate

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 11:26 (twenty years ago)

I was about to mention 'Vibrate'! It's terrific. Who is the uncredited female guest rapper? Cis and I were watching this video, and her verse is almost entirely blanked out - it is probably the greatest verse in hip hop history, I wanna hear it!

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 11:34 (twenty years ago)

nine months pass...

love how everything but the sitar drops out for the first couple bars of bubba's verse.

this tracks makes fantastic use of SILENCE.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

"Yeah i was thinking today about how many great rap tracks this year have kids singing in them. But then I could only think of "Welcome Back" and, um, the first song on the Kanye West album.
"Rubberband Man" is prob my favourite hip hop track of the year.

-- Tim Finney (tfinne...), June 21st, 2004."

Ha ha Trick Daddy read my comment and was inspired!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 02:19 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

"Been gone from home so long some folks think that I died. Even if I don't get rich I'm thankful that I'm alive". PeteyPablo
That is how I think. I am from england. I was told my beats sound like a guy called Timbaland. I didn't want to believe that anyone could be as good as me. I checked him out. He was better than me!
I locked myself away from family, friends, girlfriend and buisness. I wanted to be as good if not better. Now I live in the middle of nowhere. I have learned the hard way about the engineering side of things. I am still a composer though.
Being alone is tough.
You lose inspiration, but for once you can see your own self clearly.
We are all just mere ants in the whole scheme of things.
It is lines like this line of yours that give you hope.
Also, it is lines like this that make me want to play you my beats.
One day we will collaborate. Why? Because one day I will need a proper rapper.
I hope you hear me and hope one day to meet you cause music is a way out.
Not from poverty, but from enprisonment of the mind.
And on that note if I make it to America (still trying to get a visa), where my whole family lives, I will track down your agent.
Until then, One love, peace and prosperity,
Gregory Fraser.
P.s. They say it takes genius to recognise genius. Well this maybe true, but you don't have to be a genius to see a proper beatmaker and take advantage. Especially when he is only known as a drum and bass Dj in England.

― gregory fraser, Tuesday, 23 May 2006 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

four years pass...

WHO AM I

― ksh, Saturday, 29 May 2010 04:15 (fifteen years ago)

three months pass...

smh

― mercurial eater of crab meats (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 11 September 2010 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

( http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978511705 )

Rapper Petey Pablo was arrested on Saturday, September 11, after trying to get a gun through airport security. The rapper, also known by his legal name, Moses Barrett II, was arrested at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. He allegedly had a gun in his carry-on bag.

― mercurial eater of crab meats (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 11 September 2010 21:34 (fifteen years ago)

USA, COME ON AND RAISE UP

― Bo Jackson Cruise Control (San Te), Saturday, 11 September 2010 21:38 (fifteen years ago)

WHOOOOOO AMMMM IIIII

― markers, Saturday, 11 September 2010 21:51 (fifteen years ago)

let's be fair, he was only sneaking the gun on the plane so he could rob the stewardesses for free alcohol

― Bo Jackson Cruise Control (San Te), Saturday, 11 September 2010 21:55 (fifteen years ago)

WHO AM I

― ksh, Saturday, May 29, 2010 12:15 AM (3 months ago)

― markers, Saturday, 11 September 2010 22:00 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

damn, 'still writing in my diary' is great -- sequenced really well -- he introduces the last four songs as like "these are songs about going thru shit" & they're totally heartfelt & melodic

"be country" is this one where he sort of croons -- it's great -- unfortunately it's not on youtube

"he spoke to me" is more throaty singing, obv a church vibe to it, it could easily pass for r kelly if there wasn't such a southern guy singing it

& petey's personality really shows thru on the rest of the album on the more crunk shit

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 17 October 2010 07:40 (fifteen years ago)

this is so awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE1iWB50VtQ

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 17 October 2010 07:41 (fifteen years ago)

damn, 'still writing in my diary' is great -- sequenced really well -- he introduces the last four songs as like "these are songs about going thru shit" & they're totally heartfelt & melodic

^^^ words of truth.

― Tim F, Sunday, 17 October 2010 09:22 (fifteen years ago)

"vibrate" off still writing in my diary is a bit of a classic lost banger

― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Sunday, 17 October 2010 09:23 (fifteen years ago)

Great song. Perhaps being at the very end of such a consistently awesome album kinda worked against it.

― Tim F, Sunday, 17 October 2010 09:26 (fifteen years ago)

four months pass...

I liek his first album a lot, how is the second one in comparison

― I hear boom you know I don't hear any police say knock knock (San Te), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 00:52 (fourteen years ago)

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