Okay, so in the late '80's/early 90's, there was a song (possibly with Ya Kid K?) that featured a couple of jokers called "Rob and Razz".
The song was your standard eurodance, Technotronic, Kon Kan-type thing. All I can remember is the phrase "...here is Rob and Razz."
Anyway, it's killing me, because at the time, I quite fancied the song. Anybody know what I'm talkin' 'bout?
― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Sunday, 4 June 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)
Oooh, and:
Step back relax and chill as I thrill
The K is back I`m not here to ill
Laying knowledge through the mic
Hype with a beat like this for your delight
Cooling in the crib writing rhymes
A pen on the paper spending times
Then up on the stage the crowd`s in a rage
Taking rap to a brand new age
Psychological poems fun funky fresh
Rob`n`Raz on the cut to bring big success
Ain`t down with horse ain`t down with smack
I`m a flygirl packed with rap
When I grab the microphone
You better move your butt
Homeboys in the house show me what you`ve got
I`m Leila K on the M.I.C.
Come on come with me to the place to be
Got to get and get again and again
And I`ll get you got so you remain the same
Got to get and get again and again
I am what I am and I`m playing my game
Got to get and get again and again
And I`ll get you got so you remain the same
Got to get and get again and again
I am what I am and I`m playing my game
Go yeah wow yeah go yeah wow yeah
Rhyme devastation my obligation
When I`m in effect I shake the foundation
Stories I tell intellectually well
Fresh for 89` rocking bells
Leila K coming right and exact
Leila K ain`t down with no crack
Leila K laying rap after rap
On the mic superdef
Never coming out wack
On and on the lyrics flow on
I`ve got soul boy and I`m coming on strong
Check the respect hard and correct
It`s live and the mic is blessed
Full of stream mean on the scene
Pa Syenska fin if you know what I mean
Leila K on the M.I.C.
Come on come with me to the place to be
Got to get and get again and again
And I`ll get you got so you remain the same
Got to get and get again and again
I am what I am and I`m playing my game
Got to get and get again and again
And I`ll get you got so you remain the same
Got to get and get again and again
I am what I am and I`m playing my game
Go yeah wow yeah go yeah wow
here`s Rob `n` Raz
Psychological poems fun funky fresh
Rob `n` Raz on the cut to bring big success
When I grab the microphone you better move your butt
Homeboys in the house show me what you`ve got
Leila K coming right & exact
Leila K ain`t down with no crack
Leila K on the M.I.C.
Come on come with to the place to be
Got to get and get again and again
And I`ll get you got so you remain the same
Got to get and get again and again
I am what I am and I`m playing my game
Got to get and get again and again
And I`ll get you got so you remain the same
Got to get and get again and again
I am what I am and I`m playing my game
Go yeah wow yeah go yeah wow yeah
Go yeah wow yeah go yeah wow yeah
Go go yeah yeah wow yeah yeah
Go go yeah yeah wow yeah
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 4 June 2006 17:45 (nineteen years ago)
Okay, I downloaded this, and it's a blast from my past. Her rap feels a lot like the Waitresses to me, "Christmas Wrapping" style. And the track is what the kids call slammin'. Find it! If you're about 31 years old, it'll take you back.
― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Sunday, 4 June 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)
there was a second single, 'Rok The Nation', which had a flute hook iirc
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Sunday, 4 June 2006 18:17 (nineteen years ago)
Leila K made a couple of albums as a solo artist, and the first one especially is banging! ("Open Sesame" is an Europop classic.) But when I was in Stockholm a couple of months ago, someone told me that these days she's a homeless drug addict. That made me sad.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 4 June 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)
Apparently, that is indeed true:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_K
In 2003, the newspaper Expressen reported that Leila K was living as a homeless person on the streets of Stockholm, having to steal in order to get food.
In 2004 she was reported as being in jail.
In 2005, the Swedish cartoonist Martin Kellerman conducted an interview with her for his own Comic book magazine Rocky.
― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 4 June 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)
two weeks pass...