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India Arie > I Am Not My Hair - Swizz Beatz Remix
Vocalz: Ahh… that refreshingly raspy voice, making me wanna take a nap.
Rocka: India needed another hip hop joint… I mean wasn’t her first hit - Video, done over a hip hop-ish beat?
V: Yeah it was… gotta admit tho, not feeling her on the ‘Touch it’ beat. She should leave it to Busta and company.
R: Lol, I think it’s better than that lesbian music she usually
pushes - no offense to the lesbians… some of my best friends are
sapphic.
V: Hahaha, yeah it is a step up… plus, I can definitely empathize
with the lyrics– most peeps are surprised to see a pretty boy like me
with dreads.
R: Oh lord… I guess this is the end since now you’re getting cocky - You are not your hair
V: Damn right.
V: Beautiful intro… loving the strings.
R: Yeah, it starts like an old movie. He has a different accent than most popular rappers… He definitely knows the burbs.
V: Yeah, but I don’t know if I’m feeling his flow… Can’t help but wonder what Kanye would have done with it, lol.
R: Kanye would have talked about how great he is… Actually I like
the fact that dude is telling a story, over the regular rapper machismo
ish - I miss that in hip hop.
V: Well there ain’t nothin wrong with knowing how great you are… Especially if it’s justified.
R: Right… as if I should talk… being that my name is on this site 50/11 times.
V: If Lupe doesn’t find something to make him stand out, he might not ever be able to boast like that, lol.
R: He’ll find it, and at the very least, he’ll do better than the Young Gunz, so President Carter will be pleased…
R: My mother would groove to this.
V: Hell, I’d groove to this.
R: The sad thing is I can imagine Diana telling this to one of her white husbands, its her chair… she put it there.
V: Haha, I can just picture lil’ Tracie hiding under the table while they’re arguing.
R: Right… Hair wild as ever… but I love the most about this is
that she talks instead of sings the song - it’s hot for her - I’d come
to Diana’s house…
Vocalz: Right. The funny thing is tho it sounds like one of those
typical sex-drenched 70’s songs til u listen to the words… then it’s
back to typical diva.
Rocka: Excuse me, I meant Ms. Ross.
Tags: Slow Burn, Vocalz
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