Ok I’m reppin’ for the ladies this week with Check the Rhyme. Coming from one of the Queens of Hip Hop- MC Lyte-Ruffneck. Ruffneck earned Lyte her first Grammy Nomination and made her the first solo female artist to go gold. She is definitely a pioneer of femceeing.
Check the Rhyme:
I need a ruffneck
I need a dude with attitude
Who only needs his fingers with his food
Karl Kani saggin’ timbos draggin’
Frontin’ in his ride with his home boys braggin’
Lying ’bout the Lyte how he knocked boots last night
But he’s a ruffneck so that’s alright
Triple o baldie under the hood
Makin’ noise with the boys up to no good
C low on the down low cops come around so ruffneck front like he gotta go
Evil grin with a mouth full of gold teeth
Startin’ beef is how he spells relief
Actin’ like he don’t care
When all I gotta do is beep him 911 and he’ll be there
Right by my side with his ruffneck tactics
Ruffneck attitude,the ruffneck bastard
Ok let’s take it back to ‘95 for Check the Rhyme this week. Bone Thugs- Tha Crossroads.
CHECK the RHYME:
Now follow me roll stroll
Where there is tell of this heaven
Come let’s go take a visit people that’s long gone
Darris, Wally, Eazy, Terry, Boo
It’s already creepin’ up on the family
Exactly how many days we got last’in while you laughin’
We’re passin’ passin’ away
So ya’ll wastin’ ya’ll souls
‘Cause I know I’m a meet you up at the crossreads
Ya’ll know ya’ll forever got love from them Bone Thugs baby
Lil’ Eaz’y’s gone gone
Really wish he could come home home
But when it’s time to die gotta go bye-bye
All a little thug could do was cry cry
Why they kill my dog damn
Man I mis my Uncle Charles ya’ll
And he shouldn’t be gone in front of his home
What they did to Boo was wrong oh so wrong
Gotta hold on gotta stay strong
When the day comes better believe Bone gotta show you can lean on
Nice throwback for Check the Rhyme coming from none other than Jay-Z.
Check the Rhyme
On repeat, the CD of Big’s “Me and My Bitch”
Watchin Bonnie and Clyde, pretendin to be that shit
Empty gun in your hand sayin, “Let me see that clip”
Shoppin sprees, pull out your Visa quick
A nigga had very bad credit, you helped me lease that whip
You helped me get the keys to that V dot 6
We was so happy poor but when we got rich
That’s when our signals got crossed, and we got flipped
Rather mine, I don’t know what made me leave that shit
Made me speed that quick, let me see – that’s it
It was the cheese helped them bitches get amnesia quick
I used to cut up they buddies, now they sayin they love me
Used to tell they friends I was ugly and wouldn’t touch me
Then I showed up in that dubbed out buggy
And then they got FUZZY and they don’t remember that
And I don’t remember you..
Check the Rhyme:
2Pac
"There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see
That's gon' make it hard to smile in your future
But through whatever you see
Through all the rain and the pain
You gotta keep your sense of humor
You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit
Remember that"
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Check the Rhyme session visits Game’s unreleased track My Love For You track. Sit back relax and
Check the Rhyme.
I got a lot of things i wanna ask the Lord
like why i can’t see my grandmother face no more
and why i can’t seem to live without her
and if i pray could he send her back to me one day
cause heaven to crowded, every time i think about it
i’m missin’ your smile, can barely cough
my angel is gone, i’m heartbroke, drowning in my own tears
somebody throw me a robe or spread my wings so i can fly
i’m ready to die
might cry but i’m still a man, might be a man but i still cry
big mama my angel in the sky
if you wanna feel my pain, then close your eyes, hold your breath
now that’s to close to death, open your eyes
see the light now, and if you love your grandmother like i love mine
go tell her right now, i know how this might sound
but my plan is to show you that i understand, you are appreciated
I’m in such a 2Pac mood this week after hearing all of the comments about Haiti. Our Check the Rhyme session features Tupac Shakur – Changes.
Check the Rhyme:
I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself
is life worth living should I blast myself?
I’m tired of bein poor and even worse I’m black
My stomach hurts so I’m lookin for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a ne-gro
Pull the trigger kill a nigga he’s a he-ro
Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares
one less hungry mouth on the welfare
First ship ‘em dope and let ‘em deal to brothers
Give ‘em guns step back watch ‘em kill each other
It’s time to fight back that’s what Huey said
Two shots in the dark now Huey’s dead
I got love for my brother
But we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other
We gotta start makin changes
learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers
and that’s how it’s supposed to be
How can the Devil take a brother if he’s close to me?
I’d love to go back to when we played as kids
but things changed, and that’s the way it is
I was listening to my Ipod today at work and decided to listen to Jay-Z. Which brings us to our Check The Rhyme selection of the day. The City is Mine.
Check it out.
What the deal playboy, just rest your soul
I be holding it down yo still love the dough
Got these ladies on the cock now you know how we go
Got the whole world on lock down you know how we flow
Don’t worry about Brooklyn I continue to flame
Therefore a world with amnesia won’t forget your name
You held it down long enough, let me take those reigns
And just like your spirit the commision remains
Niggaz can cross the T’s and, dots the I’s
Now that I got too popular to cop them pies
I’m takin this rap shit serious, to my demise
Jay shit’s like cake mix, watch me rise
Basics in the basement, waste it
Asking my dog for advice so when he can’t say shit
my hatred is, fueled just give me a sign
And I let the world know that the city is mine, what?
With the declining situation in female hip hop and a lot of the uncessary beefs among no-name female mcs I decided to dedicate our weekly Check The Rhyme session to them. In 1995 Freedom from the Panther soundtrack was recorded. On the track you will hear, Patra, Queen Latifah, Left Eye, Mc Lyte, YoYo, Nefertit, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Salt-N-Pepa. Check it out!
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This has got to be one of my favorite Outkast songs. I wish they would go ahead and drop. The game is seriously missing them right now.
CHECK THE RHYME:
It’s cool when the kids call me Sunny, the hood calls me Stacks
The B’s call me honey, Hollywood calls me back
Crack and I have a lot in common
We both come up in the 80’s and we keep that bass pumping
That’s a nega-tive comparison, embarrassing
Unfortunate that if you come up fortunate the streets consider you lame
Ha, I thought the name of the game was to have a better life. I guess it ain’t. What a shame
I don’t slang. Never slung but I’m one with the slum that has a name well fitting
Plenty cheese getting. No wonder why they call it the trap
So watch your tail and I’m not kidding
The rats and mice will give advice, they say, “you can paint and draw
Get out of here. Go show them that we’re more than slanging raw.”
That’s when I broke into my Big Rube impression
And I tried to enlighten but that night I learned a lesson
That the morals that you think you got go out the window
When all the other kids are fresh and they got new Nintendo Wiis
And your child is down on her knees praying hard up to God for a whopper with cheese
Do you B) hit the street hard with a flair
Or do you A) go to school for heating and air?
Dare make an honest living or make a crooked killing
Or do a bit of both until you’re holding on a million?
Brilliant. You got one foot in, one foot out
You put your left foot back in and then you shake it all about
You do the hokey pokey til you turn your life around
That’s what it’s all about. 3000 out
