R. Kelly - Sex Weed
R. Kelly’s thing-as-metaphor-for-fucking game is so on point that it should come with a warning about accidentally hurting yourself. There should be a contest where people try to have sex to this song without laughing, except wait never mind that’s gross.
After several months in the making, my first summer mix has arrived. The idea behind this mix is to chronicle a sort of overlooked period in hip-hop, where R&B singers and rappers began collaborating more frequently. And yes, hip-hop was dumbing down, starting its descent towards crunk, but it wasn’t quite there yet.
With the exception of the first track, I used 1996 (the death of Biggie Smalls) and 2004 (the advent of crunk/snap) as my cutoff dates. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this summer mix purely as a badass summer mix, and as a look at hip-hop’s teenage years and at the “good girl/gangster” dynamic.
1. I’ll Be There/You’re All I Need To Get By by Method Man & Mary J. Blige
2. Check On It (feat. Bun B.) by Beyonce & Slim Thug
3. Always On Time by Ja Rule & Ashanti
4. Can I Get A… by Jay-Z, Jah & Amil
5. Break Ya Neck by Busta Rhymes
6. What’s Your Fantasy? by Ludacris & Shawna
7. Country Grammar by Nelly
8. Just Be Straight With Me by Destiny’s Child, with Sillk The Shocker & Master P
9. What’s It Gonna Be? by Janet Jackson & Busta Rhymes
10. Fantasy by Mariah Carey & Ol’ Dirty Bastard
11. Gangsta Lovin’ by Eve & Alicia Keys
12. Got Your Money by Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Kelis
13. Heartbreaker by Mariah Carey & Jay-Z
14. Big Pimpin (feat. UGK) by Jay-Z
15. ‘03 Bonnie and Clyde by Jay-Z & Beyonce
16. What’s Happenin’? by Busta Rhymes & Method Man
17. Soldier by Destiny’s Child, with T.I.
18. Rainy Dayz by Mary J. Blige & Ja Rule
19. Fiesta (Remix) by Jay-Z and R. Kelly
20. Hey Ma (feat. Juelz Santana) by Cam’ron
If there’s any issue I take with this mixtape, it’s that you should own all of these tracks already.
I mean, seriously, what’s wrong with you?
