“100 Shiesty’s”
AUDIO By Gotty™ on April 9, 2009 at 11:56 am
On my word, Mase was a blessing and curse for his Harlem World experiment.
One side of the argument says he gave them the necessary star-power to even be noticed in a crowded rap world. But the stronger argument says, the Bad Boy affiliation handicapped them. Too much shiny suit for a crew whose talents were better suited to be gritty. The antithesis coupled with listener’s Bad Boy backlash at the time.
Prime example is “100 Shiesty’s.” The subject matter: guns, robberies, drug dealing & court cases. None of which gels with the Murda Mase that Puff made handsome. As the most slept-on figure in the crew, Meeno shreds.
“…He don’t know my guns,
Turn commotion to slow motion, then
from slow motion to no mo-tion
He run up in the place, he hip-hoppin
Spit shots in, clip droppin
If I get caught, get Cochran
And give Pedro my pesos,
So he don’t snitch, while I lay low
For about a week or two
Come back peek-a-boo, you see me, I see you
And if you talk, you’ll be in ICU.”
Drag-On verse = opening lines = “We them aggins with the homicides, And got aggins the most traumatized…” = points scored as he proceeds to go during his appearance. Even Baby Stase’s lightweight, New Jack‘ed ad-libs on the track are harder than Mase’s lyrical contributions to the album.
In the end, it was that f*ckin association with Mase & Puff that doomed The Movement to second-tier status instead of being a first rate star. That plus the evident identity crisis that’s evident throughout. Around the house that Puff built, there was a lot of dark, creative energy leftover from working with Big that needed to be channeled into tracks because you had songs that were aggressive and sometimes eerie but each nearly perfect. “Family Problems.” “Pointing Fingers.” Even the lighter sounds of “You Made Me” had enough punch to induce the “Ferris Face” for me. But they were all overshadowed by glitzy radio rap such as “I Like It” and “One Big Fiesta,” which were pure Puffy-ism.
The cookie crumbled and, after one album, so did the group. But that’s okay. I just got a brand new copy from Amazon for only $3.
Harlem World Feat. Drag-On - “100 Shiesty’s”
Previously Posted — “Harlem World, Double Up…”
Posted in AUDIO, LOOSIES, MUSIC — Tags: Bad Boy, Drag-On, Mase, Mase Presents Harlem World, The Movement
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13 Comments
ahhh Mase. What happened?
I’m sure I haven’t listened to this album in the 2000’s, but I don’t remember it being all that good.
HARLEM WORLD IS ON THE RISE AND YOU DON’T WANT NO PROBLEM WITH US GUYS! BABY STASE! LOON! BLINKY BLINK! M-A-$-E! HARLEM WORLD!!!
I don’t remember it being all that good.
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I’m going to note that Douglas. But I’m also going to have to cross-reference w/that confessions shit you all pulled last night. Now, if you didn’t say anything absurd in there, I’ll accept your opinion. But if you said some off the wall shit like “I’ve never heard Illmatic…,” I’m immediately disregarding your statements.
This isn’t just for you, *points, sweeping the whole crowd*, this applies to all of you.
Hell, I’m second-guessing TC @ this point.
I got all excited and shit, thinking there was a link to the video!
Awww man, ya done let me down now, I love that song…what’s it called again? lol
I like to think of Harlem World as Big L, McGruff, Ma$e, Cam’Ron, and Cardan.
@ Gotty… I’m sure that this was one of those joints that I may not have given a good listen to, but I know that when I listened to it… it didn’t have anything that grabbed me on the first listen. Sometimes I feel like an album should have at least one glimmer of hope that says: “The rest of the album can’t really be THAT bad.”
I’m gonna revisit it after a decade and get back to you.
But if you said some off the wall shit like “I’ve never heard Illmatic…,” I’m immediately disregarding your statements
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lol
Mase was nice though. Even on his most commercial songs, dude was still a clever lyricist & showed cats how to get that R&B remix money. Dude helped set alot of trends & opened a door for alot of cats to get in the game.
I wouldn’t say the Harlem World project was the great, but it wasn’t that bad. I just expected less glossy stuff & more street shit, which is what the members of the crew were really known for spitting.
And Mase wrote all Baby Stace’s verses. Nepotism at it’s finest.
Different note:
-God damn, is that maybach music 2 growin on anyone else? Took it to the gym today and it got repeat a few times along with the first.
I think ross has a banger on his hands with deeper than.
Gotty, you said this perfect.
Mase is going in the same category as Spice Girls, Ja Rule, Hammer, etc: they solds millions of records, yet no one claims to like them.
Not The Kids >>>
Classic Neptunes track. Shoulda been a single instead of “Cali Chronic”. Stace killed it…
“But you quick to get hyper, come mess up my cipher
No dough for no diapers, so why should I like ya?”
@ DH don’t feel bad about not liking this ish…they didn’t make it easy…a group full of weed carriers rapping, what the fuck you expect.