“I used to drive a Honda til it ran out of gas/Now I’ma push this E til it run out of class…Whiplash!”
Pac Div’s songs have always had a grasp on what “everyman rap” should sound like before it became a buzz phrase. Sure, they rhyme about fashion and nights of debauchery in LA ad nauseum. Thing is, they also craft gems about issues that affect everyday people and sound believable at that. That last part is crucial because I feel like music is becoming less and less relateable these days. I doubt I’ll know what it’s like to push a mayonnaise-colored Benz or persuade a chick to “have a baby by me baby” just so she seek financial splendor in my (lack of) funds. To avoid confusion, I’m not saying rappers shouldn’t write about such experiences; I guess I have a bias for the attainable.
“I’m doin’ overtime and I ain’t been paid a dime…”
Church League Champions was one of my favorite mixtapes of ’09 so it’s cool to see “Whiplash” and a bit of “Young Black Male” get the video treatment. Like’s verse struck a chord as he talks about coming up and desperately chasing a dream – much like myself – until it becomes a reality. These and other Pac Div songs hit that awkward college-aged innanet crowd that’s too old for Soulja Boy, never liked/got tired of popular artists their age (Drake anyone?) yet isn’t old enough to truly live through the golden age. Their music isn’t limited to this demographic but its evident that they’re a part of it. At any rate, check out the latest from one of the most slept on acts from the West.
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DOPE!
I’m diggin it……hard.
if yall like that yall should go get the sealed for freshness blendtape by pac div too….that pretty much goes along with what gotty said
“These and other Pac Div songs hit that awkward college-aged innanet crowd that’s too old for Soulja Boy, never liked/got tired of popular artists their age yet isn’t old enough to truly live through the golden age.”
^ Oops. Edit made. Cadet wrote this, not me. But it’s mainly b/c I started writing it this morn, expressing the same exact sentiments.
These cats…too often they’re overlooked like they’re just kickin’ lighthearted shit. If you listen to more of their material, yeah, they’ve got lyricism plus some food laced off in those tracks. It’s not lofty, just honest.
These aggs need an album.
That’s alright I was asleep anyway haha.
@ Rick. Yes they really do. CLC could’ve been an album if they added paper, taste and women problems to it somehow.
Bout time people recognised my demographic! It is good to see young artists such as Pac Div show that our generation aint all a bunch of drake lovers and lil wayne believers. There is so much good hip hop out there past and present and a lot of people are sleeping. Kudos to TSS for giving Pac Div shine.
4 black dudes in a car will almost always trigger a police encounter! HAHAHA!!Dope video!
This is the bizzzzzzness. Does Pac Div have a release date for their album? random fact, but they were on MTV’s “It’s on with Alexa Chung”…random i thought but w/e
i really feel what you are saying about rappers over looking the connection to the listener by making music un-relateable. instead of talking about the bentley you have on lease, and the one time you flew in a private plane, talk about the growing pains, express your opinion on relevant issues, express the change you want to see in the world. EVERYONE should watch the lil series Chuck D had going this past summer on the Real News Network (they are G.) as he has a lengthly interview With DMC where the King of Rock fully explains this idea. Hip hop has always had competition imbedded in the lifestyles mentality, but it used to be who could lyrically assassinate the contender, not who could buy the most useless shit with there their newly acquired wealth. In a time when unproven rappers get the big label funding of one club track it seems kinda irrational to use your wealth as justification that your the best rapper going. maybe when emcee’s are affraid to have you feat.(like EM) on their track cuz they don’t wanna get boddied on their own shit you can contemplate claiming King of the Jungle.