Monday, November 14, 2005

Finally FATLIP!




OK...gotta say it. Despite an unfortunate casual "faggot" in one song (DAMMIT Derrick!!!), this Ninja put it down ( won't git into the theories among the gay MC set re: the Pharcyde's demise and the pissing and moaning on their third LP, "Plain Rap", much of which was about Fatlip). He Who Walks Three Ways, (my group from 1991-94)opened for The Pharcyde at The China Club in Chicago (Feb. 1993) on their first appearance there, and me an my partna Duro hung out with Lip (and Big Boy yes, the radio host who was then their road manager)who was actin a fool with a handheld video camera.Big Boy had lotsa stories about the Pharcyde and the trials of the road, like about them getting jumped by Double X Posse (remember "Not Gonna Be Able To Do It") and having to watch their ass because NYC and east coast groups thought they were..."soft".Hmmmm.

anyway, "What's Up Fatlip?"(released in 2000 (!) is included on the CD, as well as an extra DVD with the hit Spike Jonze doc and 3 videos. *interesting* TV, yo.

And as I'd hoped, Fat's Jazzy rasp is still there. Hot shit that's Coolin'.

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