You like to dis accents Ha?
You think rap is all boom bap Ha?
You stuck in your ways Ha?
Little bit of history for all, Juvenile’s first song was called ‘Bounce for the Juvenile’ and was included on the Bounce Classic “Its Jimi” by DJ Jimi. It is a classic CD, showcasing the Bounce sound as it was in its infancy.
Bounce Music is the regional rap parallel to Freestyle(the latin club kind).
Most freestyle songs have Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock or Shannon’s Let the Music Play as the background, it is the basis of the entire genre. Bounce is the same except the background song is a song called Triggerman by the Showboys.
The DNA of these sounds are 100% hip hop, so the children can be nothing less than. Walk with me again.
Juvie’s first full length CD came out in 1994 on Warlock Records, It was a mostly bounce filled effort, teenage drug and girls rap. His musical peers at the time, Nas, Common, Notorious BIG, OutKast, Snoop, were all as innovative in their individual styles but had better distribution and publicity.
Then No Limit records and Cash Money records came around, for those who didn’t live in the midwest or the south, its hard to convey the amount of music these labels put out during that time. No Limit was on a comic book styled run, there was a new record every week.
Juvenile became Cash Money’s veteran artist, around 1996 releasing two albums before the seminal 400 Degrees and its smash hit Ha in 1998. Its structure revolving around a string of statement/questions with implied answers.
“You gotta go to court Ha?
You got served a subpoena for child support Ha?”
and
“Some of your partners friends dope fiends Ha?
You don’t really want to mess with them clowns Ha?
You(ve) come up with them clowns Ha?
You(re) stuck with them clowns Ha?”
The entire song is an indictment and an exhalation of the things Juvie speaks of.
The visual of this video shows an abandoned 1998 Magnolia Projects and parts of the Ninth Ward that were erased by Katrina. The colors are beautiful but everyone looks like it is actually 400 Degrees outside.
The New Orleans depicted has all the beauty amid chaos as late
1970’s New York and 2000’s Detroit.
Places that the country had seemingly abandoned,
Two of which are still attempting recovery
The other has millennial indie artists that sing this song ironically. (shots fired!)
Peace.
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*snapping fingers* Where they at huh? Where they at huh?…
This is sage.
Oh and as the Gulf south rep I can assure you it was in fact 400 degrees. Ice water and cold dranks are on the menus for a reason.
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