Thursday, April 2, 2015

SPANISH GUITAR FILES: SENSITIVE THUGS AREN'T AFRAID TO NEED HUGS


Sometimes I get so angry I have to get nasty on my recumbent bicycle until the feeling passes.  Try as I might to woosa the pain away, it's the feels-y steak and potatoes rap that really does it for me in the end.

Like Boosie, Trick Daddy is a thug in the Tupac-ian sense, which means he isn't afraid to temper the swagger and get embarrassingly real.  Besides allowing me to get all reflective and deeplike, this song features what I, in all my ignorance, have decided to call "Spanish guitars," basically shorthand for any instance of soulful acoustic fingerpicking in the context of a rap song.  "Living In A World" (ft. Society) also boasts the distinction of featuring what sounds like a bouzouki at the 41s mark.  There's also a child chorus on the chorus, proving once again that Trick loves the kids.

Sometimes I love rap music so much it's as if writing about it cheapens the feeling.  But if I didn't write about it, I wouldn't know exactly why I love it.

6 comments:

  1. This definitely needs to be an ongoing series which culminates in an allmighty Youtube playlist, imho.

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  2. That's the plan! Hated em when I was younger, but I've grown to appreciate the sultriness.

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  3. i thought i commented here did i not

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  4. Damn. OK well apparently i hit sign out instead of publish. My post was going to be that: perhaps the spanish guitar died when Gucci released "Spanish Plug"—Chief Keef's favorite Gucci Mane song, btw—giving a name to the trend and dooming it at the same time.

    Also, wanted to rep for my favorite Baby Bash spanish guitar record outside of the one with Akon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVHDotQtoxA

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  5. i thought i commented here did i not

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  6. Never heard that Gucci joint. Amazing.

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