This is a southern rap album, so you know there has to be a track for chillin’ the ‘lac. Not only are Dre and Big at their best, you get a great verse by Raekwon the Chef 3. “Rosa Parks” got the shine as the party jam, however I’m more partial to “Skew It On The Bar B”. Be Strong.” From there you roll into Dre’s monologue on the state of “peace” in “Return of the G”.ĭre and Big take a break from the overtly deep lyrics in the next two tracks. You know from the get-go that we’re on some next-level stuff when you get the The Four Phonics and Dre on a kalimba telling us to “Hold On…. Whether it’s Big talking about the responsibilities of raising a family or Dre kicking off a party jam, every track is worthy of repeated listening. The album doesn’t come across shallow nor is it preachy… it just sounds real. I was maturing, too.Īquemeni is the hybrid of two parallel yet disparate personalities – the poet Andre 3000 and the player Big Boi. Dre and Big Boi were maturing from Southernplayalistic… and ATLiens.
That’s one of the reasons I love Aquemini. It was the soundtrack to that season in my life. I loved jams, I loved the beats, I loved the lyrics. I had to pay my bills on time and budget.
I was expected to show up to work on time and to be prepared when I showed up. I was away from school and away from friends. Looking back, it was one of the best decisions in my life. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough, so I made the hard decision to take a semester (Fall 1998) off from school. I was focused on all the wrong things, and I was hoping my natural ability would allow me to get by. I was at a real crossroads – my grades from the fall of 1997 and the spring of ’98 were not good 1. I spent the summer and fall of 1998 as a college intern at a research facility in Columbus, Ohio.
0 kommentar(er)
