Jump, deep in that rump, and then I got a flat bitchįind ’em, fuck ’em, split ’em, forget ’em Most, hoe’s know, I’m out to get the lootįuck being your boyfriend girl I wanna hit the boots When the wind blows, creepin in my Timbo’s Pimp tight, I’m so tight, takin flight like a kite “Unh, light up the bomb, cause here I come That false belief was quickly shattered by the first full song “Pimp in My Own Rhyme.” It’s still a classic a decade after it’s original release, but while MJG’s gruff voice sounds more or less the same Eight is definitely eight notes higher than you think despite still being easily recognizable as his same pimptastic self: I’ve gotten so used to Ball’s deep and booming voice I had firmly convinced myself it had always been this way. What he doesn’t need to change though is just how much higher pitched Eightball’s voice is. This was made abundantly clear to me on the re-released Eightball & MJG album “On Top of the World,” which used to be a product of the Suave House label but has since been transmuted to something former Suave CEO Tony Draper now calls “Draper Inc.” To be honest I consider it to be of little consequence, since every reference to their label that Eightball & MJG make on this release still says Suave – and thank goodness too because I’d be a little upset if Draper tried to rewrite history. Of course nowhere does your false perception of reality come into more stark relief than when you go back to an artist you’ve been listening for more than a decade to an early point in their career. A magazine you’d swear was the same for all the years you’ve read it will have a completely different faceplate and layout than it did back then (and probably be crammed with a lot more advertising). An actor you like ten years ago will look nowhere near the same today (unless they have a really good plastic surgeon). A photo of you ten years ago looks nothing like you do today. The shockers are easy enough to find thanks to modern technology. Unless you can take that which is before you right now and directly compare it to the way it used to be, you’ll be entirely convinced in your mind that nothing ever changed at all. It’s odd sometimes how certain things change gradually right in front of you without you even noticing.
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