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Best of Turn Up's Song of the Day Vol. 2
These songs speak to DJ Turn Up. In Volume 2, we travel across eras with hidden gems and street classics that scored our skate nights, cyphers, and slow jams. These aren’t just songs—they’re soundtracks to our memories.
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my song of the day. There's a song from 2003, so this was definitely still the time that I was still a bow wow fan, but this was this was definitely an interesting time because Bow Wow was growing up and you can hear it in his voice, his voice starting to deepen up. So around this time he came. He came out with his single let's Get Down, by the way that's not the name of the song. But that's when I was like, oh wow, like he's growing up.
Speaker 2:I'm growing up too, so like it's cool, or whatever I think he was like 16, I think he just turned 16 or some shit like that, I don't know. But my mom knew that I was a big bow wow fan, so like she bought me his album, the unleashed album, and there was a song on there which is the song of the day, called the dime the dutch, and I just thought that song was like the dopest song, like it just had a cool little vibe to it, like you can, like you know two-step, like it's like just a cool little vibe song and I was actually upset that he didn't do anything with it except make it like a little snippet video on um. On what? What video was that?
Speaker 1:I think that was Baby.
Speaker 2:Do you remember that song? He had a song called Baby with Jagged Edge.
Speaker 1:It was around that time. Yeah, I'm not going to lie, I only knew about let's Get Down.
Speaker 2:Let's Get Down.
Speaker 1:I mean, I don't want to divert, I need a side note.
Speaker 2:Right? No, I feel you.
Speaker 1:Do you know how Birdman was involved with that record? So I heard about.
Speaker 2:So I heard about um, uh, bow, wow, falling off with uh, jermaine, jermaine dupree and so so deaf, so he kind of slid in. Yeah, okay, okay, kind of kind of.
Speaker 1:I was just like. This is so random, bro, you just got birdman over the like bow whistle yeah, yeah, that shit was weird.
Speaker 2:I was like yeah, no, yeah, I was like where did he? Come from. No, that, definitely that, bro. That definitely was weird, yeah, but nah, so, um, yeah, so if you ever go back and check out, uh, it's crazy that you say this, because I actually did revisit like bowers whole catalog really.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I just I took the time out. I was like you know what, let me just go through all his albums, you know?
Speaker 2:I mean because I don't think I really listened to his early stuff, I just knew the singles but I never actually heard the album, so I did check out unleash, unleash, yeah so, um, yeah, so that was one of the songs that I actually used to like off the unleash album. Those are. That's one of the actual songs I can remember from off the Unleashed album, because I don't think, to be honest with you, I think that was one of those albums I only heard, maybe like at that time, a lot. I've heard that album a lot, but after that time I kind of just I either lost the physical album or something should happen.
Speaker 2:I don't know.
Speaker 1:But to really back in donna, dutch is a cool little, you know vibe song, I think I want to say, uh, the neptunes make that I just about to ask you who produced.
Speaker 2:Yes, the neptunes made that beat and you could definitely tell because it's a cool. Like I said, it's cool little vibe and was actually fast forward to when I started getting into skate DJing. Right, I used to go back and be like okay, so like what are some songs that I remember from my past life that I can bring into the skateboard?
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:And that was one of the first songs. I was like man, I could really play this song, but the thing about the song is unfortunately now bow wow has a perception, has a really corny perception, right like he's just seen as a cornball, so like listening to the song. Now they call me bow wow like it just sounds really corny, but like I used to play the instrumental a lot, so so wait.
Speaker 1:So you learned of the song from the album, not the video from the album yeah, yeah, from now on just one, just one.
Speaker 2:So I learned it from the album and then like fast forward they came out with the video for the baby song right the baby song. And then you know, like I said back in the day, they had the snippet videos inside the videos, right, I think he was like watching tv.
Speaker 1:And then, you know, like I said back in the day, they had the snippet videos inside the videos.
Speaker 2:I think he was like watching TV. And then like he had on like suits and he was dancing with other people. It was the Donny Dutch stuff.
Speaker 1:Gotcha.
Speaker 2:So yeah, like I said, fast forward to. When I started skate DJing, I was like I remember this song and I was. Yeah, I was like I remember this song and I was like I could definitely add this in. And what's funny is I had a couple skaters like, yeah bro, this beat is crazy. The song, I don't know so much yeah, so, yeah, so if you haven't heard of the song the Dawn of Dutch, I would definitely recommend you check it out.
Speaker 2:If you are a skater, I would definitely recommend you listen to the song because that's a cool little vibe to it for you to you know I mean, I don't really I'm not a real stepper like that, like a chicago, but it seems like a cool little step song, but that's a cool little song, so that, yeah, that's my song of the day. Bow, wow's the don. The dutch song of the day is, um, actually pretty interesting. It's a song I discovered on a world star and I'm actually mad they never came, like he never. He didn't make this a single. But, um, it's a song by a Rick Ross. It's featuring a Lil Wayne and Birdman caught up Veterans Day. You ever heard of the song Tamar?
Speaker 1:I don't think I heard of it.
Speaker 2:So the record is interesting because it's a dope song, but, like they never did anything with it. And it was weird because, like, like I said, the song is dope, I don't know what the fuck. I don't know, maybe they couldn't find the clearance or the copyright or whatever, but couldn't find the clearance of the copyright or whatever. But it could have went on Wayne or Rick Ross's album. This song came out like 2010. So well, no, now I think about it if it would have to have gone on Rick Ross cuz I think Teflon Don came out 2010. Right, because I know Wayne didn't drop anything in 2010 no ceilings, no ceilings from 2009. But um yeah so, but um yeah.
Speaker 2:So apparently I didn't know that it was on any mixtape, but apparently there's a mixtape Rick Ross came out with called the timeless art. Amar forget collection didn't, didn't know this mixtape existed, but child's rap genius. Apparently it was um track two on the mixtape. Like I said, the beat is dope. It's an interesting, it's a very interesting beat and you know, wayne is just in his element. Wayne is in his element in this fucking song and Rick Ross is smart to let him start off the song and you know Birdman, birdman's Birdman, and Rick Ross is just Rick Ross.
Speaker 2:I mean they held their own. But I mean, of course, you got to give the crown to Wayne. I remember the video for being like. It's like one of those videos where they're nowhere and they're like in front of a green screen. Well, they're not. Well, yeah, they're in front of a green screen, but I think it's like fire and sparks just playing behind them or whatever. And it fire and like sparks just playing behind them or whatever, and it's just yeah, there's just nowhere and they're just rapping type shit.
Speaker 2:So there's an actual video for this, and what's crazy about the video is that, like I remember, like I said, I've seen the video. I discovered the video on worldstar and for some reason, like between 2010 and now, the video was really hard to find and I don't know why. I don't know if it was because of they just dropped the video because of copyright reasons or whatever, but it was really hard to find. And then after a while it came back up, but they only had the one with the world star watermark on it, so I'll let you hear the song when we're done with the podcast oh so Justice League made the. When we're done with the podcast oh so Justice League made the beat. Justice League made the beat and it definitely, now that I think about it, it definitely gives a Ross vibe. So it would definitely fit more on a Ross project than anybody else's, because, honestly and truthfully, you could really put that on anybody's. Any of them could have came out with a project and you could have put it on any of them, because there's no chorus, chorus, there's no chorus, and everybody has one verse. It's Wayne Berman Ross and, yeah, it was released November 11th, in 2010, and the samples are slipping into the darkness by war and you are my starship by Norman Connor, and shout out the rap genius. They actually have one interesting fact about this. So apparently, the song the, released on the 11th hour, 11 day of the 11 month, oh, a song to commemorate our fallen soldiers. Basically that's yeah, yeah. Shout out to Ross, if you're looking for a song that has a dope Justice League beat, like those typical, and it gives you. It definitely gives you like a not necessarily a Maybach music vibe, but like I don't really know how to explain it, you just gotta hear it. But if you want to hear Wayne and his element for real, for real, I'd highly recommend you listen to this song.
Speaker 2:Let's turn up. Song of the day bed of his day yeah, song of the day, yeah, song of the day, yeah, okay. So, tanaka, I'm not gonna lie. This one, I ain't gonna lie. I had to do some research on this one because this it's been a long time coming for this one.
Speaker 2:So this song is a track that blends humor and bragging, focusing on the themes of success, wealth and the lifestyle that comes with it. The song's repetitive hook emphasized the idea of flaunting and expensive watches and jewelry as a symbol of status. The lyrics also touch on various aspects of the artist's life, including their rise to the fame, relationships and the hustles involved with their career. There are phrases that suggest that, while they may not have to engage in illegal activity to make money, they understand the grind and efforts to require to achieve this success. It's a catchy and playful track that showcased the artist's personality and their ability to create a memorable impact of music tanaka. With all that being said, do you want to take a guess at what the? You want to take a guess at what the song of the day is?
Speaker 1:no, I, I ain't gonna. I have no idea that was.
Speaker 2:That was like that was a long description dude so uh with that being said, my song of the day is father featuring I love mcconin featuring key look at wrist, tanaka. Could you imagine that that that is the description of look at wrist yeah, that's.
Speaker 1:Uh, I don't know who wrote that one sweet baby jesus.
Speaker 2:Bro, like that shit is like. The fact that they had all that with wrist is hilarious, bro, Very much so. So the song came out sometime in 2014. Nobody really has an actual date of when Look At Wrist came out. Somewhere in 2014, Father released Look At Wrist. According to YouTube, it was released in July, so we're just going to go off of YouTube July 2014. The track is on one of his projects. It's track number five on Father's Project Young Hot Ebony Tanaka. Have you ever heard Young Hot Ebony?
Speaker 1:I think that's the only Father's track I've ever heard. No, I've not heard Young.
Speaker 2:Hot Ebony. It's released off his his record label, awful Records Tanaka. Are you familiar with Awful Records?
Speaker 1:I am familiar with.
Speaker 2:Awful Records.
Speaker 1:Do you have any other, any other tidbits on Awful Records? I want to say Ugly Guy, I think Ugly.
Speaker 2:Guy was on Awful Records. I'm not sure, though, boy, wipe the dust off that one boy. Ugly guy, I drip on your beat like water, but anyway, we're gonna talk about a guy. Um was actually interesting. I actually got this information off of rap genius, so shout out to rap genius. Um, what helped generate some buzz from the song was apparently drake. Uh, drake, uh, credited, I mean uh, or shouted out the song on his instagram. Um, on his instagram in 2014. So you know, if drake is backing you, then you know.
Speaker 1:You know you got some mcconin was signed right to drake at the some. Makonnen was signed right To Drake after the song.
Speaker 2:I think he was signed to Awful Records actually, oh, okay, and then he may I don't know, he may have had a partnership. You know, it gets real fishy when it gets to the.
Speaker 1:We got to figure when did Tuesday come out?
Speaker 2:No idea. But if you can, whenever you're done, doing what you're doing, look that up for me. Um, when I heard the song, I heard the song at a random party and what? What caught my ear? What caught my ear of the song? How laid back and lazy the track sounds like. Bro, that song is hella lazy from the beat to the producer to the rapping. It it's just like so laid back and lazy. But I fuss with it because, bro, this is like 2014,. 2015.
Speaker 2:We're talking about Like this joint will start up any cypher of, like you know, the nae, nae or whip or weed or whatever the case, like it'll start up the circle Wrist, wrist, wrist, wrist, wrist, wrist, wrist of any, like anything. So that's what made me, that's what caught the attention of that song to me. But, um, at the time I was part-time djing and I was at part-time at the boys and girls club, but I was at every party, like I said, so, like this song didn't get played at every party, but like, when it did get played, it was like oh shit, like that shit is hard. So here's the thing. Here's another thing about this song, right? So I don't know if you can necessarily like, uh, use this as a as an official video. But I guess you kind of can, because the song is playing and you know it's the official audio and it's just I don't know.
Speaker 2:But the video is literally them in the studio and, like you could tell, father is into it because it's his song, but like macon is like they're all sitting down and like the camera is literally just panning to them as their song is, as their part is coming on, and like it's just funny because Father is into it, he's, and then I want to keep it. Woo, look at God, and so, but McCone is, he just has this chain on his face and he's just fucking. I don't know what the fuck he's doing. It's so weird. It's just like they just, they just and key, he can't even remember his part. Like he's rapping it, but like he's like he doesn't even remember the part. Like bro, this song is just like I don't know it's hilarious, just the video, and I don't know. I gotta show you the video because I know you would appreciate how this is yeah, I've seen the video.
Speaker 2:Oh, you've seen the video, so I know exactly what you're talking about that's why it's so funny, it's just like I don't know, it's just hilarious.
Speaker 2:So it's two things I think of when I think of look at wrist. It's first. The first thing I think of when I think of wrist is partying in the 2014, 2015 era of atlanta, like blue house, um 40 griffin, like just the clubs. Like I didn't really go to a lot of the clubs, I was in more of the like the house party scene and shit like that. But yeah, like look at wrist would always, like not always, but like sporadically like pop in the DJ's playlist. And yeah, bro, like talk about just a hidden gem in Atlanta. Bro, like that song is like Atlanta, like legendary gold, like talk about it. I know you always talk about street classic Tanaka. I feel like that song is a street classic, absolutely. Know, you always talk about street classic Tanaka. I feel like that song is a street classic, absolutely so.
Speaker 2:The second thing I think of is when I first met DJ Tanaka. So for the people that don't know me and AC, we met Tanaka. Tanaka did a new year's eve party from 2019 to 2020 and I forgot how we got on the conversation. Maybe tanaka will be able to tell, but we started talking about the song and I was like, bro, I swear to god, if you play that song, I would like. Bro, we got to be friends forever, like. And so he played it and bro, I just remember, I just remember somebody being in the dj booth and I had hopped on top of the fucking. I had hopped on top of the fucking, I had hopped on top of the DJ booth, started dancing and shit, and she just kind of looking like what the fuck is happening right now. So those are the two things I always think about, about, uh, when look at risk comes on, that's always what I think about. But um, and of course you know, look at risk, the father made the beat. So I mean, he couldn't, couldn't. Yeah, you know, it wasn't in the budget for him to get a real big producer. So you know, father had to go on the beat. But shout out to father man, um, but um. Last thing uh, critics appreciated the song's playful and irreverent nature, which is set apart from most of the mainstream hip-hop tracks.
Speaker 2:At the time, the collaboration between Father, olive, makoni and Key was also highlighted as a key factor in the song's success to, if you want to look at, if you want a little sneak peek of like what it was looking like in the mid, the mid 2010s. You definitely need to check out. Uh, I love, I love mcconin key and fathers look at wrist because, yeah, that, yeah, yeah, that's that's, that's a, that's a song, just for its time. It's just a beautiful song. Tanaka, you were about to say something.
Speaker 1:Yeah, man, this is definitely one of the essentials that me and Turner became cool and I think that we be forget like, like, look, I don't get me wrong, I know I'll be talking lyrics, this lyrics that you feel me. I appreciate lyrics, but trust me, I can also appreciate just fun music and, bro, we sometimes forget that hip-hop is meant to be like you're supposed to have fun, bro. You know what I'm saying and I think I think that's why the record is so great, because they're they're just having fun, bro. You know what I mean? It's a fun record, so like, yeah, man, that's a, that's atlanta classic street classic. You can't tell me nothing different.
Speaker 1:Not at all, it may end up at a 2010s party by turn.
Speaker 2:You never know, oh absolutely, you never know, man 2010s.
Speaker 1:Just be on the lookout, man.
Speaker 2:Be on the lookout. It is happening. Look at Riz, we'll be getting played. I don't this time. This time is going to get played. I don't care if they know it, you know it, I'm playing it for me, like at that point. But yeah, so yeah, man, dj turn up. Song of the day. Father shout out to father. Look at the father man song of the day song of the day.
Speaker 2:Yep, song of the day. So my song of the day is a song from like 2002. Let me ask you this uh tanaka, javier, are you familiar with the group the rough ends?
Speaker 1:as in, like david ruffin no, the rough ends oh, rough ends. R-u-f-f, e-n-d Z. Yes, I am.
Speaker 2:My song of the day are from them. They had a song in 2002 called Someone To Love you. Are you familiar with that song? That song is special to me because that's one of those songs that I can definitely remember my mom playing when we were in the townhouse back when I was young.
Speaker 2:So something about that is that if you're into like R&B music that like has rhythm and blues, like you can feel the music. It's definitely, it's definitely a song for you. So I'm not going to lie, like I said, it was one of the songs my mom used to play. I didn't really care for it when I was younger, but as I got older and I listened to it again with a different ear, I definitely could appreciate it a lot more. And as I got older, I could appreciate it a lot more because it just has so much emotion Right, it has blues, you feel it. I can appreciate it a lot more because it just has so much emotion, right, that blues, you feel it. And so one interesting thing about this song is the music video. Have you ever seen the music?
Speaker 1:video. I don't believe I have so the main character in the?
Speaker 2:well, I don't think it's the main character, but the main actress in the video is Melinda Williams. Okay, you ever heard of Melinda Williams?
Speaker 1:The name sounds familiar, but I'm not putting a picture to it.
Speaker 2:So she was in movies that I've seen that she was in. She was in First Sunday and the Wood.
Speaker 1:Which one was she in the Wood?
Speaker 2:I don't remember, but I do know on First Sunday she was the.
Speaker 1:She was wait, have you ever seen First Sunday? No, I haven't seen First Sunday.
Speaker 2:It wasn't good enough for you.
Speaker 1:No, I just I didn't. I don't think it was on my radar.
Speaker 2:I'm trying to think I don't remember who she was. I feel like she was the girl that got her butt smacked, but I don't think it was her, though it may have been. Think about it. She was doing the double dutch and he smacked her butt and then she was the game maker yeah she was in um, she was in ottawa and she was in uh, daddy's little girl as well. I don't know if you've ever seen.
Speaker 1:Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, yeah. No, she's definitely one of the ones you have to see.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know who does like pull a video, like pull a video real quick, yeah, you'll notice her, but yeah, so, um, yeah, she, um, she's main, she's the main girl they singing about in the video. Yeah, gotcha, yeah.
Speaker 1:And then um, Do they only have one album?
Speaker 2:I believe they had a couple of them. Okay, but, um, but yeah, I believe they had a couple of them, but the video I was going to say you can literally play it from the beginning. She's in the video the whole time. Yes, sir.
Speaker 1:She's the waitress.
Speaker 2:You know they started with the waitress, but no, the beat is just like it catches you. I'm not familiar with either one of their names, but he's playing the piano and it's like kind of got the groove going. So the beat was made by, or the producer of the song was Corey Rooney and Troy Alligard. Are you familiar with either one of those people?
Speaker 1:Yeah, more so as writers, songwriters, I think. I don't know about producers.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, this is okay. So this is the information I found out afterwards, right when I started doing research on the song. So well, corey Rooney is the one that's the songwriter. He songwrote and helped produce it as well, but he's worked with folks like Mariah Carey, mary J Blige, jennifer Lopez.
Speaker 1:I think I recognize them from his work with Mary J Blige.
Speaker 2:What songs, if you can get on top of your head, are you just going to?
Speaker 1:I want to say for the Breakthrough album.
Speaker 2:That's the Be Without. You Be Without you and MJ beat MVP, yeah, that album and, yeah, you can't get no bigger than this Michael Jackson, mm-hmm. So, and Troy Oliver was a was just a producer. He was a producer but he, like, actually played instruments and shit yeah.
Speaker 1:who did he so?
Speaker 2:he produced Jenny from the Block, I'm Will and Differences.
Speaker 1:Okay, yeah, I definitely recognize him from that. Then With Troy Oliver yeah, yeah, because, yeah. With Troy Oliver yeah, yeah, because, yeah. Anyway, I be putting the producers in when I put the song in, so like that's how I used to come across all these names.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, well yeah, Cool little soulful song. What is he talking about? Here you go.
Speaker 1:He sent you a song pack bro, you got to listen to him.
Speaker 2:Anywho. And you know what's funny, that's how random. He'll just come to the booth I'll be talking about or doing something like my job. Yeah, hey, you got to do it Anywho. Yeah, hey, you got to do it. I'm like I hate it anywho. Um, but uh, chart wise, the highest it got on the billboards was 49 and it got 12 on R&B. So it's pretty. It's pretty successful, pretty successful album. I mean successful album, pretty successful song. And um, yeah, rough ends.
Speaker 2:Um, someone will love you if you into some Some R&B, r&b music with a little substance in it, right, and make you feel something. I would definitely recommend you listen to it. Ruffins, someone to love you. It's my song of the day. So it feels like it's been a long time coming for this song, but all right. So Young Guns always end up bringing up one song classic. It's funny. When I first heard this song, it was one of those songs that had that was a snippet from a video, from a video, and the video was from a song they had called. Set it off. At the end they would play another song and that's my song of the day. It's called tonight. So what's interesting about this song is that the young guns are from where? Where is young? Where are they from? Are they from new york? Are they just from philly philly? They're from philly, but the song has a west coast feel. I don't remember who made the beat, but let's go ahead and look that up um chad west on the track chad west.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, he does say that on the song right. Chad West, yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you know any other songs Chad West is famous for?
Speaker 1:He's produced a lot of Young Guns records, so if you've heard Young Guns albums, you've definitely heard his production. Yeah, I can't think of the exact song titles.
Speaker 2:So was the Young Guns a so like? Was it like Young Guns like just brought up like his, like they partners from like like when they were young or something like that? I mean like when they like from coming up, like from the come up type shit.
Speaker 1:I'm not sure. Chad West, I just know that he was like a Philadelphia producer so he used to produce on just a lot of Philly rappers. He used to produce on just a lot of Philly rappers. Mainly state property at that time. But yeah, I guess Young Guns kind of had their in-house. It was like Just Blaze.
Speaker 2:And he was one of the in-house yeah. So, like I said, what's interesting about this song is that, like, these dudes are from Philly and it has a huge West Coast feel on it. So I guess it was only right that they put a West Coast artist on it. So it's Young Guns featuring Daz Dillinger, like you said. Yep, chad, apparently his name is chad hamilton. Yep, chad hamilton shout out to. Chad hamilton produced that beat. That was off of um, the song is from their second album, brothers from another, brothers from another, and it is track four, track number four.
Speaker 2:Um, I just like how. I just like how everybody like how um who starts the song, it's, uh, uh, young chris. I definitely like how young chris is, like, bouncing on the beat, like in the beginning. He definitely sets the song off right, like I really feel like, like he really set that song off right. And then, of course, very underrated rapper, dad dillinger. He definitely, you know, brings the west coast feel, because you know from the west coast, type shit. And you know at that, the West Coast feel because you know he's from the West Coast, type shit. And you know, at that point he's definitely a veteran, definitely a veteran in the game. So he just brings his high energy and his West Coast vibe. And you know I'm not a lot. I really remember a lot about Young Nese part, but uh, but um, I mean it must have been okay because it's like one of my favorite songs. But yeah, definitely a young princess still laying up on things how pounds of game.
Speaker 2:You know great yeah well, yeah, no, I think I remember you and it's a friday, I ain't gonna lie, that's my shit, bro. Like well, obviously, if you can't tell this, I'm trying to song today, but yeah, it's a cool little west coast, cool west coast vibe and yeah, if you look for songs for a real cool west coast vibe, you know, and they basically talking about you, you know, hitting the party, they don't get fucked up tonight, chad.
Speaker 1:West was upset bruh, chad. West was upset man.
Speaker 2:That's interesting. So is he from Philly too? You know he is. So they are from Philly, Got you?
Speaker 1:Yeah, chad West was upset though, because, as you mentioned, the video cuts to that record, but Chad West isn't in the video, so he's just like, yeah, bro, that record, but Chad West isn't in the video, and so he's just like, yeah, bro, like you could at least wait for me, or something like that. It just makes it seem like Swizz Beatz produced the record, because Swizz yeah, because Swizz may have set it off right. Yeah, and he's also in the Tonight video, so it's like night video.
Speaker 2:So it's like people thought that he swiss produced that record and not chad woods. So, uh, I mean okay, well, yeah, I could see that. Yeah, just for just perception. No, it's definitely perception, because I was about to be like wait, why would they think that he literally said you know, you got my. But I mean that, I mean that could be anybody. So I guess that makes sense. I guess that makes sense, yeah. But but look well, look here, I'm going to just give you, I'm going to go ahead and give you a roses. Chad West, that's my shit, if that makes any difference. Chad West, that's my shit. You did your thing on that beat Love to bounce, love the bounce, love. The West Coast feel.
Speaker 1:We gonna have to find the Instagram to tag you.
Speaker 2:Yeah, man, shout out Chad West. Shout out Chad West or Chad Hamilton, whatever you go by. But yeah, if you looking for a song with a West Coast feel West Coast vibe, like an old West Coast vibe, make sure you check out Young Guns featuring Daz Dillinger tonight. That's the turn up song of the day. My song of the day is Ashanti's Happy. According to Wikipedia, happy is a song by Ashanti from her self-titled debut album. The track was written by Shanti From her self titled debut album. The track was written by Shanti, cheek Santana and Irv Gotti, with production overseen by Cheek Santana and Irv Gotti. The Song contains samples from the Gap bands, outstanding so Tanaka. Do you know who Chink Santana is?
Speaker 1:Yeah, chink Santana was one of the main murdering producers and, yeah, he was responsible for a lot of murdering stuff, murdering kids, and he pretty much produced a lot of records on the album. The album cuts too Word.
Speaker 2:Happy was released as the album's second single on June 17, 2002. And according to Rap Genius, the song is about Ashanti's passionate oh hello. The song is about Ashanti's love for her lover. It doesn't get no simpler than that. It's track three and it was obviously on murdering.
Speaker 2:Obviously there is a music video, the video. The video is her just running around the city in a good mood with her girls dancing around and it looks like they're trying to go. It looks like at the end they end up at a murder inc. Ashanti get together type thing. I don't know. Um, I'm not gonna lie, I'm not. I'm not necessarily saying that ashanti isn't a good dancer, but she looked very uncomfortable in that video. I don't know if you've ever seen that video, but she just looks very uncomfortable in that video. I don't know if you ever seen that video, but she just looks very uncomfortable in that video.
Speaker 2:Um, so the interesting thing about this song is that I have a very love hate relationship with this song. The thing about this song is, and what's messed up about that is, the hate didn't. The hate part didn't really get. I didn't really feel that until like recently. But, um, but nowadays the song you know, on the good side, the song, like I said, if you ever hear me in a lot of the older TNT podcast episodes, a lot of the songs from like 2002 could do no wrong for me. Like those are like songs from like my childhood For real, for real. Like any song that came out in like 2002, do no wrong, and this song is no exception. So, like, anytime I think of like happy, like songs like that, I always think of like the first mixtape I ever had, like and it was on air and you know, being in this it reminds me of like summer in 022 when I would be in like camp.
Speaker 2:It was this camp they had in LA called Van Ness that was I don't know if it was necessarily ran by my auntie like I was always like with my auntie during the summer and so like. And then with my auntie she was like she always had like the latest r&b or like hip-hop albums, so like I would hear. I would hear like she had the shanti album and I heard the album, so like. One of my favorite songs off that album was the song called Dreams. But that's, that's another story.
Speaker 2:But the bad side about this, about this anytime I think of this song, is the fucking Irv Gotti drinking champs interview. I think I could have went the rest of my life without knowing the origin story of this song, without knowing the origin story of this song. And for my people that don't know the origin story of this song, this is quote unquote from Irv Gotti we just finished having sex together, or whatever. I'm taking a shower, I'm in the shower and you know a nigga's creative after sex. I think the whole track in the shower. The record came about because of our energy. I could have went the rest of my life without hearing that and like it. Just I don't know and I it just. It just came off like the way he said, like the way he said it and the way it came off came off bitter and just I don't know. It was so weird, did you? Did you see that interview, tanaka?
Speaker 1:yeah, I did um, I feel like he could have told the story but just left the name name out, like he didn't have to say he had sex with ashanti. He could have just said that he was in the shower, he just got done having sex with an unknown person and he thought of the record. I don't think he had to name drop Ashanti in that because like that, like you said, it came off. It came off, it came off bitter. You know what I'm saying? Like and just, and that's why you know. That's why, bro.
Speaker 2:Uh-oh, you got something on your mind, that's why, nah, bro?
Speaker 1:This man, turner done, made a whole compilation of the Hall of Fame and it's gonna show the Poo-Tang trailer while I'm speaking about a serious topic right now, bro One time for the Hall of Fame and one time for Hall of Fame Poo-Tang but go ahead. But yeah, it's just. That's why Ashanti responded. In that Gotta Move On Ladies Remix, she had basically a verse that Is that really she's talking about irv gotty?
Speaker 2:yeah I don't think I knew that dang.
Speaker 1:Now I gotta listen to.
Speaker 2:You know how she's like, you know I didn't, I'm not gonna lie, I didn't really listen to that.
Speaker 1:Okay, she was just like yeah but now she was like, yeah, 20 years you still haven't moved on. You know like it's giving obsessed, it's giving bitter. You know like and um, so yeah, turn up, bro, why you got this thing. It's going to show R Kelly with his little Zorro mask, bro, one time for the.
Speaker 2:Zorro TNT Podcast Hall of Famer, but anyway um yeah. So like it came off real bitter. So that's why I was like Well, I ain't gonna lie, bro, murder Inc really doesn't get no love from me cause of 50 Cent, but that's a whole nother story. So, like when Irv Gotti came out with his interview, I'm like alright, bro, you just give me more reason. I like Murder Inc.
Speaker 1:Wait, because 50 murdered them or the reason that they like beefed. I was a fan of 50 and and 50 said fuck murdering.
Speaker 2:So it was fuck murdering. Just kind of like how Game jumped off of G-Unit. It was fuck G-Unit after that, but you know what did he say.
Speaker 1:I was trying to think of the line that 50 had dissed him with. I don't know. He said like crack child. And what are you talking?
Speaker 2:about Irv Gotti no 50., 50, dissing Murder Inc. Oh bro, pick, pick, your pick bro, there's like a million songs.
Speaker 1:Because I think bros name Because they have Cadillac. Todd and Black Child. Those are two artists that were on Murder Inc.
Speaker 2:I think I. Is that the dude that stabbed him? Yes, or one of the dudes that stabbed him?
Speaker 1:Yeah, but he dissed him saying like I don't know. He said something broken down car guitar and then crack child instead of black child.
Speaker 2:Oh, Anyway, really back in. So what's interesting about this? What's also interesting about this song is that this song has no certifications, which makes no sense to me. I don't know. This is according to the internet. Apparently, this song has no certifications, but this joint can chart you everywhere.
Speaker 2:The US it topped, it went to 8. Australia went to 29. France, it went to 40. Germany went to 41. Ireland went to 22. And the Dutch it went to 10. New Zealand 19. Switzerland, 24. And the Dutch it went to 10. New Zealand 19,. Switzerland 24. Uk 13. I'm trying to figure out how you got on all these charts and you ain't even certified. I don't know how that certification shit works, obviously, but anywho, if you're looking for some feel good 2000s R&B, I would highly recommend you listen to Ashanti's Happy. It always puts me in a good mood, with or without the Irv Gotti backstory on it. It definitely always puts me in a good mood, with or without the Earth Goddy backstory on it. It definitely always puts me in a good mood. Yeah, dj Turn Up. Song of the Day. Ashanti's Happy. You rock with Murder Inc. No, you know, it's funny. Before we take this to a close, or no, before we go to no, we're just going to move on.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that was Turn Up Song of the Day. We're just going to put this a little in the middle, Right before the album of the day. Why do you think, besides Ja Rule and Lloyd, that it didn't work out for any other male artist on Murder Inc.
Speaker 1:Ja Rule and Lloyd why it didn't work out for any other male artist On Murder Inc. Ja Rule and Lloyd White Didn't work out for any other male artists On it. Those were street Street rappers for real.
Speaker 2:Oh, and you're saying Ja Rule wasn't a real street name.
Speaker 1:Well, Ja Rule had Crossover appeal. He could cater to the ladies as well as the hood, the other dudes. They was more so like Just straight up hood yeah just fresh off the block and so you can work with that, but you have to be able to promote that properly, because I don't know too much, they also never had no album. You know what I mean? That's another thing is that I feel like Lloyd and Ja Rule is the only ones that really had an album.
Speaker 2:No, that's what I'm saying. So why do you feel like they didn't? So you feel like it was just because they was real street niggas? They just, they just didn't.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't know. I guess they didn't have enough faith in them. I really heard Black Child and Cadillac Towers on some features and and and the Murder Inc compilation album. You know I didn't see no.
Speaker 2:You segwaying into the Murder Inc compilation album, Chill out.
Speaker 1:Colonel, chill out, nah, I ain't going to count Like you, don't rock like that with Murder Inc.
Speaker 2:Oh, you say you don't.
Speaker 1:Because I just learned the story and when Life Jennings got out of prison he was supposed to sign to Murder Inc and he was working with them and Earl was like yeah, what year is this? It's like when he just got out of jail. It's like 2002.
Speaker 1:Ah this is when they bust, this, when they busting yeah, he's like yeah, man, you know we got this young cat named lloyd. You know that we working with and um, but life, you are like you dope, you know but. And so everything seemed good. Because, long story short, life knew this dude in the pen who knew Irv Gotti, who was like Irv Gotti's mans or whatever. So he's like I'm gonna put you in soon with bruh, so he, linked with bruh, linked with Irv, you know what I'm saying. They was talking whatever and he played him. You know the music must be Nice. I Cry, you know whatever. And Irv was like yeah, that's dope, you know what I'm saying. Well, you know we also working with this Cat Lloyd or whatever, and we trying to have y'all be like the R&B of, you know, murder Inc.
Speaker 1:And as Life is leaving the studio after the meeting, he's like. He's like, yeah, life, you dope, you know, but we're going to save those records for later on. You know we're going to drop some dumb down type stuff. You know, just some dumb, you know, dumb down like R&B, just, you know, to get the people you know in tune with you. And life wasn't going bro. Life was like nah, I'm not finna dumb, you know what I'm saying he's like respectfully, like I'm not finna dumb, you know what I'm saying. He's like respectfully, like I rock with y'all but like I'm not finna dumb down my music, like so he was just, he's like they cool peoples or whatever, but like, coming into the game he wasn't gonna dumb down his music and we wouldn't have had if he.
Speaker 2:It must be nice you know what I'm saying, like we wouldn't have had that because they were trying to dumb it down and cater to you know. So right, that's interesting, though you, um, I mean, but I mean, wait, so that's why you don't rock with murder inc. I feel like, I feel like, but it went off respectfully. I thought you just been saying some disrespectful shit, like like he, they stole his music or some shit.
Speaker 1:Oh no, no, no, bro, just what could have been bro I think it worked out pretty fine nah, it's a fake. That's a fake man. Yeah, it's just crazy, because Cadillac Tile is only known for that record POV City. God, what was that Exactly? What did you say, sir, exactly?
Speaker 2:So like Cadillac Tile, is that the guy that stabbed 50 Cent, or is that the other guy?
Speaker 1:No, I think it was Blacktop.
Speaker 2:I just remember seeing, whoever that was, on the Beef DVD.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, definitely Turn of song of the day.
Speaker 2:So this is gonna be an interesting one, right? So, Tanaka, answer me this January 15th 1991. Where were you?
Speaker 1:Nah, still a thot Say you still a thot. Yeah, like.
Speaker 2:I wasn't, you were a thot. Oh well, no, you were still semen. Basically, is what you're saying yeah, it's still in your parents' message, it's still in your dad's message.
Speaker 1:I still post it. Still post it In the sec. They ain't did the belly bump yet, Waiting on my moment? Yeah Well, because yeah, it could take nine months.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was going to say nine months. Your birthday is in like December, right? Yeah, I was going to say no, they ain't do the belly bump yet. Yeah, okay, okay.
Speaker 1:That would have occurred in March. Yeah, yeah, so January Damn was that my All right, let me check. Go, go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 2:I want love to you. Nah, I just thought about that, that's why. So, anyway, keep going. I'm going to tell you all fair, We'll talk about it, but anyway. So Turn Up. Song of the Day is a song that came out in 1991. I did my research on this song because obviously, obviously, I was a West Coast baby and, as y'all can hear From the previous songs of the days, always into something real Motherfucking G's and all that shit.
Speaker 1:This song is no different. West Coast. Just let y'all know the term really gangster though.
Speaker 2:Stop it Anyway. Reel it back in. My song of the day is from a West Coast artist that is very underrated and, honestly and truthfully, the only people that really give him his flowers is either if you're from the West Coast or if you're like I'll probably say 40 and older. Maybe like 40 and older. Yeah, probably I'll say like 40 and older. Dj Quick.
Speaker 1:Legend older.
Speaker 2:DJ Quick. Legendary DJ Quick Turn up song of the day is DJ Quick's Sweet Black Pussy. What's interesting about this song is Okay, let me ask you this, Tanaka.
Speaker 1:It's awesome.
Speaker 2:And we're just ballparking, ballpark the average um album budget. What would you say it would be? In in the 91 no, just I mean that you that's what I'm saying that you would know of from like now, maybe like the past 20 years, maybe um of any artists that you would know?
Speaker 1:dang, I don't know if I I've heard of advances, but I don't know what actual album budget.
Speaker 2:So I mean, yeah, we talked about, we were talking about the jock joint, so they were talking about advancing and stuff. How much would you think in advance, like if we're ballparking, how much in advance would be?
Speaker 1:I used to depend on the artist, but I say I thought too many, two M's, two M's.
Speaker 2:DJ Quick made his album on $30,000. Beautiful.
Speaker 1:Incredible $30,000. Beautiful, incredible $30,000. What label he at.
Speaker 2:This label. He was on what?
Speaker 1:was he independent Profile, he was on Profile, so this album Sweet Black Pussy was on Profile.
Speaker 2:So this album, sweet Black Pussy was on, was the first track of Quick Is the Name. It was a DJ Quick album that came out in 91. First song, so off-riff, you listen to Sweet Black Pussy. So what I can say just from my knowledge of Sweet Black Pussy is that, goddamn, this song was like it's super raunchy and this was around. This is the time where it was like it was fashionable for artists when they had a topic to stay on topic. So that's literally all he's talking about. The whole song is sex and pussy. That's like the whole song. He's not talking about his neck, he's not talking about his wrist, like. He's not like talking about what he might talk about. He might make some references to the club or some shit or a party or whatever, but for the most part he's talking about pussy the whole time.
Speaker 1:I ain't okay. I know I'm very familiar with this record oh, you've heard the song before. Very much so.
Speaker 2:So what's interesting about this song was well, of course, of course I was For the teenage reasons. You said for teenage reasons. Yeah, what do you mean for teenage? What does that mean?
Speaker 1:This was an uncut video I used to watch all the time.
Speaker 2:Oh, back when you used to do it on the computer. I remember you telling me about that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I remember you telling me about that, anyway.
Speaker 2:Obviously, I found out about this song late, because when the song came out I was like negative three. So, yeah, I wouldn't even have thought of it. So I used to. When I was younger, my mom would have a CD collection in her room. In this drawer she had this big thing, it'd be a TV and then under that it'd be a drawer full of CDs and DVDs. So every so often because I'm a kid, I don't know why I would think something would change or something. I would just go through the CDs and just look at them, like just look at them, and that would be one of the CDs I would see she had the Quickest Name album. Oh gosh.
Speaker 2:And then I would look on the back and I would see the name of that sweet black pussy and I'd be like never heard it, never heard the song. But I finally heard the song when I was probably like high school maybe high school, yeah, probably like high school and I heard it and I just, I just fell in love with it because the song is so funny to me like I'll be knocking bitches, like it ain't shit because I'm playing a motherfucking name dj quick. Maybe it's the way I hold my dick that make all the girlies want to ride my tits. Like this song is just nah the part that kills me. Some of these bitches try to echo unfair. Maybe it's because my hair is long, because I'm like noah's ark. My bitches come in pairs like what, oh bro, I fucking love sweet black pussyussy bro, that song is amazing.
Speaker 1:It is though.
Speaker 2:But yeah. So I want to say high school was the first time I finally heard the song, and I first heard the song by seeing the video. It was on YouTube, but this was back when YouTube was really really strict about having nudity, so you would have to go far, you gotta dig was really really strict about having nudity, right.
Speaker 1:So like you would have to go like like oh, you gotta dig, you gotta dig.
Speaker 2:Sweet Black Pussy would be one of the ones that would only have like 500 views.
Speaker 1:I ain't gonna lie, I had to go on like a forum to see that yeah.
Speaker 2:So, um, I just remember seeing it and I'm like, and I'm sitting here tripping, I'm like, how am I watching? This like it's like like these, like I see titties and shit, like it was all oh bro, it was wild.
Speaker 1:They had the wildest joint because I think they had positioned the camera like underneath the girl's, like pussy. Yeah, and I was like yo this is wild. Yeah, exactly right, looking up the Oscar card. Yo, this is crazy, wow.
Speaker 2:But um, so, so some, so some digging a little bit, a little digging I did do, apparently. The recording session took place in 1990 at the Westlake Recording Studio in LA. And once again, a production budget of $30,000. Amazing, bro, that's a car. Right, that's a car, bro. And of course it's DJ Quick we're talking about. For people that don't know who DJ Quick is, he's a West Coast rapper, but at the same time he was a producer. He's more legendary.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and he's a DJ.
Speaker 2:Yes, very much so Hence the DJ, but he's more legendary for his production than his rapping he is. He does have some legendary hits like rapping, but he's more a legend for his producing, so he's a producer as well.
Speaker 1:and you can tell, yeah, he's just a pioneer, like he was one of the. He like is one of the pioneers for like the west coast sound you know I'm saying like for you know the dj quick sound like.
Speaker 2:That's how impactful he was yeah, he, I feel like he gave it that funk. Yeah, like I feel like he like came up with like fun, because even like well, to reel it out a little bit, like on his like future albums after quick as a name, he would have his joints called quick groove, where it's like just him just jamming out no rapping or nothing, he's just jamming out with the funk and shit.
Speaker 2:But yeah, uh, but yeah, so sweet black pussy. He made the beat and yeah, you know, what's wild about this song is the fact that this is like this. That was like considered raunchy, like not like. This is like come and put that pussy on me, don't be running from me, it's normal now.
Speaker 1:I know, I can only imagine. I wonder if he got backlash for that.
Speaker 2:He probably did.
Speaker 1:He had to, you gotta think it's only like what, three years after NWA no, this is during NWA bro or during NWA cause didn't NWA came out like 88 or 89?
Speaker 2:hold on, let me ask you this, okay, well, yeah, well, it's still during, because there's still a thing.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I'm saying Ice Cube just isn't in it this is, uh, this is the niggas for life, okay, in it.
Speaker 2:This is the niggas for life. This is the automobile NWA.
Speaker 1:I just think back to you see how NWA had to fight for their music, and that was only three years before Sweet.
Speaker 2:Black Pussy came out. You can only imagine, how folks Well, it's not a single as well. All of NWA's singles. I guess this was the time of two live crew as well, like I want to say two live crew was like mid 90s mid 90s for real, I feel like it was, but I don't know, I'm probably wrong?
Speaker 1:I don't know I don't know, I'm kind of, I'm kind of iffy with the two live crew.
Speaker 2:Uh history. But um, yeah, dj quick, sweet black pussy beautiful. Is um, it's very. But yeah, dj Quick, sweet Black Pussy Beautiful. It's a very interesting song. It's kind of equivalent to Easy Ease, give Me that Nut. It's just a real funny, just real interesting song. I don't know if there's any sampling or anything. I think he just kind of just did all that and stuff.
Speaker 1:Yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 2:So apparently, yeah, apparently, you were right, bro. 80s Too high proof. It was 80s, yeah, but yeah. So if you're looking for some interesting, funny, raunchy shit to listen to on some West Coast vibe, I would definitely recommend you look up DJ Quick's Sweet Black Pussy. That's the turn-up song of the day.
Speaker 1:Beautiful bro, dj Quick, sweet Black Pussy. That's the turn-up song of the day. Beautiful bro, love it. Love it, man. We'll see you next time, thank you.