Post by tozion on Mar 10, 2006 16:36:00 GMT -5
Pitchfork gave it 4.5/5 stars.
Scooby-Doo, Son of Sam, dudes who snatched your Lee patch-- none were as frightening as the threat of a spanking. You see, kiddies, parents in the 1970s were mad strict; they'd whoop you for just about anything (i.e., boosting, playing Hot Peas 'N' Butter, letting bullies vick your Pro-Keds). This is the era that Ghostface grew up in, though here he recalls it with less fear than fondness.
The scene, set sometime during the Ford administration, is a crowded room, where Ghost, after catching a contact (from his weeded-out kinfolk) is caught and promptly beaten. The lengths he goes to describe said spanking-- at one point, the Wu-elder statesman feigns crying-- prove how traumatic it was for young Starks. But in the last verse, when he observes how "nowadays, kids don't get beat," Ghost also comments on the current state of rap-- he now knows there's gold in them thar welts. [Will Dukes]
The scene, set sometime during the Ford administration, is a crowded room, where Ghost, after catching a contact (from his weeded-out kinfolk) is caught and promptly beaten. The lengths he goes to describe said spanking-- at one point, the Wu-elder statesman feigns crying-- prove how traumatic it was for young Starks. But in the last verse, when he observes how "nowadays, kids don't get beat," Ghost also comments on the current state of rap-- he now knows there's gold in them thar welts. [Will Dukes]