Remember Aric from The Roach Motel? Well a few years later I ended up working with his little sister Tiffani. At some point along the way, Tiffani won a stack of Compact Discs in a contest sponsored by some local radio station. Since I had a reputation for a rather large and unusual music collection, she gave me the ones she didn’t want.
There you go a nutshell of musical influence. Like my Columbia House Roulette game, here I was handed a stack of completely random CD’s. Would I have gone out and purchased these? I would have to say “No”. But here they were in my possession and you know what they each have their redeeming qualities.
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – A Nightmare On My Street I had been a fan ofA Nightmare On Elm Street for years by the time I heard this. I thought it was clever and funny.
L’Trimm – Cars That Go Boom This songs is kind of funny too. These girls don’t seem to have that natural rhythmic delivery. It seems kind of forced like when really white guys try to rap. There’s another song He’s A Mutt that the title alone makes me laugh.
Suicidal Tendencies – Send Me Your Money I vaguely remembered the name Suicidal Tendencies from The Roach Days. There was a video on night flight about a guy yelling at his mom to bring him a Pepsi. I should try to find that one. Maybe I dreamed it.
J.J. Fad -SupersonicOf all these, J.J. Fad was the only one that I never heard of. I find women beat boxing amusing for some reason. Kind of like Parrots drinking shots or chimpanzees smoking cigars. Yeah, they can do it, it just seems weird when they do. It is a good snapshot of Rap at that time.
Here’s that Suicidal Tendencies song I was talking about. You know the Pepsi one.