Survived jail, too, and came back in his early thirties with the ferocity of a teenager. “Told my b**ch, she cried/Told my n****s, they cried,” he rapped on 2016’s “Cancer.” “Mama tried to downplay it to the family-she lied/I'm thinking, ‘Damn, how'd I get cancer?’” No self-pity, no tears. But the same frankness that made his trash talk entertaining gave his confessions a real-world weight few other rappers could carry. The sound was synthy, the voice shrill, the material rough.
in 1982, the artist formerly known as Lil Boosie got his first boost from UGK’s Pimp C in the early 2000s, leading to a series of albums and mixtapes-try 2006’s Bad Azz or 2009’s SuperBad-that cemented a reputation.
Like Gucci Mane in Georgia or Scarface in Texas, Boosie-born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana-isn’t just an MC, but a kind of folk hero, the eternal outsider whose career represents the idea that real success isn’t conferred by the outside, but written from within.īorn Torrence Hatch Jr. But where a lot of regional rappers of his generation seemed torn between local love and mainstream appeal, Boosie has always been unapologetically himself, forgoing radio singles and crossover features for a hardcore sound indifferent to the winds of style or trend. Not like he hasn’t been successful-he has. Even if it all comes off as something the equally whiney Webbie has done before, his Louisiana brother Boosie sounds like he wants it more, making this scrappy and crafty party album all the more magnetic.One of the great narratives of ’90s rap was the steady migration of Southern artists toward the national stage. The sugary sweet ballad "Miss Kissin' on You" is the only true dud on this 16-track album which, with the help of some well-chosen guests and a handful of exciting B Real productions, always entertains. The mixtape Boosie - the darker and more vicious Boosie - is still recognizable on hardcore tracks like "No Mercy" and "Pain" but the bitter "Bullsh*t" is more in line with the rest of the album as it turns disgust into a singalong chorus with a wicked hook. When the opening "My Avenue" declares "All I want is my paper/I don't care what they say," the slick, Runners-produced track gives the album's motivation right off the top. He explained that women buy product and don't like any "static-ass-burnt CD," but skipping the sexism argument, it is worth noting that Superbad is glammed-out Boosie by design and not some major-label repackaging of a naturally gutter artist.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. Before it was released, Baton Rouge rapper Lil' Boosie explained that Superbad - which on the spine adds the subtitle "The Return of Boosie Bad Azz" - was recorded with the ladies in mind. Listen free to Lil Boosie Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz (My Avenue, Top Notch and more).
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