By The Gunshow
In the normal world, besides its literal definition, “pause” is a term of caution, as used in Run-DMC's New Jack Swing era salvo, “Pause.” In the 2000's, when somebody says "pause" it means that person or another person strung together words (or puns and double entendres) that have overt or subtle homosexual overtones. Be clear, we are not suggesting that any of these individuals are homosexual. In fact, most are loudly and explicitly heterosexual - in their own words.
In Hip-Hop, there are times when the word pause could have and most definitely should have been used. Here are ten cases where baggage handlers and weed carriers slept and let these—shall we say Freudian slips—come out their rapper buddy’s mouths, pause.
This was mostly on that Chicago dude. When R. Kelly crooned on B.I.G.'s “F**k You Tonight,” it was like a marriage made in heaven. Pause. Musically it was a union destined to go down in history. And it did. The song emerged in the somber months after Biggie's tragic murder. It’s been 10 years and it’s now time to highlight one of the biggest “pauses” in Hip-Hop. At the songs climax, R. Kelly passionately sings, “B.I.G. bring that a** to meeeeeeee!” Says our own Illseed, “I don't know about the rest of the rap world, but all I could imagine is R. Kelly singing that line directly to Biggie in the studio. Yuck!”
Redman “Yesh Yesh Y’all” Muddy Waters
Redman is underrated. Again, Redman is underrated. However, on “Yesh Yesh Y’all,” from Muddy Waters [you are losing if this album isn’t in your collection] the Funk Doc quipped, “Male groupies gettin’ shakey when I come up from the rear.”
What did Redman mean when he said this lyric? In his 90's hey-day, he admits to using quite a few drugs. Was the whole Def Squad laced up on that “good good,” because we would assume somebody [Murray, Sermon, DJ Twinz, Rockwilder, anybody?] would have informed Reggie Noble that people could get the wrong idea. These days, Redman is a happy family man that limits his subject matter to weed, girls, fun and crime. New Redman and Method Man album in December.
Nas “N.Y. State of Mind” Illmatic
We know what Nas meant on the DJ Premier produced mind number “N.Y. State of Mind” when he said, "Give me a Smith & Wessun and I'll have n****s undressin’.” But, everybody isn't criminal minded. He's one of the greatest rappers ever, but he should have expounded on the scenario a bit more. Like that scene with DMX in Belly. Well, that could be taken wrong too. You know what to say.
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