Modern Qualifier 21 – BASS PLAYERS LIP FOLKS

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A 2011 single from the Deluxe version of Pink Friday.
Willie Hutch-sampling 2007 single from the Underground Kings LP.
Her 2007 debut single, later found on VYP (Voice Of The Young People).
A single from 2002’s Under Construction.

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Qualifier M21: BASS PLAYERS LIP FOLKS

NICKI MINAJ – “Super Bass” (YouTube)

UGK ft OUTKAST – “Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)” (YouTube)

LIL MAMA – “Lip Gloss” (YouTube)

MISSY ELLIOTT ft LUDACRIS – “Gossip Folks” (YouTube)

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j_e_l

16 May 2023 13:03

Didn’t mind Nicki Minaj, and the Ludacris bit on one of the other songs.

Baltimore Jacks

16 May 2023 14:00

Obviously Lip Gloss’s minimalist backdrop is key to its allure. But a propos of the mash-up discussion elsewhere, this piece shows that Lil’ Mama’s vocals hold up fabulously in a maximalist context as well.
Absorb the Lipgloss – Lil Mama Vs. Marnie Stern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJYtdrwIZwg
If I’d thought of it, I might have nominated it.

SmoothBrain

19 May 2023 12:41

Reply to Baltimore Jacks

I seem to remember Lip Gloss popping up on heaps of mashups I listened to at the time, at least in my circles these were better known that the original. Hearing it now I can’t believe how committed it is to it’s minimalist backing for a song about gloss. The vocal makes it, I agree.

bartlebooth45

16 May 2023 14:23

Super Bass used to be my karaoke song of choice but International Player’s Anthem is one of the greatest rap songs ever. Most I’ve ever spent on a record is on that Texas-shaped vinyl as a Christmas present for my proudly Texan girlfriend.

Job

16 May 2023 14:34

It was a thrill to live through the Peak Missy era and be aware in the moment of how amazing all her records were

Pop-o-matic

16 May 2023 14:44

Obviously all of these are great, but the minimalist banger “Lip Gloss” was new to me and I thought it would probably need the vote more.

Tom

16 May 2023 14:47

I chucked two tracks from my Uncool50 list into this group – each of which has one of my favourite ever guest verses. “Gossip Folks” isn’t as well-loved as “Work It” from this LP but it’s a wonderful showcase of Missy’s ringmaster mode, acting as the centre of a track with so many brilliant pieces: her closing fury (“HEY MISSY??!!”), the Double Dutch sample, the beat, and best of all Ludacris’ thrown-out-there drawl.

Andre 3000’s opening verse on “Int’l Players Anthem” tho is just something else entirely, maybe the thing I love most by him across his entire career, getting right into the 70s Blaxploitation vibe of the Willie Hutch sample and coming up with a bit of half-rap-half-poetry which could have been on Hustler’s Convention but also injects a bit of uncynical joy and an extra dimension into a song which is otherwise squarely about pimping (brilliant tho it is).

Last edited 1 year ago by Tom

ajjr82

16 May 2023 17:51

“Cc’d every girl I’d see-see round town” is immortal.

Edward Still

16 May 2023 18:30

This is a great group too to bottom but the sheer thrill of hearing Super Bass for the first time in years can’t be looked past.

Arron Wright

17 May 2023 15:46

Reply to Edward Still

Among the bigger names, nor can I look past “unpolled as a solo artist” versus “already in Pollhalla with a C21 winner, C21 RU and C21 SF”.

Arron Wright

21 May 2023 17:25

Reply to Arron Wright

Very disappointing result for that reason.

Ed Still

17 May 2023 22:38

Reply to Arron Wright

I was unaware Lil Mama held such sway over our voter base!

RobertK

16 May 2023 19:49

I’d say the “I’ve got a headache and it’s a not a tumor” line hasn’t aged well but Kindergarten Cop was 12 years old when Gossip Folks came out so it was never a timely reference!

wmterhaar

17 May 2023 09:30

Got a ‘not available in your area’ for Lip Gloss on YT; this version works for me. Good song!

katstevens

17 May 2023 18:11

IT’S POPPIN

mitya

18 May 2023 00:14

Super Bass not at all what I was expecting from Nicki (yes, I realise the song is 12 years old)

ismathers

18 May 2023 15:40

Almost impossible to choose here, four all-timer tracks

Just Rewarding

19 May 2023 22:51

Recently obsessed with Gossip Folks, thankful that it introduced me to Double Dutch Bus, 40 years late, so weird and perfect and of its moment and silly, it feels a parody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK9hK82r-AM&feature=share