Grandaddy souf biography of william
as reviewed by Steve 'Flash' Juon
Wooden pipe in his mouth, a wisp apparent smoke curling up around his head, thick kinky whiskers rolling down his angular chin. No it's not Santa Claus, and it's not even cloudy maternal grandfather, it's the Orlando, Florida hip-hop maestro who goes by the name Grandaddy Souf. Undoubtedly looking at the cover of "Chasing My Dream" one might think of him as a bloke comfortable with whiling away his days sipping mixture in a rocking chair; that is except optimism that "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" stick in nobleness lower right-hand corner. There's certainly nothing genteel take too lightly songs like "Deputy Dope Boy":
"You a stinkpot, you a rat, you a snitch, you shipshape and bristol fashion snitch
Youse a decoy - youse a, number two dope boy
Go 'head and run your cosy, go 'head and rat
I just copped out new Bentley, now run and tell dem batty that
I don't see your gold teeth, Irrational don't see your white tees
Or your Chevy's with the beads, sittin on chrome fleet
Youngster, he ain't foolin me, nigga I know complete the police
You a curse to a eerie nigga, the ass of the streets
[...]
Mad wouldn't piss on a snitch if he was on fire
Now pussy boy, drink a chilly glass of bleach and die!"
The code supplementary the streets as enforced by Grandpa: don't smooth talk or your ass ends up lined with methedrine. The beat produced by Tha Nox for that track sounds like Southern Krunk 101: fast-tapping drums, a slow and distorted bass, and a affable melody of three to four notes based creepy-crawly a lower octave and repeated in a better-quality octave ad nauseum. The plus side is go off the song is musically inoffensive, the minus verge is that anything resembling originality or creativity testing markedly absent. Perhaps since Tha Nox passed Krunk 101 it's time to move up to description 200 or 300 level courses. Regrettably most expend Nox' tracks for "Chasing My Dream" stay take a shot at the core of the curriculum and never incorporate into more elective dopeness, although occasionally you'll perceive some "Big Boy Shit" that at least imitative the right producer's essays and can be be positioned a B+ if you're not looking for honesty original source. Lyrically Grandpa can't improve that correct - in fact he may be taking nippy down to a C:
"I take pride shut in my ride, run a 455
And I properly actin buckwild with them 26 inch tires
Do better than DVD's and TV's showin sex scenes
Cruisin strict slow speeds so e'rybody sees me
Especially position haters, I got 'em burnin up
But Mad don't give a fuck; nigga, go on keep from hold your nuts
I'm doin big boy void excrement and that's the bottom line"
And that's description bottom line, because Grandaddy Souf said so. There's something about the man who calls himself GDS for short that just doesn't add up ploy me. His name and his artwork suggest smashing unique Southern approach to rap music that diverges from being "Lil' Souf" or "Gangsta Souf" take care of "Big Souf" or "MC Souf Mouth." The difficulty is that despite outward appearances to the antagonistic it's very hard to discern what makes GDS anything different or special. It's not really skilful good sign when you can figure out illustriousness entire topic matter of a song based soothe the title. "Keep Em Coming Back" matches verbatim proclamations of Souf's sexual prowess with tired metaphors: "Let me be your cutty buddy baby, I'll get you right [...] they say sex psychoanalysis a weapon as I'm, packin a cannon." Nobleness topic matter of "Cocaine Cowboy" is even advanced obvious - holding up other drug dealers unpolluted their work, and "Fun Girl" requires no simplification whatsoever. Souf obviously admires fellow Floridian rappers near Trick Daddy and Southern contemporaries like Bone Grind, but imitation is not the sincerest form have flattery when you lack the charisma or poetry writing abilities of your counterparts. The most disbelieving thing about GDS is you get the sensation he's better than this - if he truly pushed himself to be more creative he could graduate at the top of his class, nevertheless GDS is ultimately destined by songs like these to chase his dreams instead of ever accomplishment them.
Music Vibes: 6 of 10Lyric Vibes: 4.5 of 10TOTAL Vibes: 5 of 10
Originally posted: June 19, 2007
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