lady sov pt. 2

p.s. I like Sad Ass Stripah. Partly my autobiographical fascination with fistfights, partly my empirical curiosity for tracks about them (READ ABOUT IT IN HIT IT OR QUIT IT #18!), which are almost always fueled by “get off my man, bitch” territorial authority–but are particularly more intriguing when they involve crews and turf and aggression and loyalty–tho that was the great failure of one of the best lady-beef movies, mi vida loca; realistically they would’ve been fighting over girl-gang superiority, ownership over the block, not the same dude Ernesto who knocked up two chicas–but I DIGRESS! IT IS 5 AM AND I AM WRITING AND WATCHING RERUNS OF THE PARENT ‘HOOD! USHER IS A GUEST ON THIS EPISODE!
I like “Sad Ass Stripah,” the simplicity and precision of its attack on Jentina’s legitimacy and freshness, no Brooke Valentine tropesville (o how that song is tar on the shoe-soul of my girlfight trax list), and she never really calls her a ho. Sure, it’s average battle-rap traffic, but you know. the sun is coming up, my capacity for articulation and complex thought has been supplanted with the vision of hot young Usher in a black tee and a skully singing “You make me wanna” OK GO AHEAD!
As much as I love Omarion “TOUCH” IS MY JAM–HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK about BEEF2K?!, the humility (or not-yet planet-sized ego) of a young Usher will always be fodder for a flutter.