i got snow and… candy

lunchtime thought: smart ppl point out that 2005 was the yr of the trap-anthem, but i think the look for ’06 is less snow, more sugar. (assuming ghostface’s fishscale keeps getting the release-date nudge). POURQUOI, you ask? PARCE QUE 2005 yielded beaucoup southern tracks analogizing “that candy” to actual candy: d4l’s “laffy taffy,” randy b’s “candy man,” K-Rab & BHI “bubble gum.” ok that’s only three, but really, how many licks does it take before we get to declare it “THE YEAR OF” something? the BHI track even references “laffy taffy.” tell me if there are more.
hey remember when r. kelly wrote JS’ “ICE CREAM,” (love to the johnson sisters!) then shortly thereafter Neptunes wrote that amazing Kelis album about milkshakes sugar honey ice tea oh! R. KeLLY is america’s premiere food sexaphorist, p.s., but as he spends more time fleshing out his narrative work, Pharrell “yr ass is like ______” Williams pulls up to the front on that tip.
Related: Philip James writes on our gov’t; invokes diktat, orwell, and the kgb.