Friday, November 12, 2004
But you had to start illin', tryin' to make a killin'
I've become a video game widow. Yes, with the release of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, I am now relegated to entertaining myself for several hours a night while Victor fights gang wars, pimps out his hos, and controls the hood. The good thing about this game is that it has a fantastic soundtrack, comprised of several radio stations that you can choose while playing.
A lot of the music is gangsta rap and old school hip-hop. I don't profess to be an expert on either, but I did enjoy the Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg era in the 90's, as did Victor. I've since lost my mixtape of gangsta rap, and Victor's copy of The Chronic was stolen several years ago. I can still do the entire first verse (and most of the rest) of "Gin and Juice," though, and we're going to have to rebuy some stuff.
But our nostalgia has been mainly focused on another genre: New Jack Swing. I had forgotten that there even was such a thing, but it turns out there are websites devoted to it. There is a radio station on the game that plays nothing but this music (think mainly early 90s R&B). I had forgotten how much of that music I owned. I had Cooleyhighharmony, as did Victor and much of the rest of the planet. I also had albums by Johnny Gill, Babyface, Hi-Five... maybe more than I'd care to remember. Whatever... some of that music was really good. Don't you recall when Babyface and L.A. Reid dominated the music industry? Remember how good Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" (written by Face and L.A.) was? How many funerals or breakups were soundtracked by "End of the Road" or "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," and how many people got laid to "I'll Make Love to You?" I guess songs like these will always be a guilty pleasure to me.
So while I'm a widow, I have been enjoying revisiting my junior high years. I know I have some of those albums at my parents' house still... maybe I'll have to get them next time I'm home. Maybe I can also find my Janet Jackson Official Fan Club Member pin while I'm at it.
I've become a video game widow. Yes, with the release of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, I am now relegated to entertaining myself for several hours a night while Victor fights gang wars, pimps out his hos, and controls the hood. The good thing about this game is that it has a fantastic soundtrack, comprised of several radio stations that you can choose while playing.
A lot of the music is gangsta rap and old school hip-hop. I don't profess to be an expert on either, but I did enjoy the Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg era in the 90's, as did Victor. I've since lost my mixtape of gangsta rap, and Victor's copy of The Chronic was stolen several years ago. I can still do the entire first verse (and most of the rest) of "Gin and Juice," though, and we're going to have to rebuy some stuff.
But our nostalgia has been mainly focused on another genre: New Jack Swing. I had forgotten that there even was such a thing, but it turns out there are websites devoted to it. There is a radio station on the game that plays nothing but this music (think mainly early 90s R&B). I had forgotten how much of that music I owned. I had Cooleyhighharmony, as did Victor and much of the rest of the planet. I also had albums by Johnny Gill, Babyface, Hi-Five... maybe more than I'd care to remember. Whatever... some of that music was really good. Don't you recall when Babyface and L.A. Reid dominated the music industry? Remember how good Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" (written by Face and L.A.) was? How many funerals or breakups were soundtracked by "End of the Road" or "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," and how many people got laid to "I'll Make Love to You?" I guess songs like these will always be a guilty pleasure to me.
So while I'm a widow, I have been enjoying revisiting my junior high years. I know I have some of those albums at my parents' house still... maybe I'll have to get them next time I'm home. Maybe I can also find my Janet Jackson Official Fan Club Member pin while I'm at it.
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