Hot Songs: 1/29/10

Yelawolf – “I Wish Remix” (Featuring Prynce Cy-Hi & Pill)

Yelawolf teamed up with Prynce Cy-Hi and Pill for the remix of “I Wish” off his critically acclaimed Trunk Muzik mixtape.  The original version, with a guess verse from Raekwon, stood out as one of the more powerful tracks from the Alabama emcee’s latest project.

This version’s best verse comes from Pink City’s Pill:

“Oh Contrare mon frair,
One pure pain giver,
Don’t injest this,
It might cause corrosion of the liver,
Toxic, drop kick opponents on arrival,
This ain’t hip hop, this the manual to survival,
Take notes fake folks, imitators and lovers,
All true to life g’s risen up from the gutter,
I’m on something different from the rest of you rappers,
And that’s real shit, Pill spits exactly what happened.”

Last time Pill was in New York, he was joking around and making everyone laugh, while speaking some French like at the beginning of his verse.  All joking aside, Pill spits some serious lines on the track and calls out all the imitators jockin his style.

“I wish a motherfucker would. Tell me this ain’t straight drop, yams’ fresh out the pot.”  – Pill

Freddie Gibbs & Mikkey Halsted – “On My Own”

I love how Freddie Gibbs took us to Gary, Indiana with the video for “On My Own.”  He’s been dropping hit after hit, paying tribute to his place of birth, so I know his fans from outside the Midwest were curious to see what the G.I. Pride was all about.

However, my favorite lines off the track come from Mikkey Halsted, who also shows us his home town in the video.  Mikkey spits:

“Started on 72nd and Vincennes,
Where momma used a dresser drawer for my baby crib,
Guess that’s exhibit A of get it how you live.
You know poverty breeds the most creative shit…
Take your own path,
Fuck if people don’t feel ya,
The only man you answer to is the nigga in the mirror.
I’m on my own.”

Poverty has definitely bred some of the world’s most creative people.  Don’t sleep on Mikkey Halsted, he’s making a lot of noise.

Twista – “Fire” (Featuring Lil Boosie)

The video put together by Ike Films is really dope, and the hook off “Fire” has been stuck in my head all morning:

“Smokin on that fire, (smokin on that fire),
Puffin on that dro, (puffin on that dro),
Kush weed gets me higher, (kush weed gets me higher),
And the diesel get me blowed, (and the diesel get me blowed)”

Aside from the hook, Lil Boosie spits my favorite part of the song with:

“I smoke that biscuit,
Smell good, let me hit that,
That’s why Michael Phelps did that.”

Michael Phelps jokes are hilarious!

“Fire” is featured on Twista’s Category F5 album, out now.