Thes one과 Double K로 이루어진 People under the stairs는 1998년부터 캘리포니아에서 활동을 시작해오며 현재까지도 많은 이들의 사랑을 받고 있는 힙합팀이다. 올드스쿨 랩스타일로 다양한 느낌의 곡으로 무난하게 융화될 수 있다는 장점을 가지고 있으며 그들의 앨범 중에 특히 ‘Question in the form of an answer’ , ‘Fun DMC’등이 많은 인기를 끌었다. 하지만 무엇보다 이들의 음악 하면 빼놓을 수 없는 건 2002년 발표한 ‘O.S.T(original soundtrack)’에 수록된 JAZZY한 미디엄 템포의 Tales of kidd drunkadelic로, 많은 힙합 팬들에게 사랑받고 있는 명곡이다. .... ....
(Double K) I got, ten MC's held up in a line Cause all these dudes told me that they knew how to rhyme So which one will it be that I choose to test first The way he grabbed the mic showed signs of a pussy and even worse He was talkin bout a gat that wasn't tucked in his waist So I ???? into the next sucka face (next) This fool was pretty dope, told him, keep up the good work Gave him a pound and a pin, moved on to this next jerk Hey yo, dude looked like Usher with his chest all exposed Bustin bout bitches he be hittin and his stupid ass clothes Bitch smile on his face like there were hands in the air wavin' But I was anticipatin with Satan to see him bakin' Under the authority of someone lower than me Started gettin tired (yawn!), skipped three, now here's the seventh MC Looked like a pretty cool guy, but sounded like Treach (Hay! Ho!) Moved around all fast screamin with weapons around his neck It was like a fuckin joke, me and the gang got a good laugh, He got all hot, tried to dulo, we beat his fuckin ass like (sounds of fighting) Number eight was a female, at least that's how I figured, Until it started rappin, sounded like one of my niggas, God damn this that, and all the guns in the world Harder than most niggas on the mic, even had a Jheri Curl (damn!) Sent her to Jenny Jones, for the little makeover, Told her, "be back in two weeks!" you see all I wanted to do was bone her Word, she's out like yesterday's six pack So let's get back to the last two, yo they from the same crew, What should we do, Thes said he knew them niggas from some open mic spot, They tried to gun up, got cut up, so here's round 2
"Yea you money! I'm talkin to you!" "You got a battle rap? Battle me!" "Wassup?!" "Battle me!" "Wassup?!"
(Thes One) Yo! What would you do if I could prove you didn't exist and it was true Like ??? solidified proof of your essence Of you in the spoof of your birth Now I guess that would lesson your worth to the dirt and the earth And the leaf, now I leave you alone without belief that your really here And assist you beneath your fear An endearing tear would fall if all that I said was true, Am I right or ???, too complex for quote I'll have the final say, Like the rope to the boat to the dock, you're not free yet, man You're sick, stuck, caught, sick in the head, Stuck to the bed, you're dumbfed Diseased with that mononuclear, what I look like money?! That latin listening to Coolio? So I ask, What was your mom's task when she had you? If fully she knew that through all of her pain Her baby was born without brain and insane and just plain, no style! No smile, your memories are worth a shitpile to me You believe that you're free?!! Man, free from your mom, Free from the man and most of all free from me but you see, I've caught you! My bad you don't really exist, So I got to, explain this so when I tell you how not to, You won't do it, I'm screwin your thinkin! I know I exist and I prove it cause I'm listening to you But I ask, what if God was an evil genius who only made you believe you were true? And your life was nothing man! Just a really long dream And when you die you'll start a whole new life, a whole new dream But that was just a dream, and it seems man you can't break out the cycle Am I crazy? Go to your church and ask your white God if I'm right though, Whatever he replies will be lies, we've already established this evil, When I'm lying, you don't exist but merely as emotion and perceival, Believe you'll be round tomorrow kid, yo, You've borrowed time with no entrance, And since you're a dream I can mentally put on the pinch And you disappear in an instant, Fool what?! What?!
"nigga fuck you! You can't rap anyway" "We up out of here!" "Sucka ass niggas! Eat a dick!"
(Verse 1) Knight Lord Radio and Hale Bopp the Bay Bridge faded, Tryin' to find Smiley's house, thank God we made it Yo, blunts, broads and beats, keep it low through the streets And niggas givin' us pounds 'cause of these dope-ass sounds We run aground like ships over these beats I flips The bass is hittin' so hard that your CD skips Well check it out, make sure it doesn't happen again I got my grip on it, to turn it up to volume ten Volume ten? Word, like that brother from LA Lord Radio and Hale Bopp be streakin' through the Bay We all-city like the Mayor You see my name on more fresh shit than Creed Taylor The G for international ladies like a sailor, Like a sailor I gets drunk and bust flows to the beat Like my man J, I feel the Agony in Defeat Cause sucka-chumps wanna test, step like we don't know We doin', we doin' shows in San Francisco That's right young writer, got a hit for all you biters Time to bless another track, we gettin' rid of the wack We put 'em in the back with the other Tappan Zee shit Beats hit hard, make the trolleys do ollies Old folks grabs their collies and vacate the bay See our name in Northern Lights, Thes Love and Double K We gettin' wild for the night, we gettin' wild for the night And it all went down, a what, what
On a warm San Franciscan night Yo, rockin' shows for you and your crew On a warm San Franciscan night We rollin' blunts and doin' the do On a warm San Franciscan night We doin shows wit a mic check a one two On a warm San Franciscan night PUTS on the back, but we're comin' through On a warm San Franciscan night
(Verse 2) We was drinkin', smokin', more smokin', more drinkin' Didn't think about the morning hangover, just didn't want to be sober Yo Radio, tell me how did you feel, Like I'll never catch a DUI, hit gas, peel Make a left on Market, yo Mr. Double K Ay, ay what's up? Roll up the windows and spark Done deal, yo, you didn't have to ask twice Smokin' on top of the hill so we can peep the city lights I'm on award tour, we got it locked like Alcatraz Doin' a San Francisco show like Hubert Laws CTI 7071, go buy it Bring the drums like Harvey Mason, don't try it Better luck next time, tryin' to step to the P You in the Bay, punk, I guess you ain't heard about LA Yo Double K, tell 'em that the P's unique with the beats The PUTS show's a San Francisco treat A San Francisco treat just like some Rice-A-Roni Put it in your mouth and let it run down the middle just like Monie Phony homie, you'll never rock a party Your wack-ass crew gets called out See I play the rod-roddy, come on now To the Southland punks have you feelin the concrete Have you askin' questions from your hands to your feet You don't want to do the shit that I'm offering Sayin that P can't rock your city, (what) who, you make a fool Very often we win, yo very sueldom we lose Spice rockin' yo mother-fuckin whole city
On A Warm San Francisco Night Yo, rollin blunts and doin the do (the do, the do) On A Warm San Francisco Night Chillin wit your girl and her crew (her crew, her crew) On A Warm San Francisco Night Scaring old people, still doin the do (we're doin the do)
Yeah, making collect calls to another area code, we mowed We be the 310, we be the main extension I be the Double K And we crowning, ounces, vodka, whatever, juice, loose, San Francisco here we come, we're comin' back we gonna have some fun Much love to the Bay Area P-U-T-S (On a warm San Franciscan...) Rockin' the disco, startin' a fight
(Thes One) Yo, I think this time I've found a shorty for me We talk a lot, take walks a lot, she doesn't bore me In fact she won't ignore me when I'm speakin music matters She's intelligent, fly style flatters My own style, chickens scatter when she floats through the club Child matters, Love, I'm thinkin, I met her one night drinkin, I suggested a show, She walked up and said, "I know you You're from the P-U, T-S, I think your name is Thes too," Would you like a soda, I'm underage Slipped her my number, tipped away And said give me a page later In typical latin lady flavor she said "maybe, ??? que si" That's how it should be And see she played me close, next night dinner, The champagne toast, sunset pacific coast, And mostwhile, everything to me was like tight groovy Always a treat, man, she took me to the movies Made love to beats, woke up and made me pancakes And this point I knew my shit was land or lakes Fellas, I might be in love but something's still not right, We didn't fight but she didn't call me last night She got mad loot, no jobs, and plus a high renter Cellular phone to check the Pac Bell message center, Which she does too much, and I'm really not with it She tells me that she loves me so I guess I'm committed
(HOOK x 2) Turndown days..... No way, no way "It gets better, this girl's kinda clever"
(Double K) Yo I was coolin at the club about ten on the dot Drinkin Hennesey and Coke, feeling like 2Pac Me and the crew hit the stage in about a half of one Trying to ditch security cause I'm under twenty-one Just then, I see this fine Latin chick walk past Face like never before, body like an hour glass So I was lookin at the booty, it was lookin right back, You would have thought she wanted loot but it wasn't like that Yo this girl stepped to me, asked me, what was my name, I told her, Mike, she looked with a grin, said, that's right Then for a minute I started to wonder how she knew who I was, Yo, we've been doin mad shows with the underground buzz, Then I asked her her name, yo I heard that somewhere, Matter of fact, I have, but yo the K didn't care All I wanted was the ass, only that and nothing more, Talked a cool 15 minutes, got the number, hit the floor, Saw Thes, gave him the DAT, we rocked the show, Woke up the next day, aww shit, here we go Seen a number in the pager that I didn't recognize, Matched it up with the little paper received last night, Word up, I'm bout to hit the skins like it was my first Returned the call, got the address, and quenched my thirst, Took a quick shower, was out in five minutes, Big grin on my grill cause I knew I'd be up in it, Her crib was in four, so I strolled down the road, Kinda high off the blunt, bangin on the front door, She opened up, still in her nightclothes, Fourplay was in effect before I closed the front door, You know how it goes, fingers in her shoobie doobie, Whispered in her ear that I wanted her to do me, And we did it homeboy, all day and night, But even after that, something still wasn't right, What the fuck, Thes's beat tape doin on your night stand? Yo, I figured it out, it was a gameplan I asked her whats up, she said I got a man, And I got a what, what, what, what
(Hook x 2)
(Assault) Y'all didn't see me all day, I stayed at the bay awaitin, The car from the maiden I had met when I was chasin Down the bus which I missed but I wasn't too pissed When I spotted a sis, who lit my eyes like the trees They put up on Christmas, I said, hey, how are you doin today? She said, aiight, the frame was tight so I continued her way, Shootin the breeze like LA, conversation was cool, She went to school, had a job, and no meat was the rule, Now not to send like a gay librarian, I appreciate the fact you're vegetarian, I eat some flesh once in awhile, was her reply, And then she looked at me with an old look in her eye, I said, what, I'm not your kind of nigga? Not quite, but I'll be very interested to hang out with you tonight, I thought whoa, huh, this girl's a sick puppy, If she chills at the crib I'll probably get lucky But she never showed..... all day, I missed work..... But she never showed up.... I think she was bisexual She had a fat ass.... It was like red, kinda like reddish brown
(Intro) (Freak it now) Knights will come, be advised They'll come for them Be advised they'll come Someone's sure that they'll be here
(Double K) Yo Thes, what (what up?) Can you rock the mic?
(Thes One) A ha ha, my mellow my man, it's like ridin' a bike Uh, Double K
(Double K) What's Up?
(Thes One) Can you rock it?
(Double K) Like ridin' a bike, but only with training wheels So what, shoot the gift and let them know the deal
(Thes One) I shoot the gift like NRA members on Christmas Morning warning rock MCs like isthmus like a principal
(Hook) I'm the principal, our crew's invincible Under The Stairs Impairs auditroy of your whole municipal (municipal?) Code area, attack like malaria Concrete jungle bundle of joy With bobby-boys It's scary to think our tape destroys your crew's hopes (what?) I can't cope with that, say no Put it on a DAT, Double K 'Cause everything I say will one day give away Or another recovered in it's original place Signify this straight caligrified verse Petrified rock, put your goddamn block in a herse
(Thes One) Only thing worse, chaos bursts the eardrums, the P Making the beats and rhymes funkally-dunkally Fat like chunky here, but not out for radio play Here's a crew washing the wax my mind space Tight A, not Navy deals, no way Pets for three sixty five days I add a fourth 'cause I leap year I leave tracks like Amtrack Battles the P and Superman After that your crew will try and forget like Izoin(?) It's the Amistad, man Beckets(?) know it better I rip it all up like a letter for the principal
(Hook)
(Thes One) Chaos bursts...(Double K cuts in)
(Double K) (Unintelligible) my crew bad as milk That's one, lace the track Like a blunt with the weird smell Nigga, your stunned Other from the brothers with another monkey(?) shit Put the viddy(?) on the stick and make sure it don't skip Hip-Hoppin is rarest, punk You know you wanna admit it All these crews runnin around with wack tracks They don't get it, the gettin distressed (word?) They gettin me mad
(Thes One) So what you sayin, Double K?
(Double K) Just put that shit on my tab Don't feel like dealin' with it now I'll deal with it later See, the mic's in my possesion Yo, so while she did it To the minmute Stupid frontin' since we first stepped in Brought it back a couple of times Now you give it a grin First you tell your homey, "Yeah man, that shit's fresh!" Didn't know this kinda shit could be lurkin' the west We puttin' hair on your chest We flow with no hesitation Late radio stations ain't allowed on these premesis Millions hearin' this Late at night like domestic violece Smackin' you the fuck up Until we get some silence (word) Keep you like Judge Judy on the mic Puttin' up a fight Rollin' hard 'till the break of daylight So next time you corny niggas wanna come hardcore Go listen to 'Lil Kim (word...)
"What's the time? Time to rock our shit" (Scratched until end in various ways)
(Thes One) Thes born in south America Moved to South Bay, Run with crew from Mid-City Thats were I stay, I'm from LA always have been And always will be Capital, *La Sprall* the P stands out like Palm Trees Next to Pine Trees blownin' in a Santa Ana breeze My DJs got fame, underground Rick Dees I am MC so bring fuckin 5 minutes I Jam like the one ten in the 84' Olympics Keep the rhyme moving like the unity location Rap has been my vocation since before the Japanese on the radio station Thats why they Fired Jay Thomas, I keep it fattin' like the llama yo I promise Never stop never change like the price at Dodger Stadium I blow up rock free shows at the palladium Afterwards the crew i'm taking up to Tommy's Burgers Gotta be for every Los Angelino Murder A rhyme for every burgler, Thes a *well worder* It comes together in a freeway like East LA merger That means you'll get no pay but I erge ya Keep ya eye on LA like *Ta Kennedy reword ya* Heard of someone better? Send em'my way He get done the LA Way..... the Driveby way.....
Thes One (Verse 2) Every one in my town think they got flow Thes serve more wack MCs than waitress at Roscoes You know at the graveyard shift, gettin spliff We can take it downtown like Figueroa and 5th And after that I'm heading up to El Cholo for some dinner Bustin' thru the inner city underground like the red line Thinner than the line at Car wash in El Nino Thats you son see no time in this lo-cal Underground down talkin bout yo I'm keepin it real I'm coming wit the Walkmen and tapes not sealed Not a 22, 45 but a 9' double 06 *Put it on your letter to the veter make a snap, send in a letter* Letter to Thes, LA legend like Fernando Valenzuela Yes he aint never ran in a battle yes But he be smokin' beedies watchin the sun set from sunset
자신 있게 말하건데 Joe Pernice는 현재 지구상에서 가장 훌륭한 멜로디 메이커이자 팝/록씬에서 가장 아름다운 목소리를 가진 보컬 가운데 한 명입니다. 이 사람은 지금 얻고 있는 인기와 명성의 200배는 족히 누릴만한 자격이 있습니다. 최소한 2001년의 [The World Won't End] 부터만이라도 그래야 했습니다. 하지만 그렇지 못했죠. 물론 그 앨범은 그가 작업했던 이전의 어떤 앨범보다 많이 팔렸지만 그것으로는 충분하지 않습니다. 90년대 초중반 이른바 얼터-컨트리의 선구자들 중 누군가는 잊혀졌고, 누군가는 영웅이 되어있는 지금, 그는 자신이 늘 있던 그 자리에 여전히 머무르며 아름다운 팝을 세상에 흘려보내고 있습니다. 이제 21세기 벽두에 가장 부지런한 뮤지션 중 한명이었던 그가 2년만에...