This does not get put in any of the big lists of seminal, influential rap hits of the late-70’s/early-80’s pre-album-rap-era like “Rappers Delight”, “The Message”, “Planet Rock”, “The Breaks” or “The Show” does.Īnd for me, it’s in that company. My words to them would simply be: not enough. Some people might protest it being on the list, because they’d say it’s already acknowledged as such. Not because they don’t like the song, because most people, even casual fans of rap music, know that “Jam On It” is a jam. And for non-gangsta-rap fan listening to these lyrics, which AI delivers here in bracingly authentic fashion, albeit in his own off-beat flow, you almost can’t blame them. Still, the league’s corporate interests, who would go on to institute a dress-code + put a zone in the league just to stop him, were not ready to have The Notorious MVP out here rapping like the third-member of Mobb Deep over a Havoc knockoff beat. This song, however, got some local radio play before the intervention, possibly even for reasons beyond Iverson’s athletic talent and hip-hop generation icon status. Most of the album has never been heard, outside of a few boardrooms, or by the approximately 5000 members of AI’s entourage at the dawn of the 2000's. This song, and AI’s debut album as Jewelz on Universal Records, due to then-NBA commissioner David Sterns behind-the-scenes machinations, never saw the light of day as a formal release. But whatever, we’re self-aware enough to own that, while also telling y’all we just don’t care. Perhaps this song being on the list is proof positive of this fact. Make no mistake, The Wudder’s love for Allen Iverson borders on irrational at times. Shout-out also to the brilliantly named Lil’ Debbie, Kreay’s road dawg in the now-defunct White Girl Mob, for whom this video represented a coming-out party. If people wanna claim Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop” as a more respectable testament to forgoing designer-labels, while finding your own sense of style and fashion? Then your boy Bomb is calling you a chump. Extremely hilarious, but with an encoded message and serious bass thump. This song is unabashedly bratty greatness.

The group of rap fans, three decades into consuming this culture, who would list this as a Top 10 Female Rap Single of All-Time, likely consists of just me, myself and I. While the backlash, plus lack of a follow-up hit anywhere near this level, combined to kill her career off like a hotshot.Īfter showing this video to my West Coast homie (future Wudder podcast contributor) Big Rob, he stated “boy, you need your ass kicked for liking this song”. The problem was, by the time her debut album dropped, this song’s shelf-life had already peaked, so her momentum had all but stopped.

Oakland-bred Kreayshawn blew up off this cut, which led to a major-label bidding war, and landed her on the esteemed Columbia Records label. This was the song that originally inspired this double-shot of The Five Spot.

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