Video: Slim Thug ft. Peter Hadar & Young Black – Still A Boss (prod. Von Pea)
On tonight’s episode, The Daily Show will follow up by debuting Slim Thug’s video for “Still a Boss,” a new song which will parody Thugga’s real life struggle with juggling his duties as a rapper and the realities of the recession. “Still a Boss” was written by Slim along with Cenac and Von Pea of the rap group Tanya Morgan (who also produced the song).
According to Cenac the idea for it came about after a Texas governor went in front of the Senate to appeal for a bailout of chicken farmers in his district, after the Cash for Clunkers program received funds. The idea sounded silly, but for Cenac, this governor raised some legitimate questions. “As he [the Texas governor] was talking about how much that chicken factory meant to his district… it was like… well you can make that argument about anybody,” Wyatt said. “And rappers they promote spending by having fancy cars, and fancy clothes and if anybody should receive a bailout, why not rappers?”
So they teamed up with the Houston MC to investigate the issue in this segment, which, all jokes aside may sound like scripted jokes, but includes actual accounts of things that have happened to the Houston rapper personally.
“It was all him,” Cenac said. “He told us this story about being thrown out of a strip club for not tipping and that was a real thing. I don’t remember the name of the strip club but he was really upset about it. When we do these pieces, we’re talking to people and we’re gauging their honest reactions to things. We wind up sort of saying and doing stupid things and they just kind of react to it.”
Wyatt, who admits to being a big hip-hop admirer, says that the segment was not only fun to put together, but necessary at a time like this. “I’m a big fan, so it was fun…,” Wyatt shared. “Just kind of looking at this issue because you do see it in videos and there are people who talk about it. We’re going through some pretty tough economic times …you do still see a lot of rappers talking about how good they have it and it’s sort of a weird thing.”-XXL
Audio: Slim Thug ft. Peter Hadar & Young Black – Still A Boss (prod. Von Pea) [via RR]
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October 9th, 2009 at 1:06 am
Koch will do that to you. I like Slim though.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:10 am
He’d be getting a little more if he didn’t buy that auto-tune.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Koch is like the ratty old shack down the street that lil kids in movies hop the fence and go into. Once you enter, never heard or seen from again.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:11 am
I love that von pea produced this. This is big. Von and Tmo deserve every bit a respect they have.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:11 am
& Young Black
^ Gee Wiz who sent this bamma?
October 9th, 2009 at 1:12 am
His album was pretty decent though and sold well for an independent. Something like 150k or so copies (wikipedia says 185k).
October 9th, 2009 at 1:25 am
word? Von Pea produced?
October 9th, 2009 at 8:50 am
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October 9th, 2009 at 9:35 am
that skit was pretty funny but idk if i would do it as a rapper
October 9th, 2009 at 10:26 am
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October 9th, 2009 at 11:17 am
He’d be getting a little more if he didn’t buy that auto-tune.
October 9th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Whats the point of this? If it was funny or good it would be cool but its just lame. Editing is shitty. Wow some CNBC footage just tossed in there with Slim rapping over shitty production. Next.
October 9th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
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