Wednesday, March 19, 2008
music briefs Real Life Top Five: Shawty Redd
Posted by Web Editor on Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:30 PM
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Snoop Dogg's salacious, ladies-cum-first club banger "Sexual Eruption" name-checks Atlanta producer Shawty Redd's single, "Drifter." It also defies rap convention in structure — the lone verse surfaces after three minutes of processor-tweaked hooks and bridges — and division of labor — Snoop publicly credits Redd for both producing and writing the song. Few other MCs could credibly play his performer-as-interpreter role, but it allows Snoop to reinforce his rap-transcending charisma while sharing the wealth. Here, Redd shares a bit about the song's genesis.
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