Video: Lil Boosie, “Mind of a Maniac”
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
When Prodigy released the video for “Mac 10 Handle” we wouldn’t have expected him to spawn a back-to-basics rap video renaissance, but he did, and now Lil Boosie’s “Mind of a Maniac” can exist. In the Motion Family-directed video, Boosie gets all Hannibal Lecter, rolls his eyelids inside out (still looks gross!), and generally proceeds to provide really fitting visuals for an already bleak song, carrying the entire thing on facial expressions and wide eyes alone. It should also be noted that this is the second time in less than two weeks that artists have decided it would be a good idea to intimidate us with crazy eyes—stay tuned for future developments! (via Motion Family)
Hitz Committee is Still Making Jams
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
If you’re a regular watcher of BET’s The Deal—their half-assed replacement for Rap City that consistently seems to air at times when no one anywhere is watching TV—then you know that host and Hitz Committee impresario Memphitz has quietly been turning out songs from much of the artists on his roster. Who knows what Huey is doing these days, but between this new video for F58 Gen F-er Trai’D’s “Summertime” and this slightly less new video for Derty and Lil Boosie’s “Uh Oh,” we can feel comfortable knowing Memphitz still has our best interests (aggressively dark synths and drums that sound like elephants stomping) in mind.
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posted on Aug 28, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Derty, hip hop, Hitz Committee, Lil Boosie, Memphitz, Trai'D
Video: Lil Boosie f. Young Jeezy & Webbie, “Better Believe It”
- story Matthew Schnipper
There is no better dramatic setting for this video than a frustrated arrest. Jeezy is never more anxiously calculating than pacing in a wifebeater in jail. Questioned in a dingy room, Boosie looks like a kid on Scared Straight. Only Webbie gets it supernatural with the fox for a desk officer at the police station. But he doesn’t even get to kick it to her—she’s on the phone, ignores him. Even the cop in a light tan polo from JC Penney looks right, dude in over his head. Getting arrested is perfect for a video—mundane, wrongly perpetrated, absurd. Maybe Henry Louis-Gates wrote the treatment.
Twista f. Lil Boosie, “Fire” MP3
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
Listening to this, we have to question why Twista would even bother working with any producer but The Legendary Traxster, who, besides being responsible for a bunch of Chicago rap classics by Twista and Do or Die, has perfected this sort of breezy, late-evening creep. With space for Twista to slow down a bit, a budget auto-tune chorus and a ghostly verse from Boosie, who somehow makes smoking weed in a Doubletree in Chicago sound interesting, these dudes elevate the standard weed anthem from an inconsequential album cut to a single we can actually put on repeat.
Download: Twista f. Lil Boosie, “Fire”
Lil Boosie f. Young Jeezy and Lil Webbie, “Better Believe It” MP3
- story THE FADER
Jeezy starts his verse, “Mixtape after mixtape and the next thing you know I was running the South.” We’re up north, but still, that seems like a simplification. Wouldn’t Boosie be more in charge if that were the case? Miss Info is doling out “Better Believe It,” the first single from Lil Boosie’s long coming Superbad, he’s got some “Soul Survivor” shit happening. He sounds like an angry teenager to Webbie’s drunk uncle.
Download: Lil Boosie f. Young Jeezy and Lil Webbie, “Better Believe It”
Freeload: Lil Boosie Superbad Mixtape
- story THE FADER
Remarkably, Superbad is not the album that should have been dropped in the year plus that has passed since we put Lil Boosie Bad Azz on the cover of F53, but that’s only because you can’t buy it on iTunes (or anywhere for that matter). It is, however, a mixtape that reaffirms our faith in “Mr. Wipe Me Down” as one of the most indispensable mouths of the south. Webbie continues his turn as the Raekwon to Boosie’s Ghostface, or the other way around depending on when you started or stopped listening to New York rap, and it’s good to see that some things never change, like Boosie’s razor sharp fade and diamond bracelet that looks like a cast, as seen in the above video of Boosie jiggin’.
Download: Lil Boosie Superbad Mixtape
(Dirty Glove Bastard via Traps N Trunks)
FADER 53: Lil Boosie
- story THE FADER
For our issue 53 cover we went to Baton Rouge to talk to rap’s sharpest voice about his self-made rise to fame and impossibly catchy homegrown singles that have penetrated our brainwaves pretty much out of nowhere. After the jump check out Chris Richards’ feature on Lil Boosie, watch as Boosie performs for thousands of fans and listen to an exclusive mixtape only available at thefader.com.
FADER TV: Lil Boosie Live In Baton Rouge
- story THE FADER
When we went to Baton Rouge to find out how exactly Lil Boosie became Rap’s Next Big Thing all on his own, we witnessed him performing for thousands of screaming fans—a testament to his compelling persona and biting voice. Luckily, we got the moment on film, so check it out above, and check back in a little bit to read Chris Richards’ cover story on Boosie.
Exclusive Freeload: Lil Boosie’s Da Beginning Mixtape
- story THE FADER
Anybody who stopped by the FADER Fort in Texas got a sneak preview of FADER 53 and Lil Boosie glaring from the shadows via Jonathan Mannion’s covershot. Yeah yeah another rapper looking mean. But Boosie and Trill Fam are beyond simple reductions. From his hair to his shrill to his anger management sessions, Boosie cuts a unique figure and we have his new mixtape Da Beginning as evidence. Trill Entertainment’s in-house boardman BJ produced a bunch of stark, solemn, guitar-laden minimalist sounds (along with some other dudes) that some see as the next step for the South, and when Boosie fills up the spaces, it makes Baton Rouge sound like it might be the capital of rap’s avant garde. Judge for yourself.
Download: Lil Boosie, Da Beginning Mixtape
