Ah come on, a classic in every sense of the word. I’m not ashamed to say I have, for the most part, been slightly inebriated with cheap spirits most times I’ve heard this song – making it all the more enjoyable trying to sing along to the chorus. But for the majority, everyone knows at least one line. If not, get your listening gear round this one.
Utilising the most funky of funky basslines in the sample of Bernard Wright’s ‘Spinnin’ and the brass note we instantly recognise when hearing ‘I Wish’, Skee-Lo tell us his tale of wishing he could be more like his crush’s boyfriend who was indeed taller and a baller.
In quite an opposite extreme to today’s hip hop when the majority is spent rapping about all the things they have and the glamorous lifestyles they live, here we relate to the real life situations of things we can’t have – a nod to unrequited love if you want to see it that way.
In quite an opposite extreme to today’s hip hop when the majority is spent rapping about all the things they have and the glamorous lifestyles they live, here we relate to the real life situations of things we can’t have – a nod to unrequited love if you want to see it that way.
It screams summer time to me and up against the bling encrusted tracks of today, Skee-Lo ‘keeps it real’ in a song hard to believe is almost 16 years old. Download, enjoy, you’re welcome.
From the album ‘I Wish’ (1995) / @Skeelo_MusiK
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