#THE NEW TESTAMENT THE TRUTH SUGA FREE SONGS FREE#
“I rap because I can,” Suga Free says now. A few years later, he caught the ear of one of DJ Quik’s partners. At 15, Suga Free was already catching wreck on the microphone with his friends. Rock acts Steely Dan and the Rolling Stones were among some of his early musical influences, but rap eventually became his passion. Growing up in Oakland and Compton before settling in Pomona, Suga Free got his introduction to music through his father. Freeze, Tony Ruffin and Big Saccs are among the promising new beatsmiths who breath sonic breath into the album. In addition to Suga Free’s incredible lyrical display, Just Add Water shines like the Milky Way because of the top-notch music supplied by a host of up-and-coming producers. I’ll respond better if you take some of the bass out your voice.’ It’s the typical stuff a cat goes through at the pad.” The kids don’t have to hear us discussing like this. Baby, are you all right? Are you cool? You can’t tell me what’s really going on? Is your moms OK? We can step to the side. “‘What are you talking upset because you’re closing the cabinets too hard in the house. Then, Suga Free approaches the opposite end of the lyrical spectrum by addressing domestic strife on “Why Are You Talking.” “I was dealing with personal stuff,” Suga Free says. I was kind of leaning on that with ‘The Ranger.'” Pimps are some of the loneliest cats on the planet. I don’t think anyone likes to be too lonely. But then, other times I don’t want people around me and I’ll go be by myself. I don’t like being home alone or being anywhere by myself. “I can’t stand being lonely,” he explains. He dug deep into his emotional core, resulting in one of the most powerful, lasting songs of his career. He flexes his artistic reach by rapping in his normal and in a falsetto style on the elegant, guitar-driven “The Ranger.” After hearing the beat and while conceiving the song, Suga Free let his guard down, not allowing anything to bother him for an entire week. I’m a huge Richard Pryor fan and for a long time, I didn’t realize how funny my stuff was when it came out.”īut as funny as Suga Free can be, he also can be serious as a heart attack. Suga Free then freaks his signature brand of pimpnosis over a wicked, Middle Eastern-inspired beat on the intense “Like What” and explains the ins-and-outs of pimping on the sonically laid-back “Now That I’m Gone.”Įach of these songs, like the rest of Just Add Water, are loaded with Suga Free’s unparalleled humor. Nonetheless, music icon and preeminent gangster rapper Snoop Dogg teams with Suga Free on the silky smooth “So Fly,” an ode to both of their stylish ways. The timing is always good for a brother spitting some game across the microphone because we live in a land of gangster rappers.” “I wanted to put that one out there just to let them know that I was coming,” Suga Free says. Lively street single “You Know My Name” details his affinity for pimping and displays his next-level lyricism. Suga Free’s addictive music is especially easy to deal with. “Just add a little water and make it easy for you to deal with.” “Whatever the problem might be, kick back for a minute and analyze it instead of going off at the moment or reacting heavily,” Suga Free explains. Full of razor-sharp wit, lyrical pimpery and musically advanced production, the stunning collection sums up Suga Free’s perspective on life. Respected in the streets and by artists alike, Suga Free has appeared on albums from Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Lil Jon, among many others.Īfter making hits with long-time recording partner DJ Quik, the Pomona-based rapper strikes out on his own with his tremendous third album, Just Add Water. And no one in the rap game has a mouthpiece slicker than Suga Free. In order to be considered a supreme rapper, you’ve got to have a slick mouthpiece.