The Fucking Jam: SJ Boyz - “501 Levis” (feat. Jam Boyz, Wild Yella)
I got sad a few weeks ago thinking how long it’s been since a new dance came up out of the South and ate my brain. I mean, it’s been a few years since the Stanky Legg, the Ricky Bobby, and Swagg Surfin’. Party Boyz tried last year with Daddy Stroke, but as awesome as just humping the air is, it’s a few steps short of Youtube tribute-worthy (it’s also, accordingly, the only one of these dances I can do).
Is it just that those Jerkin tweens in Los Angeles ruined dance rap by successfully building an entire genre out of a single dance? Or is there not enough room in ground-up hip-hop for anyone but Lex Lugerites, blunted-out weed rap, and whatever the fuck you call the dudes from Odd Future?
Maybe I just haven’t had my ear to the ground enough, because out of Shreveport, LA comes news that the ratchet movement is still going strong. I guess DJ Bay Bay getting cleared of that rape charge was great for the music scene, because this shit is absolute fire. Triggerman sample! Leaning! Stepping! Throwing your head back! The word “Levi-holic!” More Triggerman! The ridiculous hashtag #501s!
As an added bonus, more SJ Boyz - ratchet music borrowing hyphy slang and the universal #swag #swag #swag. Fuck yes.
