#tbt – Tracks You May Have Missed – Big Pun feat. Black Thought – Super Lyrical

by FUXWITHIT

Throwback Thursday on that ass. You shouldn’t have missed this, but hey, you’re human. This track is from Big Pun’s Capital Punishment and features one of the most underrated rappers of all time, Black Thought from The Roots.

The beat is a grimey 90’s rap beat that features a Biggie, Canibus and Rocky IV (yea, the movie) sample. Producer, Rockwilder, also responsible for Method Man and Redman’s “Da Rockwilder” beat, also recruited DJ Iroc to scratch the samples into the beat making them mesh perfectly. The track starts off with the Punisher himself dropping multi-syllable bombs on the beat. Peep.

“Ay-yo my murderous rap verbal attack is actual fact/ Tactical tracks match perfectly with graphical stats/ 
Half of you lack the magical dap of tragical rap/ That tackles you back and shackles and laughs at you/ 
That’s the mathematical madness I’m on, the savage, the strong/ The marriage, a bond of havoc and song”

LISTEN: Super Lyrical

Black Thought’s verse is pretty hype too. This then young emcee comes through and spits some raw bars and bends words to make them rhyme better and he does it cleverly. Sidenote: after hearing this verse, you can really see how much Black Thought has grown lyrically – he was a threat then and a monster now.

“These cats they sentimental such with a gentle touch/ Dancing double dutch and all saying nothing much/
My sound wave lifting your chin up like uppercuts/ New found ways of ripping shit up, I de-ve-lop”

The best part of the song comes near the end where Big Pun and Black Thought trade verses and go back and forth dropping more heat. This is a fun exchange and it definitely shines through on this hard track. Last year, Black Thought talked with Rap Genius about the late Big Pun’s and his relationship and how they talked often but only ever physically met to record this track.

Rest In Peace Pun! And keep an eye out for The Talented Mr. Trotter (Black Thought has confirmed that he is still working on it regardless of his involvement on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon).

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