Immortal Technique - "Goonies Never Die" (Track Review)

Åh du kære blog hvor er du dog blevet tilsidesat til fordel for praktik og opgave skrivning. Ja, sådan er det desværre ind imellem, men nu ser det ud til at jeg går ind i en periode, hvor der er udsigt til lidt mere blog-aktivitet end hvad denne måned ellers har haft at byde på.

Vores allesammens yndlings hardcore, revolutionære aktivist af en sylespids MC Immortal Technique har netop smidt gratis-udgivelsen The Martyr på gaden.

"Jeg fatter simpelthen ikke at man kan udgive et så fedt album gratis!?!?!?!"

Har I hørt pladens samples? Ain't no way in hell de er blevet clearet! Der er lånt fra både The Beatles, Abba, Aerosmith og Alan Parsons Project, så der har ikke været andet at gøre end at udgive det gratis. Men som Tech siger i introen: "If you are listening to this, it is your responsibility to burn this for every single motherfucker you know"!
Og det kan I roligt gøre. Det er en super fed udgivelse. Technique er som altid on par med sine politiske- og samfundsrelevante observationer og spydige kommentarer, samt en god sjat hiphop shit talk, som han også mestrer.

(Afspil lige dette nummer, så det kører imens du læser videre - det er yderst gavnligt)



Det bedste nummer på The Martyr er for mig - og her er ikke skyggen af tvivl - "Goonies Never Die", der servere en sulten Technique med sine venner Swave Sevah og Diabolic over et beat, der er drevet af 2011's måske bedste sampling, nemlig af Dave Grusins tema fra den mesterlige film The Goonies (som I bør lytte til nu), der var min totalt yndlings film da jeg var mindre (og den ligger stadig langt oppe på listen).
Jeg var vitterligt ved at falde ned af stolen da det gik op for mig, hvilket tema det var, at Southpaw samplede. Og sangens titel er ikke bare en metafor for den gruppe-mentalitet som rapperne beretter om, sangen er fyldt til bristepunktet med referencer til filmen, som MCerne ligeledes lader til at have et nært forhold til. Jeg sætter et GR (Goonies Reference) ud fra dem.
Det skal også siges, at jeg - og dette er helt uden at overdrive - har set The Goonies 20+ gange, så ja, jeg er ham den voldsomt irriterende, der sidder og taler ind over hele filmen. Da jeg hørte "Goonies Never Die" første gang væltede der af samme grund tonsvis af billeder ind over nethinden på mig. The Fratellies, der hjælper deres bror med at bryde ud af fængsel. Den episke biljagt der følger efter, hvor de overhaler samtlige biler i strand-racet. Data, der ryger i skraldespanden, Chunk der sjasker milkshake i fjæset på sig selv, og Mouth der hjælper sin far med at reparere vasken. Tro mig jeg kunne blive ved.
Fun fact til kenderne: prøv at checke hvem der spiller Mickeys douche af en storebror?

Men lad os da komme i gang med herlighederne (bær over for småfejl):



And it's not smart to be dumb
It's not smart to be dumb, dumb di-dum-dum-dumb
Back where I come from
It's not concidered smart to be dumb...

"Okay little empanada, time for bed..."
- Uncle Philipe?
"What, what is it now?"
- I heard that you and my dad used to be in a gang, is that true?
"Who told you that man? Your mother? It wasn't a gang aight, we we're just a group of friends"
- Did you do bad things?
"No no no, look we just used to draw and stuff, and play karate, borrow things and throw stuff, you know run around at night, like goonies"
- What's a goonie?
"You never heard of the goonies before?"
- Goonies?
"WHAT!?"

"I could have chose another life with the feds tryna get me /
Little kids puttin' work in like the gap in Disney /
In a whip, high as shit like Barbie and Whitney /
Grab your hand and push the motherfucking peddle to sixty /
Harlem cops frisk me to get me to make their codas /
But I told ya, siempre hay que separa las drogas (GR) /
Bar brawl in the club, poppin' and rocking at you /
Shot it out, leavin' bullet holes the size of Matzah Balls (GR) /
I love big chicks, never fucked with a slim broad /
Made soccer and hammered nails into the shin God (ingen idé om den sætning?!) /
Gambled at cee-lo with dominicans, locked in the toons /
We was there for robbin' niggas for them spanish to bloom /
Remember Goonies era graffity of all sorts /
Now they wanna foreclose on the hood to build golf course (GR) /
I put your hand in the blender to make an antrey (GR) /
Then cut your dick off and glue it back on the wrong way (GR)"

All my revolutionary soldiers better ride
My word is mathematics bitch, numbers never lie
So even if they tell you I'm dead, nigga I'm still alive
Because - MOTHERFUCKER - Goonies never die
Witness protection program, rappers better hide
I serve revenge out the freezer, niggas never slide
So if they tell you I'm gone and you safe, niggas lie
Because - MOTHERFUCKER - Goonies never die

"I'm a certified goonie, the type that burglarize your crip /
And leave it smellin' like sour and afghan gooey - true dat /
Life is a movie but yours was filmed on a greener screen /
I give you pure uncut raw, no deleted scenes /
War with a broad sword, dumpin' the tech nines /
Slit your throat, give you a columbian neck tie /
You're best by to get, we let die /
Let fly the next guy that try some shit /
Listen, a few words just to describe my clique /
We like a gang of spartans walkin' on the Gaza strip (watch your lip) /
Never say die (GR), time to fight it we never run /
My goonies bomb niggas with joovie, we call it treasure hunt (get em) /
Let 'em front like he a tough guy /
I hit 'em, Sloth turn 'em to One Eyed Willy (2x GR) /
Water we grave, hide your chips (GR) /
I hijack your boatload and cruise away on my pirate ship (GR), nigga"

All my revolutionary soldiers better ride
My word is mathematics bitch, numbers never lie
So even if they tell you I'm dead, nigga I'm still alive
Because - MOTHERFUCKER - Goonies never die
Witness protection program, rappers better hide
I serve revenge out the freezer, niggas never slide
So if they tell you I'm gone and you safe, niggas lie
Because - MOTHERFUCKER - Goonies never die

"Before Duncan Pentahuges was runnin' with Dough E dough /
My team got away with murder, we ain't fit the bloody glove /
Those jungle breeze and we've come to feed our hungry cubs /
With hoes pullin' at our pipes, like goonies under country clubs (GR) /
Let these funny thugs know who ever steps in public spots /
Is gettin' crushed with solid rocks like they Chester Copperpot (GR) /
I suggest the drama stops, I flud blacks with mustard gas /
You're up shits creek in a rubber raft /
Cut in half, cross my fucking path, I dare you, I mean who lit the fuse /
Quick to lose my marbles like Mickey replacing his with jewels (GR) /
Watching y'all enslave the game, I'm forced to save the truth /
Break the chains quick as Sloth reaching for a Baby Ruth /
We got eighty proof and horse and Daisy Dukes
Extra lowell fat bitches do the truffle shuffle just to gettin' show (GR) /
Fuck what your record sold, respect the code and recognize /
The rebel tribe that my people kept alive will never die"

All my revolutionary soldiers better ride
My word is mathematics bitch, numbers never lie
So even if they tell you I'm dead, nigga I'm still alive
Because - MOTHERFUCKER - Goonies never die
Witness protection program, rappers better hide
I serve revenge out the freezer, niggas never slide
So if they tell you I'm gone and you safe, niggas lie
Because - MOTHERFUCKER - Goonies never die

- Why did you wear ski goggles?
"Look man, it is way past your bedtime, okay"
- How did you afford all that polo? I know you didn't pay for it
"Woooow aight man, who's been talkin' to you yo?.. Nevermind, go to sleep"
- I don't want to go to bed
"Well, it's late"
- I want another story
"You can't have another story"
- Tell me another story
(her løb mit spanske op)
- Now!
"Go to sleep!"
- What did you do with all the money?
"What money man?"
- Can I has some of the money?
"I spent it, okay"
- ?
"WHAT?! 'S what I thought"


Kom gerne med rettelser, hvis I er faldet over noget, hvor jeg har ramt forbi.
Det var alt for nu, pas på jer selv, I derude på den anden side af skærmen. Jeg vil gå ind og sætte The Goonies på.

- Jeppe Barslund