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an idea best left in the chat room: billy joel vs bdp · by Rafi Kam
take ‘em to the bridge piano man
R.H.S.: are you familiar with the Ed OG song featuring Def Jef called “Speak Upon It”?
R.H.S.: i’ll upload it later tonight if not
R.H.S.: they rock a sample of “walk on by” (different from the black steel in the hour…” one) and quite wonderfully kick some protest raps
R.H.S.: when it comes to songs like that
R.H.S.: i do feel where some of these rap bashers are coming from
R.H.S.: in that there isn’t even a trace of productive, insightful rebellion on wax anymore
R.H.S.: in other news, it is just me or has been a really long time since Ghostface really FLOORED me with a great record
rafi: let us not forget the word of billy joel
rafi: who said
rafi: “the good old days weren’t all that good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems”
R.H.S.: well sure
R.H.S.: damn that billy joel and his likable pithyness
R.H.S.: always putting things into mature and poetic perspective
rafi: he said that while driving his porche into a 2 bedroom massapequa home
rafi: porsche even
R.H.S.: yeah but i’m ok with that
rafi: ghostface? yeah shouldnt he have another 2 albums out by now
R.H.S.: because billy joel apparently in his day had some big cajones and revived his music career after being completely fucked by the industry
R.H.S.: plus he flipped raw styles
rafi: really? i was not aware of that
R.H.S.: Heart Attack-ack-ack-ack-ack
R.H.S.: that’s pre-Big Pun, dunny
rafi: begin, reagan, palestine
rafi: terror on the airline
R.H.S.: also he was dissing bitches with fake hair and eyes mad long ago
rafi: jfk blown away… he shouldnt have gone there
rafi: started violence in rap music
R.H.S.: lol i might have to discuss billy joel for the brand nubian piece
R.H.S.: also he inspired portions of one of the greatest rap disses ever
rafi: yup
R.H.S.: and he understands the pitfalls of northern new jersey real estate
R.H.S.: which should make him relatable to jay-z and nas
R.H.S.: ::zing::
rafi: gza wishes he could tell a story like the tale of brenda and eddie
R.H.S.: have you ever seen billy joel live?
rafi: no
R.H.S.: he’s pretty flawless
rafi: but i did rock one of his concert t-shirts for a while
R.H.S.: consummate professional
rafi: from the bridge tour
rafi: when i was 12
rafi: my sister had seen him and got me the shirt
R.H.S.: i’m surprised he never really tried doing hiphop
R.H.S.: i mean he rapped on we didn’t start the fire
R.H.S.: but it’s no rap song
rafi: i ended up selling it after wearing it for a year to my friend’s kid brother who was obsessed with billy
rafi: i think it had a hole in the side by then
R.H.S.: this convo is taking on the flavor of a ghostface skit
rafi: it’s funny that he had a tour and an album called the bridge
rafi: considering the bdp interpolation
rafi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_%28Billy_Joel_album%29
rafi: we should assert that this is a response album
rafi: that billy joel perceived krs’s use of his song to be a dis against him
R.H.S.: billy joel’s the bridge album is from 1986
R.H.S.: !
R.H.S.: actually this is kind of funny
R.H.S.: if we can get brian to photoshop joel and shan together
R.H.S.: The final song recorded for the album was “Code Of Silence.” Cyndi Lauper contributing backing vocals on “Code of Silence” and garnered the only co-writing credit of Joel’s entire career for helping him with the lyrics to the song.
R.H.S.: ^like a reverse roxanne shante situation
rafi: as a long island boy billy allied himself with nearby queens over the bronx
R.H.S.: actually it might be funnier if…
R.H.S.: instead of a fake account
R.H.S.: a fake first-person letter
R.H.S.: from billy joel to krs
rafi: should billy be an unnamed member of the juice crew?
R.H.S.: he could claim it
R.H.S.: in an attempt to be hard
R.H.S.: kind of like his claims of walking through bed stuy on “you may be right”
rafi: did you see krs interviewed by hannity?
R.H.S.: no
rafi: mr. parker you say in “seventy-six to 1980, the dreads in brooklyn was [sic] crazy.” but what do you know about brooklyn in those days? in 1980, while you were sleeping at the central park zoo, i took “You May Be Right” to #7 on the Billboard charts. Maybe you don’t remember when I detailed how “I’ve been stranded in the combat zone, I walked through Bedford Stuy alone”. I didn’t see you or any of the BDP posse then and in hindsight the dreads were quite decent to me.
R.H.S.: also, he should state that BDP’s labelmates JVC Force consider him to be a legitimate Strong Island representative
Comments for "an idea best left in the chat room: billy joel vs bdp"
More than anything, I’m impressed with the depth of each of your knowledge of th Billy Joel catalog. Shit’s comedy. Nice one.
— Ream-Team May 16, 07:43 PM
Funny shit. There was an article in a UK zine some years ago where the Beastie Boys claimed Joel to be the unofficial 4th Beastie.
— Jay B May 16, 11:47 PM
This made me smile.
But, re: Ghost, I couldn’t tell whether you meant “record” to mean “album” or “song.”
— eauhellzgnaw May 17, 12:30 AM
Hilarious and shocking at the same time.
— mothership May 17, 12:52 PM
lol@Ghostface already having more Def Jam albums than Joe Budden
— Req-mega May 20, 01:23 AM