King Leez: Now under the Black Umbrella. HAYDAY
Last night, I was playing one of my all-time favorites, that Redman/Method Man classic “How High,” rapping every word, when I was struck by Reggie Noble’s declaration that he was “bombin’ you like Lebanon.” Not because it was a callous, offensive thing to say—such things are just part of the Funk Doc’s oeuvre in general. I was struck because I’d always accepted such a line (and of course I’ve heard hundreds like that from rappers in my life) as just being part of the natural order. Like: We bomb the shit out of the Middle East on the reg, so of course…