Slick Rick - Underwear Is Wet / I Sparkle 12" (rare!)

This 12" was originally listed as "I Sparkle" b/w "Underwear is Wet" which is funny since the 12" only says "I Sparkle (Main Mix)" on side a and "I Sparkle (Dirty Mix) on side b. "I Sparkle" is a Large Professor produced cut that's confident, easygoing and steady graciousness, the kind of thing that Jay-Z's grown man rap music should've aspired to. But "Underwear Is Wet" was the real winner, a fearsome battle track with him twisting and turning over a ridiculously simple beat that basically flips the "there's a place in france where the naked ladies dance" theme.

The song is full of quoteables, nearly every line hits with that hurt-your-feelings sharpness, but Rick sounds nonchalant and grinning the whole time, so clearly in control of the situation. I think it was that era where everyone started describing MCs as sounding "hungry" and it was a sound I was very compelled by but on "Underwear is Wet" Slick Rick outdid the hunger of Shabaam Sahdeeq or Ill Bill or whatever it was by sounding well fed but a gourmand, like he was just eating for the taste of it. Appreciating the flavor of demolished MCs. Quick favorite punchlines:
"my record will be barking all through your broke project"
"if a rapper wants to eat he better never cry battle"
"put you and your family on welfare"
And then of course the chorus, which features the eye-widening, nudge-your-friend-in-disbelief line which made me think my sister would love the song so much: "no period and still have to put a pad on." Always with the grin on his face, I can't think of another rapper who you can so clearly hear his smile while he's rapping. (Quoted from blogger Ethan Swan)

"Underwear Is Wet" later resurfaced as "King Piece In The Chess Game" with an additional verse from Canibus on "The Art Of Story Telling" LP.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Slick Rick
• Ricky D
• Underwear Is Wet
• I Sparkle
• Tyrone Fyffe
• 1999
• rap
• hiphop

[sweetie26266]

not age restrictd..interestd

[VERBALGLOCK]

thanks

[PhflyDan1]

Why is this track listed thus??? Been looking for AGES for this, passed it and only just looked...!! Ha ha