Styles P - Good for more than just Good Times

Styles P is best known for Good Times.  You know, the song that starts... i get high, i get high, i get high...also known as the song Manny Ramirez used to come out of the dugout to.  Anyways, the man has a ton of other dope songs.  Let's take a look at some of the other tracks on his solo debut, one of my personal favorite albums, A Gangster and A Gentleman.

Daddy Get that Cash ft. Lil Mo

My favorite Styles song.  Probably the best song Lil Mo has ever been a part of.  The beat is ridiculous and Styles rides it perfectly.  To me, it is very important that rappers wrap up verses in recognition of the hook that is about to come.  See Tupac in I Get Around - he ends basicilly every verse with the lyric I Get Around.  Why?  Cause that is a tight way of wrapping up a verse. Anyways, Styles does a nice job here, ending verse 2 with "daddy go and get that cash"/ that's what my honey holla out every time i hit that ass.

The song tells the story of Styles hustling with a woman whom he is also romantically involved.  This tale is by no means new, see Biggie's Gimme da Loot, however, Styles version takes it a step further by discussing the dynamics of the romantic relationship of the hustlers in crime.  

1) She can sleep with another dude/ she gon' tell me where the safe at, the coke at, how to rob his mother too 

At first I thought this meant she definitely cares about Styles more than previously mentioned "other dude" but it could also mean she is just telling Styles so he'll empty the safe and fill her pockets...

2) If I kiss her than her heart will melt/ you don't understand how much work she carryin in the garder belt

Previously rapped in verse 1, this lyric proves her true feelings for Styles, yet only reveals Styles appreciation of her work ethic.  Let us continue...

3) And she said "daddy get that cash" / she knew i would but she didn't know i would skip that fast

So yes, like just about every other rapper, Styles stays too hard-bodied to fall for - or at least admit he has fallen for - his boo.  

Despite the typical ending, Daddy Get that Cash, is anything but, and is well worth a listening.

Get Paid

In the 90's you had to have kids singing the hook on at least one song - see Hard Knock Life - so keeping in line with the theme of Daddy Get that Cash, Styles puts out another dope song about getting guap, this time with kids instead of Lil' Mo on the chorus.  Either way works for me really.

Nobody Believes Me ft. Sheek Louche, Cross, J-Hood

This may be the creative triumph of the album.  Styles anthropomorphizes and has conversations with his gun, his knife, his money, and his weed.  As the story unfolds, Styles realizes despite his love for his weapons and hatred of the power money holds over him, all he wants to do is smoke and write a verse. As for me, I'm glad he did.

The Life

This song is a classic pairing of Pharoahe Monch and Styles.  Dope beat, dope rhymes, what else y'all want?

Bonus Styles tracks:

G Joint

The most divisive Styles song of all time.  You either love the beat or think it's garbage.

The Hardest

Another classic pairing.  

Use Mad Clips

Random song, I just love the beat and the simplicity of the hook.

Locked Up

Now this has to be the best Akon song of all time right?  First of all, it is about being in prison and Akon's whole essence is rooted in the fact that he is a former convict, hence the name A-kon and Konvict records.  Second of all the beat is ridiculous.  Third of all, if this isn't the best Akon song than it has to be Soul Survivor, I mean that one's got Jeezy on it, so you make the call.