199x sixteen nineteen Archives - RESPECT. | The Photo Journal of Hip-Hop Culture https://respect-mag.com/tag/199x-sixteen-nineteen/ The Photo Journal of Hip-Hop Culture Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:51:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-logologo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 199x sixteen nineteen Archives - RESPECT. | The Photo Journal of Hip-Hop Culture https://respect-mag.com/tag/199x-sixteen-nineteen/ 32 32 56491895 Video Premier: Gee Watts – “199x Sixteen Nineteen” https://respect-mag.com/2013/11/video-premier-gee-watts-199x-sixteen-nineteen/ https://respect-mag.com/2013/11/video-premier-gee-watts-199x-sixteen-nineteen/#comments Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:00:30 +0000 http://respect-mag.com/?p=69814 April’s Watts Up found Kansas City’s Gee Watts exhibiting the promise of what baseball scouts would call a “five-tool player,” meaning one with outstanding talent in each aspect of the game. Watts has punchlines (“Pimp C was tryna reveal something […]

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]]> Gee Watts 199x SIxteen Nineteen April’s Watts Up found Kansas City’s Gee Watts exhibiting the promise of what baseball scouts would call a “five-tool player,” meaning one with outstanding talent in each aspect of the game. Watts has punchlines (“Pimp C was tryna reveal something before they screwed him / Choppy society, more corrupt than Daz music”), charisma (“Watts Up“), wisdom (“Premature Hate“), a great ear for beats (just check the whole tape) and a steady, self-assured flow (“Watts Riot“). Now, Gee blesses us with the first drop from the upcoming 199x (pronounced “1990 Never”). “199x Sixteen Nineteen” borrows the projects title to expand on its meaning; as Gee asks toward the video’s end, “Black history started 1619!? / So you mean the first 16 my niggas wasn’t seen?” Gee knows that there’s more to his people than meets the history books, and there’s more to this video than meets the eye on the first go. Different lines appear and reappear as part of the track or as acapella, adding a sense of life-collage, making the video both very sporatic but also satisfying and complete. Get hip to Gee Watts below.

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