Half on a Sack

Is cocaine raps most unsung substance? With the inordinate amount of rock being cooked in the industry today, you have to figure that at least a couple grams have made their way up a skinny skinny Benjamin, straight into the rhyme zone of your favorite rapper slash drug dealer. In a genre (pop, no less) where reality not only bites, but sells, artists have the freedom to admit all their, well, let's call them "indiscretions"; from borderline date rape and murder, all the way up through the especially hot pop crime of the day- producing and distributing crack cocaine. So you're going to tell me that these cats make millions by putting in major work with big bricks and pollying with record execs, but somehow manage to keep their noses clean? Bullshit. I call it on any crack rappers that claim real life, but pick and choose their experiences based on what’s selling records. For example, slanging heroin is just as real/profitable as moving rocks, but it’s not en vogue, and dare I say, not a “black drug” in the way crack has become in the media. On the other hand, rocks are so in fashion this year that an artist can build their entire image on it. Somewhat surprisingly, cocaine, like heroin unsurprisingly, remains avant guard in today’s hyper real rap world. Why rappers end the Scarface act there, I could not tell you- perhaps it’s the white mans drug stigma, or maybe Biggie ingrained the “don’t get high on your own supply” adage so deeply in the DNA of modern rap, that it'll be years before it fades. Fortunately for jaded ears wanting a new drug, there are lyrically progressive artists out there pushing the reality envelope and openly admitting their affinity for ski slopes.


Three Six Mafia "Half on a Sack"
Juvenile "Powder Bag" (thanks to Cocaine Blunts)
Juelz Santana "Pick it Up"
Raekwon "Knowledge God"
Raekwon "Knuckleheadz"