http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=j3tgCHAhqco
Langston "Arcani" Elvord blasts this Jay-Z track with his unbridled lyricism and attention to flow. Done over DJ Primo's 1999 beat "So Ghetto," Elvord combines raw lyrics with internal rhyming to make the song dynamic and interesting. Although he talks about getting money legally ("clean cash") and getting educated ("rap is my second major"), "Ghetto" remains edgy: "Pockets flatter than a chick with no booty, n****s don't eat like cold sushi and no coochie" exemplifies the broke, hungry, sexually frustrated Pre-success artist.
Probably the most compelling part of "Ghetto" is the Acapella portion where Elvord manipulates Acapella into "Acapello" to rhyme with "my dad's a rat so I should carry gas like Donatello," adding to the angst of a song that lot of first-time Arcani listeners might underestimate. One thing's for sure: Arcani is not to be slept on.
-KMC
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