Stringer.9 Delivers a Quiet Storm on 'Pay Homage to the P.O.T.'
Every once in a while a new track drops that feels like it came straight out of the same grimy, calculated, quietly dangerous universe that Stringer Bell operat...
Every once in a while a new track drops that feels like it came straight out of the same grimy, calculated, quietly dangerous universe that Stringer Bell operated in: all cool precision, no wasted motion, and a certain "don't raise your voice, raise your value" energy baked into every bar.
That's the lane Stringer.9 (similar name, a bit less ruthless than Mr. Bell) slides into with his new joint, Pay Homage to the P.O.T. It's a record that sounds like it could've been playing in the background while Avon and Stringer were arguing strategy in the copy shop.
Before we go any further, here's the stream of it on youtube:
"Pay Homage to the P.O.T."
If the voice on the track rings a bell for longtime 33jones readers, it should.
Way back in the day, I wrote about him under his previous moniker Rich Port.
A lot has changed since then but the talent is the same. Actually, scratch that. It's sharper now.
He's even been working with Josh Gannet, Redman's engineer,
which explains why this sounds so premium. You can hear the difference immediately: clean mix, punchy low end, vocals sitting exactly where they should.
And while I'm not making this about personal history, I'll mention this one thing in passing: somewhere in the vaults, there's an unreleased track with the only official scratching I've ever done on record. One day maybe it'll surface. Until then, this new joint is more than enough to hold you over.
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If you want to show love where it actually counts, you can buy the track over on Apple Music.