Throwback Thursday: Rob Zombie - Dragula

Oh shit. I had basically forgotten that this song ever existed, so I went pretty apeshit when I randomly heard it being played on a rock station down in Baltimore while clicking through the channels.

The version they played was the original single, which was accompanied by this bad-ass music video back in 1998 (which I don't think I ever saw all the way through until tonight, just little snippets from the album commercial they used to play on TV when I was kid. P.S. Remember album commercials?)

The version I remember most fondly though was the remixed cut used on The Matrix Original Soundtrack. I remember not really understanding "studio magic" at that time, so I was always amazed that Rob Zombie could hold out that note on "dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" for like 16 bars straight without taking a breath. Little did I know it was just a cool effect.

Anyway, this song is the shit, and Rob Zombie is a crazy, brilliant bastard. You would never see a guy like this breakthrough into the mainstream today.

Throwback Thursday: Soulja Slim ft. Juvenile - Slow Motion

I was reminded of this song when T.I. made reference to it in his new single with Lil Wayne. I think it's called "Ball." It was then that I decided to make this forgotten classic my Throwback of the week. Then, this past weekend, through some bizarre serendipity, I heard "Slow Motion" on the radio down in Baltimore. Yup. It was an omen. R.I.P. Soulja Slim. This song was a rare example of 2000's-era Southern rap done right.