Metal Lungies

“Happy Valentine’s Day!”

If those three words evoke thoughts of joy, happiness, and doughy-eyed dreams about the one you love, then you’ll probably want to stop reading this post now and head over to Souled On, where I contributed an installment to the homie Scholar’s “Love Lockdown” series, highlighting my five favorite love songs of all time. Each of my picks was intended to spotlight a stage of “love”…

… which leads me into this, the antithesis of that post — five songs spotlighting different stages of “hate”, for the rest of y’all who liken those three magic words to rusty nails on a chalkboard, who are angry because you’re alone, or angry because others are not alone, or angry because your heart has been broken, or some combination of these. Yes, my friends, they make music for you, too. Much darker music…

Download: UGK – “Ain’t That A Bitch (Ask Yourself)” featuring Devin The Dude

This is that “Oh no, what have I gotten myself into?”, closet-bipolar case that forgot to take her medication type of hate music. [Side note: Bun’s verse isn’t really tailored to the topic at hand, but Pimp’s and Devin’s verse are all too appropriate. And, by the way, this is an explicit version of this song — the version on the Dirty Money retail was censored. You’ll probably put together why that is relatively quickly.]

Download: Oran “Juice” Jones – “In The Rain”

This is that “I know what you’ve been doing behind my back!”, run up on you with Joey Greco from Cheaters type of hate music.

Download: Beanie Sigel – “Bread & Butter” featuring Grand Puba and Sadat X

This is that “You needed me more than I needed you!”, kept all the receipts and am hitting the mall for refunds type of hate music.

Download: Devin The Dude – “Just Because”

This is that list of things I want to do to you because you represent everything I stand against in life type of hate music — the light hearted, “Just kidding!” version. [Side note: Devin’s pretty good at this type of music, ain’t he?]

Download: Mr. Len – “Love Venom” featuring Breezly Brewin and Jean Grae

This is that list of things I want to do to you because you represent everything I stand against in life type of hate music — the “No, seriously” version.