Mookie Jones – T.C.B. (Jackie Chain, Big Sant).

Only a group of exceptionally cool rappers can take an expression most commonly tossed around by your 45 year old office manager (a man named George whose stomach pops out from between his suspenders and stops by your cubicle to say stuff like “Workin’ hard or hardly workin’?” #officelyfe) and make it the rallying cry at the heart of a late Summer anthem. And while George’s knowledge of hip-hop begins and ends with seeing Nelly perform at the Superbowl in 2001, he can probably get behind “T.C.B.” because he’s all about feeding his family.

The track mercifully doesn’t sample or reference its namesake in any way. It’s stone cold pimping with a focus on financial security. Mookie Jones, Jackie Chain, and Big Sant limit the flashiness so the song is more accessible. It’s more about making money than having it, which today’s audience will appreciate especially and generally makes for better rap music. The beat leaves wide open spaces between booms and takes a few listens to feel right.

The personalities are great. Half-Korean rapper Jackie Chain is fun and charismatic and never tries to use his race as a gimmick (Remember Jin? Anyone? Bueller?), unless you count his name, which according to his MySpace bio, he picked up in jail. Mookie Jones is the quiet one who raps like he just woke up from a nap but deftly skirts the black hole that is whisper rap. Then there’s Big Sant, best known as Big K.R.I.T.’s sidekick, but worthy of much more than guest features. Heavy and gruff, he stomps onto the track without a trace of Jackie and Mookie’s flamboyance. The Southern Lil Fame.

Buy pants with bigger pockets, because with “T.C.B.” as your soundtrack, it will be hard not to get paid. George knows what’s up.

Download: Mookie Jones – T.C.B. (Jackie Chain, Big Sant) (produced by B.Don & G.Luck)

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