the "5446" part is a cover of the toots and maytals, as others have said, and, like others have also said, its about getting busted for possession.
"ball and chain" is an original sublime part and contains some of the best lyrics brad ever wrote.
it's virtually unknown outside of the dedicated fan base, but this is a seriously dope song. awesome lyrics, soulful vocals (like always), nice skankin' work on the guitar and the ball and chain part has such a cool bass line, and they change up the tempo - thus crescendo-ing and decrescendo-ing the energy of the song - expertly.
i wish kroq and radio stations nationwide would take a break from playing all of sublime's hits on the radio and instead start playing gems like this. i think that a lot of people ignorantly believe that sublime is simply immature party music, because all they hear is smoke two joints or date rape or caress me down or what i got or santeria. truth be told sublime had a deep and versatile library of music, as you all probably know, and offered humorous and often touching insight into certain aspects of life. ball and chain is a perfect example.
You couldn't be more right. Sublime is not so-called "frat boy music." It is soulful, touching, intelligent. He was in touch with whatever he considered to be the divine, as evidenced through numerous references to God. He was probably in the top 10 of musicians in his generation, although most people don't see it because they don't know his catalog. Secondly, they don't know how and where he got all his dope melodies and lyrics. Or at least some of them. He borrowed from a bunch of reggae and hip-hop artists, although he...
You couldn't be more right. Sublime is not so-called "frat boy music." It is soulful, touching, intelligent. He was in touch with whatever he considered to be the divine, as evidenced through numerous references to God. He was probably in the top 10 of musicians in his generation, although most people don't see it because they don't know his catalog. Secondly, they don't know how and where he got all his dope melodies and lyrics. Or at least some of them. He borrowed from a bunch of reggae and hip-hop artists, although he put a whole new spin and flavor on their timeless wonders. Bradley was the boss DJ, there is no one who was more in tune with musical intelligence.
the "5446" part is a cover of the toots and maytals, as others have said, and, like others have also said, its about getting busted for possession.
"ball and chain" is an original sublime part and contains some of the best lyrics brad ever wrote.
it's virtually unknown outside of the dedicated fan base, but this is a seriously dope song. awesome lyrics, soulful vocals (like always), nice skankin' work on the guitar and the ball and chain part has such a cool bass line, and they change up the tempo - thus crescendo-ing and decrescendo-ing the energy of the song - expertly.
i wish kroq and radio stations nationwide would take a break from playing all of sublime's hits on the radio and instead start playing gems like this. i think that a lot of people ignorantly believe that sublime is simply immature party music, because all they hear is smoke two joints or date rape or caress me down or what i got or santeria. truth be told sublime had a deep and versatile library of music, as you all probably know, and offered humorous and often touching insight into certain aspects of life. ball and chain is a perfect example.
You couldn't be more right. Sublime is not so-called "frat boy music." It is soulful, touching, intelligent. He was in touch with whatever he considered to be the divine, as evidenced through numerous references to God. He was probably in the top 10 of musicians in his generation, although most people don't see it because they don't know his catalog. Secondly, they don't know how and where he got all his dope melodies and lyrics. Or at least some of them. He borrowed from a bunch of reggae and hip-hop artists, although he...
You couldn't be more right. Sublime is not so-called "frat boy music." It is soulful, touching, intelligent. He was in touch with whatever he considered to be the divine, as evidenced through numerous references to God. He was probably in the top 10 of musicians in his generation, although most people don't see it because they don't know his catalog. Secondly, they don't know how and where he got all his dope melodies and lyrics. Or at least some of them. He borrowed from a bunch of reggae and hip-hop artists, although he put a whole new spin and flavor on their timeless wonders. Bradley was the boss DJ, there is no one who was more in tune with musical intelligence.