Listen to the way the bass notes warp at the beginning of “I Left It Wet for You,” the psychedelic sizzle of Leo Nocentelli’s wah-wah guitar, the evil tick of the treble-end percussion. Then an eerie worm synth comes in and C’s whispered hiss. “I left it wet, I left it wet, I left it wet…” What’s he talking about? For anyone with any doubt, he makes it very clear at the end of the song. “What a nigga tryin’ to say is, shiiiiiiiit, niggas be straight up fuckin’ your gal, fool. And what you gonna do then, what you gonna cry?”
Years later and there’s still nothing nice about it. But there’s nothing less than thrilling, either. As Bun put it after his patna passed: “Hip-hop without Pimp C is boring.” UGK put the “Dirty” in the Dirty South and Pimp C put the dirty in UGK. In the realm of art where “bad” can mean both bad and also good—not just good but the very, very best—Pimp C was the baddest of them all. Five years later, hip-hop still misses Pimp C. —Dave Bry
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