Thanks to the Pittsburgh City Paper for this one… I don’t know much about this Pittsburgh Slim fella, aside from the fact that he’s apparently from L.A. nowadays. This song is one of those that is clearly bad, clearly stupid, but clearly great. Apparently this guy just signed with Def Jam and his full-length debut album is released today called Tastemaker.
Thanks to the interview Aaron Jentzen did, we know he actually grew up in Greenfield and "cut his teeth playing in rock bands" (nice line dude… yeah) We go on to learn that "Slim" is really Sied from frickin’ Strict Flow who, if you have remotely fancied yourself an advocate of the Pittsburgh hip hop scene in the past few years, you certainly have crossed paths with.
I’ll be honest, it’s pretty sweet to see this guy finally make something happen for himself, even if it is this apparently COMPLETELY different style and image than ever before. Then again, I’ve never met the man aside from a few occasions here and there with no less and no more than an exchange of glances and the eventual nod, so I can’t necessarily critique any "change".
