The scene’s domestic tranquility is closer to a King of the Hill episode than the chaos and youthful exuberance of his 1998 “Ha” video. Louis sun shines behind Juvenile as he relaxes in a backyard covered with emerald-green grass.
More than two decades after he shifted the course of hip-hop with his off-kilter flow and booming voice on albums like his own 400 Degreez and the Hot Boys’ Guerilla Warfare, Juvenile seems thrilled to have honored his former group in appliance form.Ĭhasteness, Soda Pop, and Show Tunes: The Lost Story of the Young Americans and the Choircore Movement The red-painted fixture is Lil Wayne, and the largest lamp is B.G., who “was a lil’ taller than all of us,” Juvenile recalls. “You know who that is, right?” Looking closer, I see that the four humanoid-looking fixtures - with their lightbulb heads and pipes approximating their arms and legs - represent the famous Cash Money rap group that Juvenile was part of in the late Nineties. But it’s an assortment of light fixtures that hold the most special place in Juvenile’s heart. Hidden inside his creations are electrical outlets or compartments for wine and champagne bottles. The chair he just hopped out of was built with his own hands, as were the cabinets, sofa tables, and stools filling the screen. Louis backyard, Juvenile grins with pride as he pans the phone around him. “You know I gotta let you see these pieces,” he exclaims. "You see that 98 Mercedes on TV? I bought that / I had some felony charges I fought that / been sent to no return but still was brought back." And in a refreshing turn, Juvenile retains that same energy throughout the three-verse banger, imbuing "400 Degreez" with the intensity a title track merits.I’m about to hang up my Zoom call with Juvenile when shock spreads across the rapper’s face. "You see me I eat sleep shit and talk rap," he declares.
For whatever reason, it incited something deadly in Juvenile, who opted to assert his dominance from the opening bars onward. In contrast to the bulk of the album's production, "400 Degreez" feels oddly sinister with its off-kilter robotic chant. At the forefront of the movement was Juvenile, who came through to make a resounding statement with his debut album 400 Degreez. Released twenty-two years ago to this day (one year earlier than Lil Wayne's 1999 debut The Block Is Hot), Juvie's Mannie Fresh-produced classic is widely praised on the strength of "Back Dat Azz Up" and "Ha." Yet throughout the eighteen-track project are plenty of highlights to behold, with the title track shining particularly bright. In the late nineties, Birdman and his Cash Money Millionaires were in the process of taking control of the rap game. 1 MAKE IT STOP Twenty-two years ago to this day, Juvenile came through to deliver his classic debut album "400 Degreez."
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