Yall So Stupid - “Introduce Me”

If nothing else, the quirky-titled Yall So Stupid’s first (and last) record, Van Full of Pakistans should be fondly remembered for how many interludes and skits it has. Seriously, there is a skit after damn near every joint on the album, and most of them don’t make sense! And even worse, they don’t even have names, each one is just called “Interlude.” You have no idea how annoying it is to scroll through your music collection or your MP3 player and see like eight “Interlude” tracks! It makes you want to curse Prince Paul for popularizing the hip-hop skit…then commit harakiri for taking Paul’s name in vain.

And that was my first world problem for the day.

Anyhow, aside from that, Yall So Stupid, the Georgia-based crew of H2O, Uncle Buk, Spearhead X, Sha Boogie and Logic released a true forgotten classic with Van Full of Pakistans (which I’m sure that title got them on some sort of FBI list, just sayin’), a listen that sadly got lost in the shuffle on release in the summer of ‘93. The album is weird and wild, as the group goes crazy all over the wax with some great party jams, the always welcome weed song, and of course, the bragging and boasting rhymes. The beats, courtesy of Spearhead X, are just as eclectic, mixing boom-bap sounds with a bit of jazz and a lot of southern hospitality. It’s a fun record.

And out of the several jams on Van I tend to bump from time to time, I always really enjoyed this opening track, a delightful, head-nodding introduction to the craziness of Yall. I particularly like how they flipped the sample of Baby Huey’s doleful “Hard Times” into a rather energetic and rambunctious track, perfect for a sing along. Plus that reference to “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” never fails to make me smirk like a 5th grader.