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以下是手工翻译的 由于对rap一无所知 所以做了很久的功课 希望你能满意

Album: Gangsta Lean (Capitol)

Songwriters: Tracey Carter, Chris Jackson and EJ Turner

Hit #1: November 13th, 1993 (6 Weeks)

专辑：Gangsta Lean (Capitol)

词曲：Tracey Carter, Chris Jackson 和 EJ Turner

占据榜首时间：1993年11月13日(持续6星期)

Now THIS is interesting.

现在来谈些有趣的事。

Before Bone Thugs N Harmony amassed huge popularity by blunting rap's bite with intricately sung harmonies, five-part Sacramento hip hop troupe DRS (musical aliases: Endo, Pic, Jail Bait, Deuce Deuce and Blunt) were tearing down the walls between R&B and gangsta rap. At the time, the concept seemed a bit strange, but no matter your reservations at the interesting angle, if you were a R&B fan during the fall of '93, you couldn't escape "Gangsta Lean".

在Bone Thugs N Harmony乐队通过掺以协调韵律的rap演绎积攒了大量人气之前，来自Sacramento的五人hiphop组合DRS(艺名：Endo, Pic, Jail Bait, Deuce Deuce and Blunt)正在打破 R&B和匪帮说唱之间的藩篱。那段时间，这一概念似乎有些奇特，但无论你在兴趣选择上持有怎样的保留意见，只要93年秋天你是一个R&B粉丝，你都无法逃避"Gangsta Lean"的侵袭。

Think BTNH's "Crossroads", Coolio's "C U When I Get There" or Master P's "I Really Miss My Homies", omit the rappers and put Jodeci in their place and you have "Gangsta Lean". Dedicated to fallen homies, the track borders "SNL" parody, especially with lyrics that are sung rather than rapped ("I tip my 40 to your memory/ Take a drink and I start to think/...I know one day soon/...We'll be hangin' out."; "My God/ Won't you pass a message for me/ Tell him put down those dice for a second Lord/ And listen to his homies"). Yet regardless of DRS' odd choice of performance, their soulful mourning is sturdy and moving, spotlighting an all-too-real tragedy many families were unfortunately far too familiar with at the time.

想象下BTNH的"Crossroads", Coolio的"C U When I Get There"或者Master P的"I Really Miss My Homies",把这些歌中rap部分的演唱者换成Jodeci，你就能感受到"Gangsta Lean"的韵味。为纪念逝去的同伴，这首歌和“SNL”很相仿，尤其是其中的抒情诗是用歌唱而不是说唱来演绎。(如"I tip my 40 to your memory/ Take a drink and I start to think/...I know one day soon/...We'll be hangin' out."; "My God/ Won't you pass a message for me/ Tell him put down those dice for a second Lord/ And listen to his homies").虽然摒弃了DRS古怪的表演方式，他们发自灵魂的悲恸仍十分坚实感人，在当时将很多家庭不得不接受的真实的悲剧诉诸公众。

Despite spending six weeks at #1 and earning a heralded response from critics and fans alike for bringing attention to a sobering aspect of the dominant gangsta rap scene, "Gangsta Lean" was DRS' sole hit and they quickly faded back into obscurity. They've barely been mentioned about since.

尽管占据榜首长达六个星期之久，同预期的一样赢得了来自批评家和歌迷的热烈反响，并且为匪帮说唱赢得了一席之地，"Gangsta Lean"是DRS唯一的重磅，他们很快就从音乐界隐退，从此以后他们就很少被人提及。