
If you ask Genius, it’s “Bourbans and ‘Llacs.” I’m clearly no authority, but I prefer the far less prevalent “Burbans and Lacs,” as the subjects in question are not Bourbon as in the whiskey or the street in Master P’s adopted home of New Orleans, but rather ‘Burbans as in Chevrolet Suburbans.Īll of which is to say that, twenty years on, we are no closer to a unified theory of Bourbons/Burbons/Bourbans/Burbans than the day Robert Christgau dubbed Ghetto D “underproduced propaganda for, reflections of, or fantasies about thug life that hold intrinsic interest only for live homies and their wannabes.” Needless to say, Ghetto D was notably absent in 1997’s final Pazz & Jop tally. Wikipedia lists the nineteenth and final track of Ghetto D ’s glorious 79-and-a-half minutes as the most accepted, albeit illogically so, “Bourbons and Lacs.” Discogs, iTunes, and Spotify have a “Burbons and Lacs” this is consistent with the back cover of the Priority Records CD. How do you spell “Burbans and Lacs?” All answers are acceptable, and the correct answer is however you please. Dick, based on an interpolation of “Sexual Healing” which is not quite an interpolation of “Sexual Healing”-it’s about a half-chord off-so that they wouldn’t get sued. “Burbans and Lacs” is a perfect song featuring three rap verses and an impassioned vocal from producer/crooner extraordinaire Mo B. What is your favorite song from Ghetto D ? All answers are acceptable, but the correct answer is “ Burbans and Lacs. The timeless triumph that is Master P’s Ghetto D turns twenty this September 2.

Pete Tosiello wrote this while drinking a hand grenade.
