Three 6 Mafia, Tongue Ring | Rap BNGRZ

In the 31^st edition of Rap BNGRZ (2023), we break down the banger status of “Tongue Ring,” performed by Three 6 Mafia.  

Bring on the braggadocio, drip, sex, and kicka$$ery, WOO! You’ve entered Rap BNGRZ territory! On Rap BNGRZ (bangers being the proper spelling), the premise is simple. Rap BNGRZ provides background info and commentary on cocky, confident, ferocious hip-hop/rap songs. The bangers can be brand-spanking-new or certified classics. In the 31^st edition of Rap BNGRZ (2023), we break down the banger status of “Tongue Ring” performed by Three 6 Mafia.

“Let me see your tongue ring , let me see / Let me see let me see let me see your tongue ring / Let me see let me see let me see your tongue ring .” WOO, Three 6 Mafia! “Tongue Ring” appears as the 12^th track from the Academy Award winning rap group’s   When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1, released in 2000. “Tongue Ring” was issued as the third single from the platinum certified album, but didn’t perform well on the charts itself ‍. Nonetheless, this Juicy J / DJ Paul produced joint is a blast to listen to.  It’s the active beat, dark synths, and of course, that simple but utterly infectious hook performed by Juicy J.

Juicy J follows up with the first verse, dropping an aggressive flow with sexed-up lyrics (“Never would I wear that sweater / Knowing she’d be chewing pecker”).  Chewing pecker, huh? Wow ! DJ Paul performs the second verse, matching Juicy J’s energy, asserting, “I’m all about them freaky hoes / That like to suck.” WOO! That’s all fine and good, but former Three 6 Mafia member, the late great Gangsta Boo, is as unapologetic as the boys in the third verse. She goes all the way in, starting at the top as she spits, “I be fuckin this nigga / Straight corrupting this nigga / Pussy wet as a river / You need a boat for me, nigga.” Holy sheee-it… more like, holy fuccck! Anyways, Crunchy Black goes hard in the fourth verse (“Oldy, freaky, hood rat type of ho / Nigga don’t you know all hoes go / Go easy / Fuckin’ cum easy”), the late Lord Infamous segues (“Skinny dick, she’ll stretch it / Pussy stayin’ wet, and she loves when niggas wreck it”), and the late Koopsta Knicca finishes things off, focused on all kinds of bitches (“Saddity bitches / Pretty bitches, freaky bitches /Them petty sneaky bitches”). It may have fallen short commercially but “Tongue Ring” will always be a surefire rap banger from Three 6 Mafia.

Three 6 Mafia • When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 • Loud • 2000

Three 6 Mafia, Tongue Ring: Rap BNGRZ No. 31 (2023) [: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Loud; cottonbro studio via Pexels]