Zoë Alyce Salnave was a year old in 1994 when her mother started renting out the garage of their quiet pink house to a young music producer named Anthony “Tonecapone” Gilmour. Acoustic foam nailed to the garage walls kept the house from vibrating as he perfected his songs — including a future classic called “I Got 5 On It.”
The song, which Gilmour produced for the hip-hop duo Luniz, became one of the biggest hits of 1995. It’s hot again now thanks to its creepy role in Jordan Peele’s “Us.” On the surface, it’s just about kicking in to buy weed. But the song also has moody, mysterious undertones that serve “Us” well.
Peele’s film arrived just in time for Salnave, who is graduating from USC’s film school next month and says she has wanted for years to tell the story of how “I Got 5 on It” changed the...
The song, which Gilmour produced for the hip-hop duo Luniz, became one of the biggest hits of 1995. It’s hot again now thanks to its creepy role in Jordan Peele’s “Us.” On the surface, it’s just about kicking in to buy weed. But the song also has moody, mysterious undertones that serve “Us” well.
Peele’s film arrived just in time for Salnave, who is graduating from USC’s film school next month and says she has wanted for years to tell the story of how “I Got 5 on It” changed the...
- 4/5/2019
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
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