texts from clusterfuck
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
like obv the underlying production of rap resists being able to be co-opted by 'musicianly' means (and obv there has been a long long tradition of of disregarding hip hop as not real music bcz of lack of melody or instruments or etc) but to say that ALL acoustic covers of rap songs are inherently evil + unforgivable crimes against art (even if every single one up until now has in fact been; a dubious claim anyways) is to do it a real disservice and to deny one of the most amazing things about rap, which is the pop music universality of it that aero was talking about in his previous post
― ~connecticut~ (henrietta lacks), Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
(thank Ned for no SB)
ll cool j doing "mama said knock you out" on mtv unplugged was so racist
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
mtv unplugged is indeed a shameful reminder of our racist past
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
reconstruction era mtv
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
real talk one of the first rap albums i ever bought was Arrested Development Unplugged. that's so corny i'm almost kind of proud of it.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
A GAME OF HORSESHOES
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
sry I am racist
I just listened to a black lady covering a jazz standard - it was terrible. I feel awful about that though.
― M. White, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
i listened to ladysmith black mambazo cover a paul simon song. it was exquisite.
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
reverse racism
― Never translate German (schlump), Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
now thats what i call REAL MUSIC
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
She breezed through, "Why not use your mentality, wake up, stand up to reality" and messed up the meter of the rhyme. Still mad.
― M. White, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
I mean REAL RACISM
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
reverse racism taste
― M. White, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
chill, http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/toilet-llqq-001.jpg
― amon, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
I think these covers veer towards racist when they go to great lengths to make it clear that they've "rescued" these "secretly great songs" from "rap crap" and put them to "real music". Or maybe thats just rockism.
Does this really exist? I mean hip-hop isn't exactly easy to adapt to other genres without sounding "off" which I guess is supposed to be "hilarious"
Either way I don't think this is racist in the slightest. Songs get covered between genres all the time and the results are usually terrible. IMO all the racism talk ITT is coming from the idea that it's white people dealing with "things that black people do (?)" so it's easy to call them racist scumbags w/o any thought whatsoever
― ...or fold laundry? (J0n Arbuckle), Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
Given the real pain and peril in the world, worrying about this is like getting bummed out by a pimple while the earthquake liquifies your street.
― M. White, Thursday, 29 December 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
jesus h christ dude
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
but we can squeeze the pimple xp
― nuhnuhnuh, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
message board people who are worried that other message board people are too worried about something trifling are like the kings of concern trolls
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
or i guess reverse concern trolls? i'm confusing myself now.
concerned
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
or just a little thick
― nuhnuhnuh, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
sexts from bennett
― є(٥_ ٥)э, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
You may refer to me as 'Your Majesty'.
― M. White, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
i mean really, everything that gets popular from Hootie & the Blowfish to Li'l Wayne to Nickelback gets torn apart by everybody, this whole "debate" is dumb as hell
― ...or fold laundry? (J0n Arbuckle), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
yep, that makes sense
― max max max max, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
coop has a point here j0n A; i mean the 'lol rap' cover version thing does exist and there is an unsavory racist subtext within it bcz the lols are at the expense of certain cultural signifiers
― ~connecticut~ (henrietta lacks), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
THICK WITE RAPPING CONCERN TROLLS LEARN THEIR ONE WEIRD SECRET CLICK HERE SEXY
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
SB FREE ZONE
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
ya but this whole thing started w/ the 'get low' cover which was far from a lol rap cover
― iatee, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
get lol
― nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
naw the whole thing began when yrs truly posted a link trashing the whole practice which included the get low cover amongst others
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
nah the whole thing began when she wrote the article
― iatee, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
LOL rap songs
― amon, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
also the get low cover is text book lol wites rapping
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
anyway the whole thing really started w/ two live jews no
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
tho i feel like there must be an earlier example
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
yeah HOW on earth is the "Get Low" one different from Dynamite Hack or Karmin or the Gourds or w/e
― some dude (Mr. Stevenson #2), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
amish paradise
― nuhnuhnuh, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
thats 'Cook Wit Me Now'
― ~connecticut~ (henrietta lacks), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
White People make every thing sound happier. #Real Talk.nikkilala9121 18 hours ago
Lol this was funny , and the only reason why I think it's funny is because white people did it . - lmaoArguments4lifejk 1 day ago
Your Friendly Guitar Salesperson finds this to be reprehensible.....pablomigraine 4 days ago
― amon, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
What makes it even better is that it's a hundred fold improvement over the original piece of shit song.hardcore302 1 week ago
I never knew this song could be so white-fyed *slow clap*C2torials 1 week ago
― amon, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
tho i feel like there must be an earlier example― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, December 29, 2011 4:12 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, December 29, 2011 4:12 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO99nL_at0o
― uncle bannmee who can recall his past logins (dealwithit.gif), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
Beastie Boys?
― M. White, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2iFqcFcdBU
― amon, Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I guess I can see why some people here would get hung up on that but it's not as though "Get Low" or "Gin and Juice" aren't ridiculous anyway, I mean they're clearly meant to be funny in some way and therefore are overripe for parody, meaning that yes people are going to make fun of this and no they are almost never funnier than the original. I suppose I can see how you can call that racism but it's like three levels removed from anything meaningful whatsoever
― ...or fold laundry? (J0n Arbuckle), Thursday, 29 December 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link