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Brent Abrahamson's avatar

Well, Ben, I think our generation gap is showing.😂 I appreciate the excellent explication you lay out in this piece. But I always think of a husband and wife (or any combination of partners) saying when they hear this, “Honey, they’re playing our song.” I did like early rap like Grandmaster Flash but that’s about it.

Now I listened to the entire rap on the link you provided, so here’s one for you. I’m going to imagine you grooving to this.

https://youtu.be/_Vqnh7WyUJk?si=lpojI7XYiMJ5p55V

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Ben Ulansey's avatar

Don’t feel bad because you’re not the first to be thrown off by it, but you might have a fun time going back and revisiting this with the knowledge it’s 110% satire 😂 I think that song is total garbage and the epitome of what makes (most of) the rap genre hard for me as a listener. Total meritless slop.

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Brent Abrahamson's avatar

Oh, thank god. You fucker!🤬

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Ben Ulansey's avatar

😂😂😂

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Canadian Returnee's avatar

The Boondocks parodied it well.

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Ben Ulansey's avatar

Had to look this up 😂 amazing. I forgot Boondocks did that. Great show.

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Yolanda D.'s avatar

Well, this is one for the books! Ben is dissecting Souja Boy's rap tunes! 😂😂😂😂

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