View Full Version : contemporary "hip hop" has sunk to a new low...
Freelance Superhero
08-28-2006, 08:19 PM
i was driving home from work today, flipping through the radio stations, when i landed on one of the local "hip hop and r&b" stations. i was completely stupefied by what i heard...
the song's background beat belonged, of course, to that now-popular genre of bass-heavy, i-made-this-in-my-spare-time-with-a-casio-keyboard-and-TR808-drumkit club rap variety, but that wasn't what bothered me (any more than it usually does, anyway). what bothered me were the lyrics.
i must have hit it somewhere in the middle of a chorus, or a refrain, or a bridge, or some such, and i came upon a girl chanting over and over:
"chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side...
chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side...
chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side...
chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side..."
at first, i thought it was a radio ad, some clever parody making fun of the absurd beats/lyrics that permeate typical radio club-rap. but as the song continued on, and as the radio call sign was played over the track, along with an echoed voice telling me who the DJ currently spinning was, i realized this sh*t was for real.
i don't know why, but i was so utterly furious that i wanted to break something. i... i just don't have words to express what i felt.
maybe sadness. i'm so sad, because this is what mainstream america will perceive hip hop to be. chalk another one up for corporate greed...
:sad:
Oh man, you just jealous cause you can't dance the chicken noodle soup!
CornMonkey
08-28-2006, 09:44 PM
Oh man, you just jealous cause you can't dance the chicken noodle soup!
does that dance resemble anything like that dancing pickle avatar that you have?
does that dance resemble anything like that dancing pickle avatar that you have?
I really don't understand it. I've seen it done a bunch of times but I don't really get how to do it. There's a bunch of videos on youtube and I still don't get it. It's a Harlem thing. :shrug:
As far as hip hop goes I'm GLAD to hear this. It's a local dance craze specific to part of the nation. That's hip hop and Harlem at it's best if you ask me.
Freelance Superhero
08-28-2006, 10:46 PM
ahhh, so it's an actual dance..........
okayyyyy..........
well, i'll admit i'm out of the current mainstream hip hop loop, but i don't have any qualms about that.
and as memo suggested, i did a quick search on youtube for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuoxlAMxjIc
the song playing is the one i heard on the radio. i still think the song is sh*t, and contrary to what memo might think, i'm pretty sure i can do that dance.
in any case, when did rap music become a series of chants and catch phrases repeated over and over again? i know the whole issue of music "evolving" has been tackled several times and by people more qualified, educated, and eloquent than i, but i dunno.
maybe this is a sign of age? bah! i'll take my old school boogie down productions or gang starr over "chicken noodle soup" any day of the week.
EDIT:
As far as hip hop goes I'm GLAD to hear this. It's a local dance craze specific to part of the nation. That's hip hop and Harlem at it's best if you ask me.
ok ok, i can accept that. i get what you're saying, and i agree with the sentiment to some degree. i still think the song is uncreative, unoriginal, uninspiring, and nonsenical. maybe i AM just getting old. :sad:
I'll admit the song is pretty bad, but dance songs always are.
MikeD
08-29-2006, 01:11 AM
The days of talent, like these guys...
http://www.disco-disco.com/images/ericb-rakim.gif
http://www.newcriminologist.co.uk/uploads/NotoriousBIG%20(nme%5B2%5D.com).jpg
http://www.cornerstoneras.com/img/publicenemy/bnd_publicenemy.jpg
are long, long gone. R.I.P.
They see me rollin', They hatin'...
GraingerGuy
08-29-2006, 08:36 AM
It's peanut butter jelly time...peanut butter jelly time.
CornMonkey
08-29-2006, 09:31 AM
ahhh, so it's an actual
and as memo suggested, i did a quick search on youtube for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuoxlAMxjIc
bwahaha... "chicken noodle soup dancers"
2pac & Biggie.
Run DMC & Sugarhill Gang.
Rakim & LL Cool J.
That's what I listen to now, several decades later.
DarkFury
08-29-2006, 10:33 AM
2pac & Biggie.
Run DMC & Sugarhill Gang.
Rakim & LL Cool J.
That's what I listen to now, several decades later.
Toss a little PE in there, and you'd be on to something. :thumb:
Lolita
08-29-2006, 11:03 AM
It's peanut butter jelly time...peanut butter jelly time.
Haha, that was my first thought too
Toss a little PE in there, and you'd be on to something. :thumb:
PE and NWA are solid. There are plenty of "old school" artists that I left off:
Gang Starr
Dr. Dre
Ice Cube
Warren G
Tribe
Naughty By Nature
Then there's the few who have gone too mainstream for me, but i loved their original stuff:
Nas
DMX
EPMD
Jay-Z
Mobb Deep
Prngr44
08-29-2006, 11:44 AM
I love how they take the same bass line and just add slightly different lyrics. You hear the same intro but it could be any one of 4 different songs.
cadetevon
08-29-2006, 11:53 AM
They see me rollin', They hatin'...
Thanks now that dang thing will be in my head all day. Though the good part is it got "chickin noodle soup" outta my head.
DarkFury
08-29-2006, 12:32 PM
Thanks now that dang thing will be in my head all day. Though the good part is it got "chickin noodle soup" outta my head.
They see me rollin'...
They hatin! Patrolin' an' tryna catch me ridin dirty...
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
My music so loud... I'm swangin'...
They hopin' that they gonna catch me ridin dirty...
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
:D :heh: :fro:
nickel
08-29-2006, 12:46 PM
They see me rollin'...
They hatin! Patrolin' an' tryna catch me ridin dirty...
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
My music so loud... I'm swangin'...
They hopin' that they gonna catch me ridin dirty...
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
:D :heh: :fro:
the guy making my sub at subway the other day was singing that song. :spock:
being i'm not too up on it when i first heard the song i thought he meant riding a chick without a condom (ridin dirty). then i learned it was trying to outrun the cops.
MikeD
08-29-2006, 12:47 PM
when i first heard the song i thought he meant riding a chick without a condom (ridin dirty).
Gotta love hip hop.
then i learned it was trying to outrun the cops.
Like I said...
cadetevon
08-29-2006, 01:45 PM
They see me rollin'...
They hatin! Patrolin' an' tryna catch me ridin dirty...
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
My music so loud... I'm swangin'...
They hopin' that they gonna catch me ridin dirty...
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
Tryna catch me ridin dirty!
:D :heh: :fro:
I hate you both!
LOL
One of the San Diego Surf Dawgs has this song as his walk up song. He was THE whitest white man you'd ever want to meet.
So after every single dang game I'd head home singing this darn song.
Freelance Superhero
08-29-2006, 04:50 PM
i'm reminded of this dude named MC Lars. i really can't stand the guy, but he's got this one song called Generic Crunk Rap:
phrase about my gun, rhyme about my loot
phrase about these haters i sometimes have to shoot
rhyme about my clothes, props to my hometown (carmel valley!)
lyrics that say nothing cause that's how we get down
phrase about my clique, don't step to me punk!
Gratuitous rhyme about keeping it crunk
Big ups to our genre; we do it our own way
It's just too bad our songs don't have anything to say!
(chorus)
generic crunk rap! (WHAT!)
generic crunk rap! (YEAH!)
generic crunk rap! (WHAT!)
we don't mess around!
generic crunk rap! (YEAH!)
generic crunk rap! (WHAT!)
generic crunk rap! (YEAH!)
you like our dirty sound!
buy cars! (GET CRUNK!)
take shots! (GET CRUNK!)
have sex! (GET CRUNK!)
spend money! (GET CRUNK!)
buy cars! (GET CRUNK!)
take shots! (GET CRUNK!)
have sex! (GET CRUNK!)
spend money! (GET CRUNK!)
phrase about my car, rhyme about my crew (volvo!)
rap about how much more crunk I am than you
rhyme about my rims, rhyme about my bling
chorus where I scream cause I don't know how to sing
rhyme supporting guns, and also drinking 40's
misogynist rhyme about banging lots of shorties
rhyme about my dough, and then some made up lyrics:
get off the gas you swinga, check the deuce, yo sabirit!
(chorus)
buy clothes! (GET CRUNK!)
hennessy! (GET CRUNK!)
escalades! (GET CRUNK!)
spend money! (GET CRUNK!)
buy cars! (GET CRUNK!)
take shots! (GET CRUNK!)
have sex! (GET CRUNK!)
spend money! (GET CRUNK!)
Grandmaster Flash (i'm sorry but we're killin hip hop)
KRS (i'm sorry but we're killin hip hop)
Run DMC (i'm sorry but we're killin hip hop)
but who can argue with the charts when we're sittin at the top?
Rakim (i'm sorry but we're killin hip hop)
Chuck D (i'm sorry but we're killin hip hop)
De La Soul (i'm sorry but we're killin hip hop)
and we're makin so much money that we ain't about to stop.
etc etc
can't argue with that... :hihi:
Thesifer
08-29-2006, 10:43 PM
Wow.. That's almost exactly how I was dancing in Cancun a couple weeks ago when I a rather drunk at the Club.
Jane83
08-30-2006, 10:24 PM
Flava flav is still around and has his own reality show!
MikeD
08-31-2006, 02:59 AM
Flava flav is still around and has his own reality show!
:gle:
Yeah, please don't remind us again. It shows just how far the American TV viewing public has fallen...
Houdini
08-31-2006, 11:11 AM
:gle:
Yeah, please don't remind us again. It shows just how far the American TV viewing public has fallen...
:stupid:
And his ridiculous clocks just keep getting bigger.
DarkFury
08-31-2006, 01:10 PM
Yeah Boyyyeeeeeee!!!! You know what time it is!
(And if you don't, then check out this month's issue of KING magazine... but then again, that one probably isn't on most folk's radar around here. :D )
Freelance Superhero
08-31-2006, 02:07 PM
Yeah Boyyyeeeeeee!!!!man, i used to walk around all the time saying that. i loved PE back in the day.
in fact, the first concert i ever went to was a PE show, with digital underground, kid n play, and the afros. i think there might have been someone else, but i can't remember who it was at the moment. great show, and i was deaf for 4 days afterwards.
those were the days...
nickel
08-31-2006, 03:10 PM
It's peanut butter jelly time...peanut butter jelly time.
why you :dead:
DarkFury
08-31-2006, 09:36 PM
man, i used to walk around all the time saying that. i loved PE back in the day.
in fact, the first concert i ever went to was a PE show, with digital underground, kid n play, and the afros. i think there might have been someone else, but i can't remember who it was at the moment. great show, and i was deaf for 4 days afterwards.
those were the days...
Heh.. first concert I ever went to was "FreshFest '88" featuring Run DMC, L.L. Cool J, Whodini, Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew, Slick Rick the Ruler, and Full Force featuring Bowlegged Lou.
Now THOSE were the days. :D
kimchicowboy
09-01-2006, 04:31 AM
Slick Rick the Ruler??
oh. big brain fart. it's too early and i thought they had a human-sized ruler named slick rick up on stage rapping.
DarkFury
09-01-2006, 06:04 AM
Slick Rick the Ruler??
oh. big brain fart. it's too early and i thought they had a human-sized ruler named slick rick up on stage rapping.
:spock: :spock: :gle: :gle: :hmm: :shrug:
/me thinks you need to go get a double expresso and wake up.
kimchicowboy
09-01-2006, 06:48 AM
a double expresso's gonna make me pee real bad. hahaha
InfiniteNothing
09-01-2006, 07:58 AM
That sounds unpleasant
Freelance Superhero
09-01-2006, 07:01 PM
Heh.. first concert I ever went to was "FreshFest '88" featuring Run DMC, L.L. Cool J, Whodini, Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew, Slick Rick the Ruler, and Full Force featuring Bowlegged Lou.
Now THOSE were the days. :Dahhhh, see, i would have LOVED to go to a show like that, but it would have been just a few years too early for me. damn, that show must have been INSANE!
SALJJJJ
09-13-2006, 02:14 PM
Does anyone know how to change the avatar to a custom one?
BigJon
09-13-2006, 05:51 PM
Does anyone know how to change the avatar to a custom one?
You asked this in like three other threads...
http://www.gotapex.com/off-topic/announcements.html
Read the announcements. It'll take 2000 posts before you can have a custom avatar.
Prngr44
09-15-2006, 09:19 AM
why you :dead:
http://www.avatarist.com/avatars/Cartoons/Family-Guy/It's-peanut-butter-jelly-time-animated.gif
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