If you think rap has some rather amazingly corny stuff going on in this day of age, it's been going on since the late 80's. Yes, today, artists aren't trying to be corny, but in the 80's, they rapped about Big Butts, had John Wayne rappin', and did dances for Pee Wee Herman. Hip hop has seen it all, but it's another interesting facet of the culture, as sell out as some might have seen it, to me it was all fun and games. People are too serious sometimes, lighten up and have fun.....
1. Joeski Love - Pee Wee's Dance
I almost feel guilty grouping this in with "Novelty Rap" as it's still dope, some twenty plus years later. Although the new thing is doing hip hop dances (or has that fad passed already), it's been around for awhile, and Joeski Love made the Pee Wee Herman something that was talked about back in the day. Anything I could say about this song can be said better in D-Nice's "True Hip Hop Stories", where Joeski Love talks about this very song.
True Hip-Hop Stories: Joe Ski Love from D-Nice on Vimeo.
2. Shawn Brown - The Rappin' Duke
The Ha, The Ha, The Ha, Ha....Wow, this song was so corny, yet as a 7th or 8th grader, I thought it was great. I'll sheepishly say this song was one of the songs that got me into hip hop deeper after my Run DMC and LA DreamTeam. The song did make it's mark on the hip hop consciousness. Who can forget Biggie spittin' the lines "....The Rappin' Duke, Da-huh, da-huh..." and the fact that it appeared on the Billboard's top 100 songs, getting as high as 73 on the charts. I'm not sure of the whole story behind the song, or who Shawn Brown was even, I never looked into it that much, but it made it's mark
3. Bobby Jimmy & The Critters - Big Butt
Wow, where to start with this one? First off, Bobby Jimmy was the man of parody/novelty rap. In all actuality, "Hair or Weave" was probably his more popular song out of his discography, but this is my list, so I'm going with "Big Butt". Another song that was out there with "The Rappin' Duke" and also was played on my local radio station when I was in Junior High. The humor on it definately appeals to a junior high aged school kid, so it was one of my favorite songs in those early years. Did I mention Bobby Jimmy is still the man?
4. The Roxanne Answer Back Tracks
What started off as a serious and classic song, got turned into.....well, the biggest answer back record of all-time. There is reports of up to 50 recorded tracks on this subject, with answer backs to the answer backs. Roxanne's parents got into it, her doctor, UTFO got dissed, Roxanne Shante was born, The Real Roxanne evolved out of this whole thing. It got utterly rediculious before it was all said and done. One of these days, I'm going to try to track them all down, not sure how difficult that will be.
Dr. Rocx & Co - Do The Roxanne Part One
5. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Nightmare On Street
(Tied) Fat Boys - Wipeout
Both of these songs probably walk the fine line of "legit" hip hop and novelty. I'd be okay if someone said "those aren't novelty songs", but I'm going with the fact that they were. One used a movie character as a main intersest of the song. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince came up with the "Nightmare On My Street" during the heyday of the Nightmare On Elm Street movies. The second was the better track out of the Fat Boys messing with classic rock artists. This track with the Beach Boys was, well, not that good, but it got some play from me and it's much better than the Chubby Checker "Do The Twist" song that came out later.
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4/14/2009
5x5 Day Two: Novelty Rap
3/21/2008
Requests & Re-Ups...Part One
This has been a crazy week and I'm seriously dragging some ass. Top that off with some computer issues and it's amazing I've gotten as much done this week as I have. We are taking a short break from the Philaflava posts, but expect them to return at full force this weekend or maybe even tomorrow. Then again, I'm going straight to the bar to watch Boise State more than likely get their asses handed to them in the NCAA tournament after work, so maybe there won't be anything tomorrow.
I hate doing this, but for now, I'm just going to post up some albums that have been requested by some visitors. I still have two more I'm looking for (Guicci Crew II - So Def blah blah blah and Masta Ace - The Lost Tracks) so I haven't forgotten, just going through boxes of CD's and hope to have them up by this weekend.
High Performance - All Things Considered (Nastymix, 1989)
| 1 | It's Just Funky (5:09) | |
| 2 | I'm Like A Caddy (4:05) | |
| 3 | All Things Considered (4:19) | |
| 4 | Here's A Party Jam (5:34) | |
| 5 | So You Wanna Be A Gangster (4:18) | |
| 6 | The Hill (5:20) | |
| 7 | Pushin' Dope For The Man (4:01) | |
| 8 | Do You Really Wanna Party? (5:38) | |
| 9 | Black On Black (4:22) |
Dope album from one of the Nastymix crews. Another Seattle crew, it's kind of simplistic in the terms of music, but it's still rather dope.
Daddy O - You Can Be a Daddy But Never A Daddy-O (Polygram, 1993)
| 1. Intro Joint |
| 2. Swung It, Blunted, Brung It |
| 3. Brooklyn Bounce |
| 4. Dat Vs DJ |
| 5. Kid Capri |
| 6. Come for Mine |
| 7. Flowin in File |
| 8. How to Beat a Bootleg/God Don't Like Ugly |
| 9. Ihatefonies (The Truck Drivers Song) |
| 10. You Can Be a Daddy, But Never Daddy-O - Daddy O, YZ |
| 11. Fanfare |
| 12. Buc Buc Buk |
| 13. East Coast Funk |
| 14. Bass Knotts (Sunbathing on the Roof) |
| 15. Nobody Move |
| 16. Funky Worm Outro Joint - Daddy O, Funky Worm |
As much as I liked Stetsasonic, I didn't really care for Daddy-O's solo joint. Maybe I should sit down and listen to it again, because it's been a while. Also, I have to apologize, I've been on a big bitch and rant session about fucked up tagged mp3 files that I've been downloading and the amount of time it takes to change all that shit. Well, these aren't tagged at all, so you have some work on your hands. I'm just a bit lazy and want to go to bed.
Fat Boys - Fat Boys (Sutra Records, 1984)
| 1 | Jailhouse Rap (8:30) | |
| 2 | Stick 'Em (4:26) | |
| 3 | Can You Feel It (6:38) | |
| 4 | Fat Boys (6:50) | |
| 5 | The Place To Be (4:26) | |
| 6 | Human Beat Box (2:16) | |
| 7 | Don't You Dog Me (5:50) |
I'll admit, I like the Fat Boys dammit. They can be grouped with Whodini, LA Dream Team, UTFO, LL Cool J, Run DMC and the Beastie Boys as who I mark as the first hip hop artists I really listened to in 1986. Hell, I still have the vinyl for "Big & Beautiful" around somewhere (I didn't buy the vinyl because I was collecting vinyl, I bought it because at 12 years old in 1986, that's the format I listened to music on). This is their Kurtis Blow produced debut. Good shit, but if you don't like the "old" sounds, then this isn't for you.
Mystidious Misfitss - A Who Dat? (Label?, 1995)
1. I Be (Interlude)
2. I Be
3. Trix of a Misfit
4. M.I. Crooked Letter
5. Streets, Avenues,and Boulevards
6. A Touch of Mush (Interlude)
7. Upside Down
8. Difficult Reality (Interlude)
9. Son Of Sam
10. Misfit Love
11. Who Dat (Interlude)
12. Nu Sounds
13. Tuning (Interlude)
14. Gimme the Boom
15. Hard Rock
16. What's the Password (Interlude)
17. Ooo Wee!
18. I Be (Buckwild Remix)
19. Open Your Eyes (Interlude)
20. Red Light
21.Infertile Spermicide (Interlude)
This is a pretty rare little ditty that I haven't seen around much on the blogger circuit. It's a shame, because this a quality album that deserves to be heard. I can't remember how I first heard of this crew from Brooklyn, but it was an album that I was desperately searching for when the blogging thing took off. Long time visitor and sorry ass Cleveland Brown lover, GO14 came through with the album back when we were doing our now infamous "Request Fridays". If you only download one album from this batch, this is the one to hit up.
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