We all love rap, but let’s face it, some of you are too white and/or too uncool to really understand the lyrics to some of your favorite hip-hop songs. Luckily, we’ve put together a new column to help you out.
Here is our first installment, translating the Youngbloodz song, “85 South”, featuring Big Boi from Outkast. If you have a great rap song that you want translated, let us know in the comments section! Click on the player below to hear the song.
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(chorus) I know you waiting for daddy, it won’t be long, shorty. be patient cause im comin to u I’m aware that you are waiting for me, your lover, and I will be there presently. please be patient, I am on my way ridin dirty on 85, slow takin it easy, i dont want nothing to keep me from u I’m driving under the influence on Interstate 85, but slowly and not erratically, because I don’t want to be pulled over and lose my chance to have sex with you
Any man that can bust out an entire rap about a sphygmomanometer and rhyme that bitch with conifer is definitely going to get a post here on Tasty Booze.
I hadn’t heard about this guy until this morning but he is hilarious. Check out his song Irrevocability which chronicles his loss in the a 1992 spelling bee or you can hit up his MySpace page for more songs.
No translation needed for this rap battle, this is another clever take on how staying at a Holiday Inn Express makes you better at just about anything. I would definitely stay in a hotel for a night if it gave me flow like this.
Eminem has been rumored to be working on an album to redeem himself and un-retire… just like Jay-Z, except hopefully his album won’t suck. Below is a video of a quick freestyle that sounds a lot like the Eminem and Dr. Dre of old… the beat is tight and the rhymes are on point - no more farting noises or verbal diarrhea. Whenever “Relapse” is due to come out, it’s not soon enough.
There is just something inherently funny about a white guy rapping about his inability to find a date via social networking and/or internet dating sites.
“Aw yeah, I’m about to drop some particle physics in da club. The LHC is supa-dupa fly, y’know what I’m sayin?”
Whenever you think about teaching people about particle physics specifically the world’s largest particle accelerator you naturally think that a rap is the best way to do it. Check out these scientists dropping fat beats while dropping some knowledge about the Large Hadron Collider located at CERN in Switzerland.
First Shaq wins a ring without Kobe. Then Kobe gets embarrassed in the NBA finals. Now Shaq is calling out Kobe in his latest rap. This past Sunday, Shaq was freestyling at an NYC club and decided he had a few thoughts for Kobe.
Thought number 1: “Last week, Kobe couldn’t do it without me”
Thought number 2: “That’s the difference between first and last place. Kobe, how my ass taste?”
Thought number 3: “I’m a horse. Kobe ratted me out, that’s why I’m getting a divorce”
Two things to note. One, Kobe proved last week that he is certainly no Michael Jordan. And two, Shaq needs to not rap anymore. Ever. I’m serious. And he did get knocked out in the first round this year, so not sure it’s the best time to be starting the next big rap feud. Clearly Soulja Boy and Ice-T have staked claim on the lamest rap feud of 2008 already anyway.
It was really only a matter of time… I mean 50 Cent has put his name on a number of products, you might say selling out, including Vitamin Water, Reebok, a new body spray and Magic Stick Condoms. In other words, 50 Cent is not afraid to put his name on products that he supports.
Well, Taco Bell might have gone a little far with the rap mogul - I suggest developing a new bullet-proof variety of taco shell. Apparently the company put together a proposal for 50 to make an appearance at a Taco Bell store, rap his order, and change his name to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent - the prices of items on Taco Bell’s Value Menu.
The contract was leaked before 50 Cent’s people even got their hands on it and now 50 Cent is upset that the whole thing was a publicity stunt.
We all love rap, but let’s face it, some of you are too white and/or too uncool to really understand the lyrics to some of your favorite hip-hop songs. Luckily, we’ve put together a new column to help you out.
