We’re usually against covers – especially when it’s a skinny white boy covering Notorious B.I.G. – but we simply can’t resist Dan Black’s take on Biggie’s “Hypnotize.”
Relive the original, after the jump…
Morning Aural: Dan Black
We’re usually against covers – especially when it’s a skinny white boy covering Notorious B.I.G. – but we simply can’t resist Dan Black’s take on Biggie’s “Hypnotize.”
Marx
Something about this video screams “Look at all my obnoxious new outfits and the vacations I can take!!”
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it looks like it was pretty much recorded on one vacation — probably a package tour or something of asia — and in paris, where he lives according to his myspace. anyway, the video for the original features biggie smalls on a speedboat throwing money in the air…
Wow
This sorry hipster version was awful…
From Stuff White People Like dot com
#107 Self Aware Hip Hop References:
Among the wrong kind of white people, there are few more hated than the wigger or whitethug. Though it is very acceptable and common for the right kind of white people to dress and act as though they were Japanese, Chinese, or European, it is completely unacceptable for them to act like rappers.
This distaste caused a dilemma for white people who had to show both that they loved hip hop but also that they were aware they were white. The brilliant solution they came up with was to appropriate hip hop words and mannerisms and filter them through a white appropriateness system.
For example, white people find it particularly hilarious to take slang and enunciate every word perfectly.
“Homey, that bernaise sauce you made is wack. Do you know what I am saying? For Real.â€
“Well, I used a different type of butter. I switched the style up, so let the haters hate and I’ll watch the deliciousness pile up.â€
Since the above exchange involves people who are very aware of their whiteness it is hilarious, but if it were to be said by wiggers, it would be tragic. The difference is subtle but essential.
This is also an excellent way to make white people like you. If you can recite rap lyrics with perfect enunciation, they will always find it funny. As a rule of thumb, the more popular the rapper, the funnier it gets. Best options: 50 Cent, Tupac, Biggie Smalls, or Jay Z. Note: avoid Kanye West as the irony of reciting his lyrics with perfect English is not as great.