I’m not going to front. As anyone who’s read the Music section of my MySpace page can attest, these rap songs are my hip-hop bread and butter. White bread, that is.
The Top 10 Rap Songs White People Love
Given that, it will surprise exactly no one that I performed “It Takes Two” at karaoke a few nights ago, or that I wrote some quote-unquote erotic fanfic about “Bust A Move” on Weak Nights.
As spot-on as some of these selections (and honorable mentions) are, I would gladly trade “Whoomp (There It Is)” — a song I knew barely qualified as music even when I was in high school — and “Hip Hop Hooray” for Neneh Cherry and her Buffalo Stance. Where is the love, white rap enthusiasts?
And I would love to listen to “Hey Ya”, but it’s just a little too …you know.
4 replies on “The Top 10 Rap Songs White People Love”
The best thing about that list is all the defensive white people leaving comments. Whitey sure is touchy.
[…] at the Nuart theater in Santa Monica with some friends this weekend. I have a fairly self-evident shallow taste in music, and had originally written off Ian Curtis as a morose, proto-emo spaz, but if I was trapped in a […]
This won’t help the stereotype of whitey being one uptight mofo. I’ve been following the comments since then and they only get worse. Apparently top ten lists = racism.
and then of course the (sort of) delicious irony is that all it takes is a silly ton ten list to bring the REAL racism/ts out – as a certified White Person, it’s an odd feeling to be repeatedly called a ‘nigger’