Today I had “Jailhouse Rap” by Fat Boys on my old school hip hop show and thought I would share that the first time I heard it I misheard the chorus. It has a line that goes “In jail because we failed.” But I thought it said “In jail because we’re fat” the first time I heard it. They kind of are if you know the stories relayed in the plot of the song.
I also re-listened to 36 Chambers for the first time in a while this week and forgot how much I enjoy it. Now I’m listening to Bizzarre Ride II: The Pharcyde with a similar enjoyment. One of the maybe 30 tweets I’ve made over the last two years includes a Gary Larson/Fatlip, Far Side/Pharcyde joke. Here’s the charts:
1 TIMES NEW VIKING Dancer Equired Merge
2 DODOS No Color Frenchkiss
3 GENERATIONALS Actor-Caster Park The Van
4 FLEET FOXES Helplessness Blues Sub Pop
5 TV ON THE RADIO Nine Types Of Light Interscope
6 AGESANDAGES Alright You Restless KF
7 TENNIS Cape Dory Fat Possum
8 STARFUCKER Reptilians Polyvinyl
9 PETER BJORN AND JOHN Gimme Some Star Time
10 GIRLS NAMES Dead To Me Slumberland
11 DJ COSM Time And Space MakeBelieve
12 BIBIO Mind Bokeh Warp
13 DOM Sun Bronzed Greek Gods Astralwerks
14 TORO Y MOI Underneath The Pine Carpark
15 GROUNDISLAVA Groundislava Friends Of Friends
16 DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN Golden Era The Council
17 LOVE LANGUAGE Libraries
18 BEANS End It All Anticon
19 BEACH FOSSILS What A Pleasure [EP] Captured Tracks
20 BASS DRUM OF DEATH GB City Fat Possum
21 DANGEROUS PONIES Dangerous Ponies Punk Rock Payroll
22 HUNX AND HIS PUNX Too Young To Be In Love Hardly Art
23 POISON CONTROL CENTER Stranger Ballet
24 JOY FORMIDABLE The Big Roar Atlantic
25 HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY Escapades Mucho Bravado
26 VIVIAN GIRLS Share The Joy Polyvinyl
27 PANDA BEAR Tomboy Paw Tracks
28 SHANNON AND THE CLAMS Sleep Talk 1-2-3-4 Go!
29 BLUEPRINT Adventures In Counterculture Rhymesayers
30 PAPERCUTS Fading Parade Sub Pop
and top adds
1 BEASTIE BOYS Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 Capitol
2 KIDS ON A CRIME SPREE We Love You So Bad Slumberland
3 USELESS EATERS Daily Commute
4 BOOKER T. JONES The Road From Memphis ANTI-
5 DELS GOB Big Dada
This week’s video is another one that I enjoy more than think is funny. It’s “Drop” by Pharcyde. It samples Beastie Boys and was directed backwards by Spike Jonze. Here’s that: