Comments on: Brain Rot: Hip Hop Family Tree, Christmas Rappin' http://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-22.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 16:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nick Hayday http://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-22.html#comment-1443069 Nick Hayday Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164518#comment-1443069 Ed, please tell me this will be a book, and where I can send my money Ed, please tell me this will be a book, and where I can send my money

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-22.html#comment-1442871 noah django Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164518#comment-1442871  we watched it on my across-the-street-neighbors' betamax.  this was the kid that we would drag a piece of linoleum down the street to the basketball court to break on.  we pretended not to understand when he mouthed "what the fuck?" but when we laughed at the "my G.I. Joe is just G.I. gay," we got scolded by his mother. that same year Detroit PBS actually broadcast Style Wars and my mom, who usually only watched PBS, had it on one day when I wandered into the room.  Life.  Changed.  Forever.  we watched it on my across-the-street-neighbors’ betamax.  this was the kid that we would drag a piece of linoleum down the street to the basketball court to break on.  we pretended not to understand when he mouthed “what the fuck?” but when we laughed at the “my G.I. Joe is just G.I. gay,” we got scolded by his mother.

that same year Detroit PBS actually broadcast Style Wars and my mom, who usually only watched PBS, had it on one day when I wandered into the room.  Life.  Changed.  Forever.

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-22.html#comment-1442759 Ed Piskor Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164518#comment-1442759  But, my personal favorite, was the Treacherous Three, Santa Rap, from Beat Street. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPXSDo87BR4  But, my personal favorite, was the Treacherous Three, Santa Rap, from Beat Street. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPXSDo87BR4

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-22.html#comment-1442757 Ed Piskor Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164518#comment-1442757 Of course, young DJ Run gave the Christmas rap a try, a few years later. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8 Of course, young DJ Run gave the Christmas rap a try, a few years later. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-22.html#comment-1442754 Ed Piskor Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164518#comment-1442754 For those playing at home... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xUFnGWWtoQ For those playing at home…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xUFnGWWtoQ

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-22.html#comment-1442740 Ed Piskor Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164518#comment-1442740  Yeah, I actually don't have a problem in the world with Russ.  Yeah, I actually don’t have a problem in the world with Russ.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-22.html#comment-1442361 Donald Petersen Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164518#comment-1442361 Not a bad representation; Simmons isn't the handsomest man in the industry.  <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/r/rubin_040503/flip-c.jpg" rel="nofollow">Here he is with Rick Rubin,</a> circa 1985. Not a bad representation; Simmons isn’t the handsomest man in the industry.  Here he is with Rick Rubin, circa 1985.

]]> By: royaltrux http://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-22.html#comment-1442337 royaltrux Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164518#comment-1442337 Another great installment, I look forward to these every week. Another great installment, I look forward to these every week.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2012/06/05/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-22.html#comment-1442184 MrJM Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164518#comment-1442184 I hope the author never dislikes me as much as he (apparently) dislikes Russell Simmons. I hope the author never dislikes me as much as he (apparently) dislikes Russell Simmons.

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