The Slate on "Lazy Sunday"
Josh Levin examines the SNL phenomenon:
(Hat tip, Ace.)
People aren't forwarding this video because it's a parody of what's bad about rap; they're sending it around because it's an ode to what can be great about it. Instead of auguring a new day for SNL, maybe it points up what's missing in mainstream rap—an awareness that it's OK to be goofy. Who needs Biz Markie and Tone-Loc? We've got Samberg and Parns.Levin makes a good point. Rap is sooooooo depressing these days and it would be nice to have some levity once in a while. Every genre needs a Weezer now and then.
(Hat tip, Ace.)
posted by PaulNoonan at
11:15 AM
1 Comments:
I agree, I was really let down when I heard that Will Smith was making diss records. He and Sir Mix A Lot were two of the wittiest M.C.s ever. No. I'm not joking.
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Rashid Muhammad, at 1:50 PM
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