If I were to try and attack contemporary popular hip hop it would be for the the gayness with which it celebrates materialism, the brash presentation of male sexuality, the audacious facade of self-esteem with the paradoxical lack of self-reflection, and the complete absence of effort linguistically or poetically.
So if I wrote a parody it might:
1)Show poor conditions from which no one is thinking about yachts, like a farm of (possibly) migrant workers.
2)Make it contain absurd references to sex, although making them any more absurd than they already are would be challenging. Comparisons to food and animals maybe?
3)Show no attempt to use real words or rhyme scheme. Like every line should end in "ey" or "ly."
4)And I'd probably make it about watermelon, because I'm a racist.
Behold:
I did not make this video. But undoubtedly it's everything that's wrong with hip hop rolled into a 3 minute video package. It's catchy, but is it also satire?
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