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May 1, 2009

The Problem Of Fake Rap Is International

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Rap is an American cultural invention, but in its incredible popularity it has been co-opted and adopted by cultures around the world. Latin rap, of course, has taken on a life of its own and returned to America on its own terms, but there's all kinds of foreign rap, including French rap, and Italian rap, Chinese rap, and the absolute worst: German rap. Have you ever heard German rap? Yuck. Go to the doctor, your ears fell off.

It only follows, of course, that the world is now dealing with another, far more dangerous export: fake rap. Is no one safe from this shit? No one is safe from this shit. Israel, for example, is not safe from this shit:

Ah yes, fake rap: the best way to raise international awareness about endemic centuries old violence that continues in its escalation to push the entire world towards the brink of annihilation*. Y'HEARD!

Sorry, Israel, for our country's inability to meaningful and sustainably broker peace between you and the Arab nations of the middle east, but more importantly for giving you absolutely horrible ideas about parodic ways of easing that terrible tension. Burned you twice, playaz. (Via YoungManhattanite.)

*Or raising awareness about/mocking the ridiculousness/virulence of a particular Israeli tendency towards trying to agitate international engagement in the Palestinian conflict? That is the problem with fake rap: besides being the worst, it often makes no sense.

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What... we... have... here is... failure to communicate.

Posted by: Bubbles profile link at 05/01/09 3:42 PM  | Reply
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I just gave up, ignored the words and enjoyed the beat.

Posted by: Adam profile link at 05/01/09 4:07 PM  | Reply
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this is from the israeli show "eretz nehedert" ("wonderful country" or "awesome land", which both sound weird in english), the israeli kind-of-equivalent of snl. not a bad show, really.
but it's even worse then you think: israeli rap has been used in israel's hasbara for quite some time. and i dont mean fake rap, i mean actual god awful real hebrew rap. the sketch from the show is based on this strange phenomenon.

Posted by: AP at 05/01/09 4:07 PM  | Reply
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I thought it was kind of funny.
WE HAVE MCDONALDS

Posted by: Fantasturbate at 05/01/09 4:11 PM  | Reply
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If the Hebrew Hammer and Jamie Kennedy had a baby, it would be this video

Posted by: sarcasticmeow profile link at 05/01/09 4:20 PM  | Reply
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For the record, if we're going to go down the international rap rabbit hole, Quebecois rap can oftentimes be the worst.

Posted by: Elliot profile link at 05/01/09 4:23 PM  | Reply
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I couldn't make it to the end--does he ever make it out of the house with the tiny, tiny graffiti room and scary basement? Is it rap about agoraphobia? Seriously, rap in French should always be mellow, like MC Solaar.

Posted by: angeler  in reply to  Elliot's comment at 05/02/09 7:56 PM  | Reply
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AP speaks the truth. As an Israeli, I thought that was a pretty funny sketch.

Posted by: Guy P at 05/01/09 6:10 PM  | Reply
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I know I should feel embarrassed, but I did actually kinda like this sketch, fake rap and all. I mean, how would you feel if someone threw on you til HUH!? Those subtitles were really confusing though... So yay for understanding Hebrew?

Posted by: Liat at 05/01/09 6:20 PM  | Reply
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Speak the Hungarian Rapper is pretty amazing, but unfortunately he doesn't think he's fake. But my God, I wish he did.

Posted by: Krista at 05/02/09 2:44 AM  | Reply
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"can't go to grocery,can't go to school" yep they 're jewish.

Posted by: Bad tings ah gwan profile link at 05/03/09 5:20 AM  | Reply
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So many things have been gone wrong in this (subway type chain) video.

Q: if a fake rap video manages to be offensive to everyone & everything (a star of David hanging around his neck? enh?),, can it still offend a monk clapping with one hand in the woods?

A: I don't know, I'm making about as much sense as this video.

Posted by: Blondie profile link at 05/03/09 1:18 PM  | Reply
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