Agri-culture
July 6, 2012 4:03 AM   Subscribe

Rapping farmers: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight....
posted by twoleftfeet (19 comments total) 10 users marked this as a favorite
 
The guys from the first link are local to my area, and have made the front page of the local paper 3 days in a row because of that music video. I still can't bring myself to watch the whole thing.
posted by hellojed at 4:35 AM on July 6, 2012


Phat beets, yo.
posted by sambosambo at 4:48 AM on July 6, 2012 [5 favorites]


"Schlemiel, schlimazel, hasenpfeffer incorporated!"

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmRmKzxhMzwo&v=mRmKzxhMzwo&gl=US
posted by grateful at 5:09 AM on July 6, 2012


german : mc jeremy - mein dorf : my village it is a parody "my block" by rapper sido.
posted by tofupup at 5:12 AM on July 6, 2012


I still can't bring myself to watch the whole thing.

You know, as it was starting, before the rapping came in, I was thinking, "please let the flow not be wack." And then it was hella wack but somehow so damn charming I listened to the whole thing with a big-ass grin.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:26 AM on July 6, 2012 [2 favorites]


This is just as cringe-worthy as I expected.

Not that it's bad, per se. But it could have been improved with a bouncing tractor (I don't know the technical term, sorry) and some ghost-riding of the whip. Actual whip not needed, but nice.

So, I guess this is their pitch for a reality TV series and/or wives?
posted by Mezentian at 5:30 AM on July 6, 2012


tofupop: You should see the Mein Block parody by Rainer von Vielen, if you don't know it already...
posted by ts;dr at 5:30 AM on July 6, 2012 [1 favorite]


Zach Galifianakis / Kanye West did my favorite farming rap.
posted by Flunkie at 5:55 AM on July 6, 2012 [3 favorites]


What is up with the cow necklaces in the UK one (#6)? Radio tracking devices?

If you are willing to go beyond English, there's an awful lot of campesino rap. Another.

And of course there's the classic John Leguizamo hardcore campesino rap in Collateral Damage.
posted by Forktine at 6:03 AM on July 6, 2012 [2 favorites]


Their 4-H meetings must be off the chain.
posted by WaspEnterprises at 6:35 AM on July 6, 2012 [3 favorites]


Inspired by this British TV ad from 2010? Yeo Valley
posted by DanCall at 6:51 AM on July 6, 2012


Inspired by this British TV ad from 2010? Yeo Valley yt

That is link number six.
posted by Forktine at 7:02 AM on July 6, 2012


What is up with the cow necklaces in the UK one (#6)? Radio tracking devices?

Possible options: activity tracking, RFID identification, rumination monitoring, estrus detection. These might be SCR Heatime H-Tags.
posted by zamboni at 7:02 AM on July 6, 2012


When Nas said "hip-hop belongs to all of us now", perhaps this is what he meant.

Although, honestly, I'd be fine if Nas grandfathered in some exceptions for farmers. They are not exactly spitting dope rhymes.
posted by The River Ivel at 7:11 AM on July 6, 2012


ts;dr :
i hadn't seen his version ... speaking of covers

many moons ago rainer was the camera man for a
video for an impromptu cover of "wind's of change."

i have no idea what happened to that video.
posted by tofupup at 7:15 AM on July 6, 2012


Most of those made me giggle uncontrollably. Thanks.
posted by vytae at 8:29 AM on July 6, 2012


Alternate strategy: buy some talented hip hop artists some land.
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow at 10:20 AM on July 6, 2012 [1 favorite]


Crank that Farmer Boy (four) was the best, but Yeo Valley Advert (six) was an ok runner up. The rest were bad. And one or two of those were really really bad. I just always marvel at how so many people think it is easy to rap, and every single day there is more than ample audio and video evidence that it is hard.
posted by cashman at 3:30 PM on July 6, 2012


"Water, water, water, water, water, yeah, water, water, water, water, water, yeah, water, water, water, water, water, yeah, Unh, I work out (side)."

OK, I L'dMFAO.
posted by halfbuckaroo at 4:16 PM on July 6, 2012 [1 favorite]


« Older Available online, 30 issues of Mangajin!   |   We've finished our news, homo sapiens have... Newer »


This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments