Epic Rap B^hCattle

May 17, 2015 2:43 PM

A Cattlerap song is created by adding a hiphop beat to a cattle auctioneering video.

The genre was invented in 2011 by musician David Kamp with this clip.
Cattlerap became "a thing" in May 2014 with clips featuring auctioneer extraordinaire Rhett Parks of Whitewood Livestock and others.

posted by persona (7 comments total)

This is awesome! Auctioneering is really fascinating, and I want there to be more cattle raps. Herzog made a great documentary about livestock auctioneers in the 70s -- maybe somebody good at making beats can turn some of that into some Cattlerap gold.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 2:50 PM on May 17, 2015 [5 favorites]

Related: cattlecore, where Hank 3 turns cattle auctioneering into speed metal (previously).
posted by filthy light thief at 2:52 PM on May 17, 2015 [3 favorites]

Country music did it in 1956.
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:23 PM on May 17, 2015 [3 favorites]

Also the was John Michael Montgomery's Grundy County Aution. He got the rhythm right, but sadly not the tempo. I love auctioneer chants.
posted by MrBobaFett at 6:24 PM on May 17, 2015

That was incredible and absolutely made my morning. Love how much of a UK jungle vibe a lot of it has.
posted by Dysk at 4:02 AM on May 18, 2015

This is fucking amazing. It tickles the part of my brain that processes verbal information in a fascinating way.
posted by egypturnash at 6:12 AM on May 18, 2015

I love it but I seriously don't understand how people can understand and bid in these situations. It's too fast!
posted by Doleful Creature at 10:18 AM on May 18, 2015