Is Rodney Dangerfield the most underrated MC of all time?

[boingboing]

Originally published at: Is Rodney Dangerfield the most underrated MC of all time? | Boing Boing

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[ChuckV]

To Be or Not To Be: Mel Brooks - Hitler Rap (1983)

[Melizmatic]

NO.

[jlw]

Do the Bartman music video - The Simpsons

[anon61221983]

@boingboing

Sometimes it’s hard to disassociate rap music with the masculine bravado and gang culture that’s defined it for decades,

Um… no… it ain’t… ask the south…

White people ruin everything…

[Brainspore]

That is so 1991.

The Simpsons - That Is So 1991

[Daveybot]

This post seems to be throwing the terms ‘rap’ and ‘hip hop’ around as if they were interchangeable. It may even be that to many people these days they are, and though I may not like that situation, I’ll probably have to accept the everyday reality of it. But this post is nothing if not focussed on details, so I think it’s worth getting the terminology right.

[Daveybot]

…And if we’re going to talk about early rapping and comedy then surely Pigmeat Markham also gets a mention?

Here Comes The Judge - Pigmeat Markham (1968)

[pbasch]

Thanks for that! Fantastic

[garnere]

are you suggesting that he doesn’t get any respect?

[ChristopherD]

Looks like Rodney and the Father shared a Hamburglar costume.

[evadrepus]

Man I remember this from back then. Do people even know who he is these days?

Saw his shirt and tie in the Smithsonian and I was way excited and my kids were like “who?”

And Father Guido Sarducci there too! There’s even a live version!! Rappin’ Rodney Live (1983) - YouTube

Man I miss the 80s.