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Yo! DWTS Raps. Badly.

Posted Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:45pm PDT by Lyndsey Parker in Reality Rocks

Hey homies, remember when hip-hop was cool? When it was the edgiest, most dangerous, most relevant musical genre around? When it was a real instrument of political commentary and social change?

No? Um, me either. Because the horrifying spectacle of Erica Kane electric-boogalooing in a sideways Ed Hardy cap or (even worse) a gold-grilled Cloris Leachman impersonating Flavor Flav has caused me to go into post-traumatic-stress-related memory-suppression mode. I'm suffering from such shock I can barely remember my own name anymore.

See, last night Dancing With The Stars staged its first (and hopefully last) hip-hop routine. Watch now, if you dare:

Really now, did pioneering rap greats like Eazy-E, Jam Master Jay, Biggie Smalls, Tupac Shakur, and Ol' Dirty Bastard give their lives just so an 82-year-old Mrs. Garrett understudy would be free to get all gangsta on prime-TV television? In hot pants?

Please, DWTS producers, do not let his happen again.

8 Comments

1. lovely -
Ok I didn't even watch the whole video to see that it was not good. I'm usually a fan of the group dances but this one is a no no!

2. Da One -
Wow even the pros looked stupid in this one. Never and I do mean EVER should they try this idea again. It makes me sad to be a black man. Huh!!!!

3. Yahoo! Music User -
LMFGDAS................

4. Yahoo! Music User -
LMFGDAS

5. ms_spencer08 -
oh come on lindsey.. i thought it was awesome.. it was nice to see them have some fun for a change...however, i agree.. i could have done without Cloris, like THREE weeks ago people! LOL!

6. Lyndsey Parker -
My bar for cheesy TV is set REALLY low--Amanda, you know this! But this just went too far. My eyes bled from watching this!

7. ms_spencer08 -
LOL! awww...my eyes bled from watching Cloris! ;-)

8. Yahoo! Music User -
Oh, that is so many versions of wrong it's not even funny. I need to go curl up in a ball and wait for SYTYCD!
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