i thought this was starting to go away but i saw john stewart do it on the daily show and enough is enough
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
how about using them as a statement of fact
― regal xenophobe (electricsound), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
the rest of the song is hilar but noo you are just reusing the bit you saw in shrek, which wasn't v. funny anyway.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
i. This is always awesomeii. This will never not be awesome iii. See pt i, also fuiv. I'm white btw
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
― regal xenophobe (electricsound), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:10 (47 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
tis the point of the song already, no?
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
i can say 'i like big butts and i cannot lie' whenever the fu i want, this thread is dog shit
― lil kink (Matt P), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
it's so round, it's like...out there
― the arm (NZA), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
hang on are we talking about the spoken intro or the 'i like..' bit
― regal xenophobe (electricsound), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
talking abt
I like big butts and I can not lieYou other brothers can't denyThat when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waistAnd a round thing in your faceYou get sprung
the spoken intro isnt really a pop culture meme.
this has become the default 'lol we white' go to quoting rap music thing. i think using it on friends was the nadir of making the hilarious sir mix-a-lot seem unfunny.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
the spoken intro kind of is a pop culture meme!
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
Is it? I can only think of *eurgh* Drake using it in any way?
This has a massive bond to the whiney thread abt whyte people delivering rap music lyrics ~seriously~ or whatever but I couldn't remember the thread title
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
uhhhhhhhhhhh in 1997 maybe? rolling my damn eyes so hard. the only stupid thing about doing this is if ur not going to go the full mix-a-lot then gtfo
― lil kink (Matt P), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
people who DON'T like big buts are indefensible IMO
― owenf, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
um...being someone that frequents karaoke bars far too often, yes...it is.
I can't generally go a week without hearing someone I know reciting the opening.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://bjo.bmj.com/site/icons/logo.gif
― buzza, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
The entire Mack Daddy album had these iambic quatrameter lines that make it both uniform and repetitive.
It dramatic when he breaks form, abandoning rhyme and dropping one "foot":You can do side bends or situps, But please don't lose that butt.
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
The spoken intro is now the standard "Valley Girl" voice more than any line from Fast Times or Valley Girl or "Valley Girl."
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
I still prefer this to white hipster college kids 'ironically' dropping the opening to Ice Ice Baby and looking around at everyone like they just did a magic trick
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
It dramatic when he breaks formAbandoning rhyme and dropping one footYou can do side bends or situpsBut please don't lose that butt
― mick signals, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
xp dude they are looking around to see if everyone stopped.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 08:24 (twelve years ago) link
i only use this factually
― dayove cool (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 08:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, don't people mostly just use this as a somewhat-humourous-but-still-factual statement, just like it's used in the original song? What's wrong with that? I think people of every colour are allowed to share Sir Mix-a-Lot's sentiment. There may be some other examples (usually related to gangsta rap) where white people cite rap lyrics to denigrate hip hop, or African American culture in general, but IMO this isn't one.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 09:09 (twelve years ago) link
I Like Big Butts (Official Music Video)
― crüt, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
when I think of this song in terms of pop culture references I think of Bobby Hill on the arcade machine which I guess is better than Friends or Shrek rite
― Sylv_ebanks (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 09:32 (twelve years ago) link
Although I haven't seen it, it's my understanding that it hit an all new low in the movie Gigli, where it was recited by a white special-needs character to distract himself while Ben Affleck cuts a thumb off a corpse.
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
blimey
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
go hard or go home
― Dr Frogbius (darraghmac), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/sir-mix-a-lot-baby-got-back-video-oral-history.html
― tbd (Eazy), Sunday, 5 January 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
Adam Bernstein (director, “Baby Got Back” video): Rick called me to see if I wanted to direct the video. When you had a meeting with Rick, he would arrive in his Rolls Royce, and you would get in and he would play whichever song really loud. Which is the way I heard “Baby Got Back” for the first time. I thought that the song objectified women, but it made me laugh, and I thought it would be fun. I had previously been offered the chance to direct an LL Cool J song, “Big Ole Butt,” but I didn’t do it. This time, I needed to get out of New York because I broke up with my girlfriend and she got the apartment. So doing this video was a matter of good timing — though I had done “Hey Ladies” for the Beastie Boys.
This man is my personal hero.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 5 January 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
A comment to the article:
For those who wish to further understand Mix’s sophisticated point of view, please check out his subsequent video for “Put ‘em on the Glass”, which I declined to direct. Here the artist encourages women to bare their breasts and press them against car windows. Now that is real empowerment. Adam Bernstein
― Disco Ebionite (Sanpaku), Sunday, 5 January 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
Well, Mix-A-Lot is my personal hero. Bernstein sounds like he was just in the right place at the right time.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 5 January 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
lol
Then I had a meeting with Mix-a-Lot to talk about the concept. He really wanted a giant ass in the video, and he wanted to be coming out of it. I suggested that maybe that wasn’t a great idea.
― sleepingsignal, Sunday, 5 January 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
actually this whole piece is hilarious.
― sleepingsignal, Sunday, 5 January 2014 20:10 (ten years ago) link