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January 10, 2007

The White Rapper Show: A Ghetto Revival

Immediately following "I Love New York" on VH1 is "Ego Trip's White Rapper Show," hosted by MC Serch (of 3rd Bass in case you're too young to know about that).

The very premise of this show bothers me a bit, as I believe we should be serch-ing for quality MCs (i.e. Nas), not merely white MCs. I guess hip-hop needs a bit of affirmative action, huh?

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Written by Ron Mexico on January 10, 2007 11:00 AM

January 17, 2007

The White Rapper Show: U Betta Wrekonize!

We might have missed a submission.

Much like the Cocoa Pebbles milk turning chocolatey brown, we find plenty of fun surprises in this week’s episode of “Violent Gentrification,” I mean, “The White Rapper Show.” Our urban pioneers get shaken down for classic hip-hop prowess. G-Child goes Super Saiyan. Sullee cracks for booty. Persia and the King of the Burbs work together for this ghetto revival, baby.

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Written by Ron Mexico on January 17, 2007 11:03 AM

January 24, 2007

The White Rapper Show: I... KNOW... BLACK PEOPLE!!!

Hallelujah, holler back, everyone.

This week on "The White Rapper Show," our young butchers are again instructed on how to be bakers. After briefly meeting Lord Jamar and Sadat X of Brand Nubian the mashed potato collective gets a mouthful of some more of that good old reverse racism as they finally get to visit "the studio."

Grand Puba's schedule was a little too busy to join The Wild Cowboy and Supreme Allah on national fucking TV of all places.

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Written by Ron Mexico on January 24, 2007 10:25 AM

January 31, 2007

The White Rapper Show: All Y'all Skrippers!

This week on “The White Rapper Show” our remaining gentry have apparently earned the right to contribute something musical to our great culture. The Magnificent Seven split into two teams and visited Justin Blaze at his Baseline Studios to make what Serch refers to as a “Club Banger.” I’d much more readily refer to it as Marion Barry smoke break soundtrack.

Yes, it was that bad on both sides; and in case you're wondering, we're still playing up to the stereotypes of black culture than training and assessing MCs.

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Written by Ron Mexico on January 31, 2007 11:17 AM

February 6, 2007

The White Rapper Show: Grown Ass Men

She's soooooooooo baaaaaaaaaaaad...

In by far the most entertaining episode of "The White Rapper Show," Grown Ass Men Sullee, John Brown and Jon Boy make complete UnCut asscakes of themselves while Persia, Shamrock and Jus Rhyme bring us Throwback Thursday a tad early.

Do the Jerry Lewis!

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Written by Ron Mexico on February 6, 2007 11:14 AM

February 13, 2007

The White Rapper Show: Thug It Up A Notch

This week on “The White Rapper Show” John Brown, Jus Rhyme, Persia and Shamrock explore their inner gully in a series of challenges that, once again, test not their prowess and potential as MCs, but perpetuate the harmful stereotypes and idiosyncrasies of the ghetto.

Oh, yeah… and they got their asses handed to them on Hot 97, which is NOT a Clear Channel station, by the way.

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Written by Ron Mexico on February 13, 2007 12:28 PM

February 21, 2007

The White Rapper Show: Rabbit Run

Oh, what I would have given to see the new-superstar Jon Boy in this episode instead of Powder.

This week on “ego trip’s The White Rapper Show,” our crowded three journey from the Mecca of all hip-hop (no pun intended), to the city that has over the years become the “Mecca of White Hip-Hop.” If Jus Rhyme, Shamrock or John Brown are to make a Rabbit run, it’s gotta go through Detroit.

From the moment I heard they were going to Detroit, I had the strangest feeling they were going to Saint Andrew’s to get their asses handed to them.

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Written by Ron Mexico on February 21, 2007 11:02 AM

February 27, 2007

The White Rapper Show: "Show and Prove" b/w "The Great Dichotomy"

Now it’s time… to say goodbye… to all our cracker friends…

At long last we have a winner (not a champion, not a potential rap star, but a winner) of the “'Serchlite for the Soul' Ghetto Scavenger Hunt” AKA “ego trip’s The White Rapper Show.” In a decision that speaks volumes more about the collective hip-hop philosophy of judges MC Serch, Dante Ross, Clinton Sparks and Prince Paul (all white people), Shamrock’s squeaky but excitable sing-along performance edged John Brown’s nerve-wracked lyrical forays to bring the six-figure prize home to Atlanta.

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Written by Ron Mexico on February 27, 2007 11:14 AM