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Last year's best single was Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" according to Washington Post humor columnist Gene Weingarten.
Why? The phrase "shouldaputa."
I'll second that.
And though it's still too early to tell, I think this year's best phrase could very well be "steppin' on leprechauns" from "Boom Boom Pow" by the Black Eyed Peas (pictured).
Think about it: Steppin' on leprechauns!
I love it! It just rolls right off your tongue.
(AP photo)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "simulated sex with a potted palm tree." Before The Sun, he was a reporter at the Miami New Times. He's also written for Miami magazine, the Orlando Sentinel, the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Gainesville Sun. Got tips? Gripes? Pitches? He's reachable at erik.maza@baltsun.com. Click here to keep up with the dumb music he's listening to.
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Comments
It may still end up being this year's best phrase in your mind, but steppin' on leprachauns is previously used in rap / hip hop. Part of what made Single Ladies' shouldaputa work was that it was unique.
From a charted single (19 on Billboard Hot 100, 1 on Billboard Rap circa 2001), Purple Pills by the rap group D-12 (featuring Eminem):
"someone help Denaun
He's upstairs naked with a weapon drawn
Hey Von
You see me stepping on these leprechauns?"
Posted by: Roy D | April 9, 2009 5:30 PM
"In barlight, she looked alright,
In daylight, she looked desperate"
N'uff said.
Posted by: Sturmy | April 10, 2009 1:43 PM
Roy D -- my bad. thought it was an original. still rocks my world, though.
sturmy, those guys are great, live, and i like that line too.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | April 13, 2009 11:42 AM
I love beyonces lyrics they are so real AND EDUCATIVE .
Posted by: liz bavon | April 29, 2009 10:14 AM
I believe the word you are looking for is "educational." "Educative" is not a word. Perhaps you should spend more time getting vocabulary lessons from books rather than hip hop. ...just a thought.
Posted by: Dr. Timmy | May 29, 2009 9:03 PM
Not a lot rhymes with "weapon drawn"
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | May 30, 2009 1:50 PM
liz bavon,
You appear to be a graduate of the Tim Lumber School of Advance Writing.
"beyonces" should be "Beyonce's".
After "lyrics" there probably should be a comma but I tend to be a little commatose when writing.
EDUCATIVE, coining new words is always a nice touch too.
"Not a lot rhymes with "weapon drawn""
seasoned prawn?
Posted by: GDA | May 30, 2009 8:22 PM
Seasnoned prawn? Sweet. I'll try to work that in when I'm free-stylin' later when I 'm droppin' rhymes like fresh squeezed limes.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | May 31, 2009 3:59 PM
GDA,
Your posts always cheer me up. :)
Posted by: Mark Twain | May 31, 2009 4:50 PM
GDA, you'll be correctin' our grammar, till the "break of dawn"
Posted by: Allan | June 1, 2009 10:08 AM