ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Laffy Taffy" by D4L

[@ardvarkboy]

This episode is still up because nobody wanted to claim this song.

[@charliedawson4877]

I want to like this, but the post has 111 up votes. _The hardest choices require the strongest will._

[@galleryofrogues]

Your comment deserves so many more likes, Ardy

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@charliedawson4877 😂😂😂 Nice use of the Thanos line.

[@norman6524]

It was claimed, I think

[@JB2FROSTY]

It was a number one hit lol

[@shawnconway6009]

I love the fact that he was called from jail being told not to put the song out. Like you're in jail, and the most important thing to call about is that your friend doesn't put out the song that's so stupid you can't stand it.

[@Thecoochincanoocheecreek]

Yeah. A lot of people go to jail lol.

[@Thor-Orion]

@@Thecoochincanoocheecreek I mean yeah.

[@patrickracer43]

"Jermaine Dupri was just picking random guys off the street and throwing them in the booth" how come I feel like that might not actually be a joke

[@BlackLotusVisualArchive]

Well he literally picked Kriss Kross off of the street lol

[@RodmanTackleAdvisor]

Cuz it wasn't. Between 00 and 07, Atlanta was the entire musical universe. If it had an Atlanta label on the back cover, it sold a Milly by default. He literally pulled in kids that looked right and put em on a mic. That's on tape.

[@GobotWars]

That is literally a beat you could make with an NES processor

[@Jaceblue04]

You could probably do it with an Atari processor, even.

[@pikgears]

given they use the same cpu, yes.

[@chdreturns]

Still better than that mumble rap trash.

[@prod.icemarisso]

@@chdreturns bruh, this song is ass lol

[@tafua_a]

You can make masterpieces too with an NES processor to be fair. Ever played the original Final Fantasy?

[@joshhale9355]

“Middle school dance rap” is what I refer to this type of music.

[@discospider4120]

Whoomp there it is

[@deekmjones4463]

Accurate

[@TheRealityofFake]

True, tho it was high school for me lol

[@IK-yb5rn]

We lived the same life

[@paulienuti8031]

Yep

[@iwanttobefree3739]

I like how the mid 2000s music/video styles presented in this music video are already super dated

[@thema1998]

I want To be free It's a time capsule from an awful point in music.

[@person.w9780]

I though the 2000's was pretty good for music.

[@TiztasticallyWicked]

Depends. Around this point was when starting going down. Like the highest point in the mid 2000s was Lil Wayne releasing Carter 2.

[@MetalheadCinemaniac]

For me the 2000's was the last good decade for popular music. After around midpoint of that decade pop music started to go to shit and it still hasn't really recovered. I'd take any of the rock, rap and pop music from early 2000's or before over 99% of the pop music from the last decade or so. But that's just me. And yeah, 2000's music videos are reeeaaally dated now, only a decade later but I would bet my life that this last decade's music videos will be just as dated within a decade.

[@osmosiswright9924]

People say Lady Gaga is the reason why the whole pop scene changed. I can see what they mean.

[@crazyleg2006]

Shawty Lo's funeral was held on October 1, 2016 at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta. Following the service, the funeral procession proceeded to The Blue Flame Lounge, one of the rapper's favorite strip clubs, where a large group of patrons and mourners honored his casket with a moment of silence "filled with just the glow of the candles, and the lights from the strip club". Shawty Lo was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in College Park, Georgia.

[@Annafyz]

Honestly that's kinda beautiful.

[@ryanschwanke81]

@@Annafyz The man's life was celebrated as he lived it, may we all have that kind of peace and respect.

[@NeepNeepPohn]

The irony of being memorialized at a church before being memorialized at a strip club lmao. I can kind of respect the dedication to debauchery and doing what you love tho

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

Oh man I just read that recently - so funny!

[@hiimemily]

​@@NeepNeepPohn Man knew what he was about, and apparently his loved ones did too. Gotta respect that.

[@Davethe3rd]

Homies Over Hoes... Homies Over Hoes... Do The Homie... Do The Homie...

[@trentBowie]

Davethe3rd THANK YOU!!! So glad I'm not the only one who heard that!!!

[@carlawatches8361]

Davethe3rd THATS WHERE I HEARD IT FROM

[@gdragon42069]

Davethe3rd Damn it you fiend, you hast beaten me to it.

[@NeoDMC]

Homies over hoes? Is that something new at Denny's?

[@SabrinaRina]

Is it sad or amazing when a mock song is better than actual released records?

[@crescentfynn3181]

"things don't succeed because they're good, it's just trends. trends sweep dictators into power, trends put laffy taffy on the top of the charts." such a gem of a line lmaoooo

[@btexperience]

Yup, "snap rap". Yup, "ring tones". I remember it all. This stuff co-existed with Kayne West's Late Registration. Remarkable.

[@youdbettertube]

Well tbh that's part of the reason Late Registration was an instant classic...it managed to sound like one while remaining distinct from popular hip-hop trends at the time.

[@LittlePinkMew]

Practically unbelievable because it feels like two different eras lol

[@christopherminutolo9384]

Gold Digger was probably everybody's ringtone for a hot minute.

[@GoodvibesXD]

You're not lying 😂​@@christopherminutolo9384

[@nooneknows78]

“Once ring tones stopped being a trend it disappeared to be prepared by Vine raps. And god knows what’s gonna come after that” Then everything changed when the Tik Tok attacked

[@neonbook194]

It's funny you say this because this song did eventually trend on Tiktok

[@Demiglitch]

Yes, he said fart music.

[@MnMsandOreos]

The beat sounds like a kid plunking two notes on a kiddie piano

[@ericdalesandry7633]

Beat sounds like someone slowed down the SID chip track from a Machinae Supremacy song and snapped their fingers over it.

[@joelbaldwin4051]

MnMsandOreos No. In a lot of instances, the kid doing that might stand some chance of sounding pretty good.

[@LiquidDIO]

HOnestly? It probably was/is, especially back then. lmao

[@chrisnemec5644]

It's actually from an early 1980's keyboard. I think they picked it up at a garage sale for about five bucks or something.

[@christopherminutolo9384]

Sounds like that scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas where Schroeder angrily played Jingle Bells

[@cwgodzilla]

Todd's absolute lack of giving F's actually makes this one. It's not a song worth remembering, but his attitude towards it is pretty great.

[@otisnance2833]

cwgodzilla

[@dad4436]

otis nance

[@DrRobertBischof]

Hell yeah!! This video is my childhood lmao. Shoulder lean, walk it out, lady taffy, lean wit it rock wit it. Man this shit took me back haha. I actually met D4L outside a KFC in Atlanta when I was 12, still have their autographs on a KFC bag lmao

[@HolyGoddessMotherAnne]

You forgot the superior one from this mess Pop Lock and Drop It.

[@lizc6393]

It was Soulja Boy for me, friends and I actually learned the dance for a flash mob. And dear God, if that's not the most aggressively 2007 phrase ever uttered I'm not sure what is.

[@Phoenix_Talion]

That's practically an artistic statement about the disposability of pop culture.

[@futuristic.handgun]

Haha! This is the greatest fuckin' thing ever! 😂

[@walkingonneedles]

​@@lizc6393one day flash mobs will return...

[@BOT_Riley]

Unfortunately, after the success of Laffy Taffy, D4L's follow up "Everlasting Gobstopper" never caught on and was seen as self-derivative

[@yurisorcerer]

>"I'm just gonna phone this one in" >episode is 16 minutes long Hmmmmmm.

[@shawnfields266]

pJletsplays yeah well that's considered phoning it in

[@MyssBlewm]

He PHONED IN on his first ringtone rap OHW song.

[@megamike15]

well todd's intention was just to do a quick " this song sucks." and then end it. then he remembered the singer died so that flew out the window.

[@DJsocial7102]

@@megamike15 that was a bit.

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

And still with good editing.

[@HardlegGaming]

The beat for Laffy Taffy reminds me of Human Music from Rick and Morty.

[@Schmoobin13]

beep boop boop beep I like this

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

You are listening to...Earth Radio. Now here's... human music. "GURL SHAKE THAT LAFFY TAFFY. THAT LAFFY TAFFY"

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

HardLeg Gaming I really wanna make a mashup like that now.

[@napalmblaziken]

KDog1265 Hm. Human music. I like it!

[@hubertcalculus34]

My Man!

[@thomasrdiehl]

The ringtone thing makes sense. I always choose the worst sounding ringtone available to ensure I pick the phone up quickly to end the ringing.

[@johnathom-v3y]

it’s very weird hearing todd talking about ringtone rap and then vine rap, and wondering what’s next. Now we’re at Tik Tok rap

[@lit4l1fe22]

Hey! Soundcloud rap was a thing before tik tok

[@dunes8817]

Laffy Taffy is a weird euphemism.

[@spewn2123]

'Mah girls pussy comes in a wrapper!'

[@dromalloma2651]

Mr Random D: How would you wrap one of those things? There isn't much to /wrap/.

[@awesome9001]

I'm pretty sure it's about the labia minora

[@peterloya7168]

hey gurl you remind me of that candy that young kids and old people like to suck on.

[@dromalloma2651]

Peter Loya That just makes it sound like SHE'S the one with the penis.

[@MythicSuns]

for what it's worth, Laffy Taffy would've been the easiest song to make on Nokia composer

[@str00p]

"Does anyone even like Laffy Taffy??" Yes I love it "It's like candy corn...barely edible" I...love that too actually

[@natecw45]

I 2nd this ENTIRE comment.

[@natecw45]

EXACTLY.

[@leonsalgeuro]

Hi str00p fancy seeing you here

[@medes5597]

All of people's go to candy to hate - candy corn, licorice, etc - are among my favourites. I feel like I'm doing candy wrong whenever someone makes a joke about them.

[@tempything2389]

I seem to recall that "Laffy Taffy" was intended to refer to labia minora that were long enough to protrude outside the labia majora, and this was something the song's author observed on strippers. Some women are embarrassed by this, to the point of getting cosmetic surgery, but the song was intended to imply that this could be a good thing.

[@samueldawkins]

Correct

[@MsTruthseeker2009]

😮

[@TheJayWay]

😳😳😳

[@matteframe]

Meat Curtains

[@Annafyz]

how... gentlemanly??

[@CyberStockholmSyndrome]

Ringtone Rap made up the majority of my middle school playlist in 2006. I don't listen to any of it anymore without feeling an oncoming cringe.

[@hiimemily]

I'm absolutely gobsmacked that 1) someone out there actually covered this song, 2) it's somehow _worse_ than the original, and 3) you managed to find it and put it at the end.

[@mmmpld]

It's from this Girl Talk album kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYTShYFuqNqEZ9E

[@medes5597]

​@@mmmpldI was gonna say, that's not a cover, it's girl talk pitching the sample.

[@madeleineblakeley8024]

one of the janitors in my elementary school was in d4l and he performed this song for us... i am not even joking... they changed some of the lyrics to make it more about """education"""??? but i remember being excited because i heard the song on 955 The Beat

[@samwolfenstein5239]

Honestly, I liked Candy Shop. The lyrics ranged between okay and kind of good, the beat just oozed erotica and debauchery, a nice hook, and his flow was pretty on point. Not a big 50 Cent fan but that's definitely one of the best pop-rap songs to come out of that shitty time.

[@kamilareeder1493]

I remember when this song dropped 😂👏👏😭 it had us in a death grip 💀

[@samwolfenstein5239]

@@kamilareeder1493 songs just do NOT get that big anymore there will be songs that get 3 billion views on youtube nowadays, you'll turn it on and not recognize it at all. things get big but they don't get ubiquitous like they did back then, where songs like Yeah and Low just could not be escaped no matter where you went

[@GoodVolition]

Sex and Candy - Very popular amongst one hit wonders.

[@mokonamodaky242]

So when you cut corners people end up dead in traffic accidents.

[@BenchForAllTheMarbles]

Mokona Modaky Sounds about right.

[@louschwick7301]

when u cut corners, u get stuff like the 1129 dead of the 2013 savar building collapse in bangladesh

[@numbmind120]

Well, if you don't look before hand yeah someone might die...

[@shawnfields266]

Mokona Modaky sounds about right especially when you make shitty ringtone rap

[@SoulGizmo]

Holy shit

[@sonicjrjr14]

I like the song better when it was called "Homies Over Hoes".

[@TheJayWay]

Do the Homie 😆😆

[@accountwontlastlong1]

Holy shit! When I heard Laffy Taffy in this video I was thinking like "Homies Over Hoes?!" x3

[@multijxde1855]

Omg 💀💀

[@antgrantrant]

9:57 "security guard don't scare nobody" might be the funniest hollow threat of all time. He doesn't even sound confident about. Almost like he wants to sound tough, but at a volume that can't be heard by said security guard.

[@artistwithouttalent]

Here's a prime example of this song's staying power: before I saw this video, the last time I thought about this song was in 2006. Six hours after I watched the video, I'm not sure I remember the chorus.

[@dvon1097]

artistwithouttalent exactly i dont even remember the song at all

[@LaydiNite]

Chick-o-sticks are pretty much like a butterfinger bar without the chocolate. My mom loves them.

[@hiimemily]

So it's like a Zagnut? I should check it out then, sounds good.

[@a1yssum]

You should do a full-on "top ten worst songs of 2006"

[@troodon1096]

Spoiler: The best songs of that year and the worst ones, are the same songs.

[@ffjreviews9029]

2006 was a really terrible year in retrospect

[@JeffVaderVEVO]

Number 1 is probably going to be either lips of an Angel or London bridge

[@Bardockfan150]

@@JeffVaderVEVO He's called Lips of An Angel either the worst song or the worst pop songs he's ever heard. I can't remember which.

[@JeffVaderVEVO]

@@Bardockfan150 not surprised. That song makes Nickelback sound like Nirvana.

[@SherryNiles1312]

I was in the 6th or 7th grade when I first heard this song. Grinded with a girl in a school dance to this for the first time. Looking back I’m baffled this was allowed I went to an Episcopalian middle school. Thank you D4L

[@deformschool]

I always assumed the "laffy taffy" was the labia...

[@DangerDiego14]

im glad im not the only guy who believe the music around 2006 was the worse music ever. Like I hate how over played Despacito is but at least I don't hear Ringtone Rap anymore.

[@dundee6402]

Diego Yeah there's Mumble Rap now, much better.....................

[@daisyelizabeth5462]

this was me and my friend’s baby jam. kourtlyn and i would grab candy and shake it around in our little baby hands, it always made our mom’s laugh. just two little babies shaking candy in their baby fists

[@dorothyallspice1862]

That made me smile lol

[@unknownposterr]

maybe the ringtone rap thing is referencing how repetitive these songs are?

[@FischerPrice74]

"Ringtone Rap" is both his and your descriptions. It has a catchy-ass hook (White Tee, Walk It Out, or any other of the million "snap rap" one-hit wonders from the mid-2000's), a simple beat, and virtually no substance. There are a few gems from this era (Ay Bay Bay, Ridin, Tipsy, Lean Wit It Rock Wit It, Crank Dat to name some), but the most is forgettable shit like this that you throw on at a Throwback party or if you feel like reliving middle school.

[@FischerPrice74]

they're trash in the same way that McDonald's is. Not good at all and little substance, but you like consuming it anyway.

[@shawnfields266]

Teresa Everich sounds right to me

[@FischerPrice74]

Wrath's Turntable Time Machine Rocksmash Attack (AKA The Mysterious Reuploader, Ace-edo Mask!) Chamillionaire gave the rap charts a prime example of Houston rap, and it's still aged really well because it wasn't a song about a dance and it wasn't really cheesy. Yes, it got more exposure because of Al, but it was everywhere on the radio that summer.

[@heymistercarter.]

And on a side note, if these guys wanted to refer to a candy that women would call them because of how hard they stay how long they can suck them, and the other thing I THINK they meant to refer to, why not, oh I don't know, JAWBREAKERS? Makes more sense than Jolly Ranchers. I mean, there's a reason Ed Edd N Eddy portrayed them as insanely huge. Plus, Jawbreakers last longer than Jolly Ranchers.

[@dromalloma2651]

"Jawbreaker" doesn't sound too pleasant as an euphemism. Makes sense the way you explained it, though.

[@heymistercarter.]

Hence why 50 Cent used it for HIS song.

[@mikehenn150]

Judas Priest has a song called Jawbreaker all the way back from 1984 and yes, it was absolutely about sucking a huge dick. And everybody was surprised that Rob Halford was gay somehow.

[@KaijaSchmauss]

This song was played at all of my middle school dances back in the day. It's no wonder I didn't pay any attention to rap until I hit my 20's.

[@lordowl3533]

I think it's called ringtone rap because the melody in the beat literally sounds like an 8 bit ringtone off a flip phone

[@AntagonistChan]

For a "phoned in" video, I found the analysis of the factors leading to Laffy Taffy fairly interesting. Also, I realized during that part that there are people watching this video who weren't born yet in 2006. Jesus.

[@luckystriker842]

AntagonistChan Nice profile pic.

[@captainayaaya28]

TOMOE PROFILE! This is not a drill!

[@ssjup81]

I can't be the only one thinking "Homies over hoes" from Boondocks with this song, right? lol

[@mostafaebrahim2498]

For the longest time I was so confused when I heard this song cause I thought they were asking her to shake her tongue. I mean, maybe I'm just naive but when someone says "body part that looks like Laffy Taffy" that's the first thing I think of.

[@jonsey3645]

Thanks for helping me understand an era that was lost to me musically. I couldn't stand most of the music of the day so didn't participate but am intensely interested in where music went and how we got to where we are now so your channel gives me an opportunity to "get it" or at least some of it.

[@romeda5156]

Rip shawty lo

[@amarevanhook7453]

RomeDa515 his music was ass but he didn't deserve to die

[@pseudofox]

Minit: Indeed.

[@quiettimegaming3642]

The lazy man always end up working twice as hard. A lesson I learned years ago.

[@firmlygraspi1]

I was in Target with a couple friends when I was 11, and one of them wanted to buy a CD. He was trying to decide between Kanye's Late Registration and D4L. I had never heard of D4L, but everyone else voted for them. They proceeded to only play this one horrible song over and over while insisting that they had other good songs too.

[@BrotherAlpha]

I have to disagree on one point, "Whatever You Like" is an amazing song. Take you out for dinner anywhere that you please Like Burger King or Mickey D’s And baby you can have whatever you like (If You Like) I said you can even have the large fries (Large Fries) ... Of course I'm talking about the Weird Al version.

[@starfishplectrumelectrumge8013]

Funny that Al is a vegetarian.

[@medes5597]

Folk Punk band _Railyard Ghosts_ often cover "Whatever you like" in their live shows or when busking and its a fantastic cover. So I also disagree on that song.

[@atapjay3533]

They both are trash

[@jojoversus1100]

There's a... decent remix by Young Money called Whoever You Like.

[@deondrej.jackson8129]

I appreciate this series so much because it makes me see musical eras and music itself from a historical standpoint. From a cause and effect standpoint

[@belseygell9258]

8:10-8:20 that taffy pulling is HYPNOTIC. I could watch hours of that. …anyway, what was Todd talking about?

[@wowokwow533]

In 5th grade some kid's ringtone was laffy taffy,it went off in class,and it got us all hyped

[@redfeildre349]

This episode is like the ring tone rap it was reviewing. Both phoned in. HA!

[@underdogmodelz2]

ATC/A Touch Of Class - Around The World (La La La La La) Still hoping.

[@canadey97]

Ringtone rap is an incredibly accurate description of mid-2000’s hip hop

[@xercespriest]

HOMIE TO THE LEFF HOMIE TO THE RIGHT WHEN YOU DO THE HOMIE GOTTA DO IT RIGHT! HOMIES OVER HOES HOMIES OVER HOES HOMIES OVER HOES HOMIES OVER HOES DO THE HOMIE DO THE HOMIE DO THE HOMIE DO THE HOMIE

[@alex_flamer]

Lol all these ring-tone rap songs defined my teenage years. Summer days when we had Comcast cable, we would always have MTV Hits, MTV Jams, and MTV Soul on and they always played these songs. Life was so much simpler back then!

[@ZanneReid27]

Damn this brings up a lot of bad memories.The mid 2000'a was just a crap for music especially hip-hop which went from being my favorite genre of music to my least favorite genre of Music in a matter of a couple years

[@lukeboyer1594]

I tapped on this video faster than Sonic The Hedgehog on crack.

[@multismashify]

GOTTA GO FAST!

[@crackerassfantastic7083]

HazmatCrowl54454 Its actually pronounced San-ic

[@MegaReedX]

DILDO SHWAGGINS heh FUNNY MEMES

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

DILDO SHWAGGINS it's actually pronounced sonichu

[@A_Dopamine_Molecule]

I read that t as an f and was about to refer you to a therapist.

[@Iridescence93]

Still, better lyrics than "Body Like A Backroad"...

[@jonathant.6382]

Damn right

[@DrZuluGaming]

I dunno. At least the backroad can imply the girl had natural beauty while comparing your penis to a Jolly Rancher obviously imply you have it small. Hell, Rob Schneider did this for the racist caricature of Chinese in Deuce Bigalow 2.

[@JeffVaderVEVO]

Maybe, but it definitely sounds a lot worse than body like a backroad

[@MelMelodyWerner]

@@JeffVaderVEVO no.

[@JeffVaderVEVO]

@@MelMelodyWerner it does

[@Kolbatsu]

Laffy Taffy is the Emoji Movie of music.

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

Kolbatsu damn, dude, that's harsh

[@sigh824]

TackyRackyComixNEO yeah its a little much. At least the people who made Laffy Taffy liked it

[@lunatikkrazieazylum6226]

I would say that's Jake Paul's music career

[@GasmaskAvenger]

Don't Cha is the "Emoji Movie" of music. Laffy Taffy is more the "Snatched" of music, IMO.

[@Drforrester31]

And that reference will never be dated, much like this song

[@Hermititis]

Todd, a Chick-O-Stick tastes kind of like the inside of a Butterfinger, but the texture is hard instead of flakey. They're in lots of convienance stores; presumably because they're good for long car trips (not as messy as chocolate, and the hard texture makes for fewer crumbs), and Halloween mixes. That sentence makes them sound like traditional-but-hated candies like circus peanuts, but I've never met someone who didn't like Chick-O-Sticks.

[@hiimemily]

Sounds like a Zagnut, which means I'd probably like it.

[@Hermititis]

@@hiimemily , from a Google image search - yep! Very similar, except the shape and possibly the coloring. Zagnuts seem to be paler (assuming that isn't the lighting) and bar-shaped, while Chick-O-Sticks are more orange and shaped like...well, sticks.

[@23jesusq]

Soundcloud Todd that's where all the new hits are coming from.

[@fatimagic1365]

i think it was bennett the sage who first brought it up, but the timbre and out of place vibrato in fabo's voice makes him sound like he's constantly on the edge of tears for no reason and it's making me lol

[@pjabrony8280]

Talking about sex and candy without a Marcy Playground reference? You do need some time off. (BTW, do them next)

[@ZakkandtheJ]

pjabrony they had like 3 hits

[@calmbbaer]

@@ZakkandtheJ - nope, only S&C made it only the main chart of any country, going top 10 in U.S., Australia, and Canada, where only "Torn" kept it from hitting #1. I can confirm I heard S&C played to death in the U.S., but don't recognize anything else they did.

[@caitlinroseblaney226]

“Saint Joe on the School Bus” was a good song by MP that was played a fair amount, not a hit though.

[@stevenjlovelace]

I think that *was* the reference. As low-key as the song itself.

[@tamcon72]

And, yet, he never did do Marcy Playground.

[@livingabstraction2206]

Oh my goodness I'm starting to get war memories from the days of 2004 to 2007 ringtone rap. It felt as if all you had to do was put some random keyboard notes as your beat, and Shout some random Move That was supposed to be some hot dance. Jesus Christ folks in my middle school at the time ate that shit up like crazy man. It's so embarrassing to think about.

[@itzlucaaa6789]

Travel to 2006 Make a dab song You know, that would of been a mug easier way to get money than what buff did in Back to The Future

[@JeffreyM641]

I was hoping for a twist ending, where one of the members went on to be a huge superstar, but I guess that never happened.

[@troodon1096]

I wasn't hoping for that at all. I was hoping they would literally cause a decline in interest in their entire musical genre.

[@natecw45]

​@@troodon1096 TOO BAD. keep hopin' 🤞🏼 ol' hatin' ass. 😜

[@waynechapman9823]

I have to say that even when you're phoning it in, I'm still eager to take the call. I've been binging this whole series and loving it!

[@nitromagilou597]

To be honest, I found this song so ridiculously stupid that I can't help but enjoy it ironically. Plus, I thought the beat was pretty catchy. Plus I grew up with hip hop/rap, for better and worse.

[@pierredelectojr6340]

Fun fact: Lil Jon use to be a skater before he got into music. He wasn’t pro, but he was part of the crew that made up New Deal and Underworld Element (Just plain Element today). Andy Howell had a bunch of dj and music production equipment at the warehouse they were based out of. They would produce homebrew music to put in their skate videos. That’s where Lil Jon cake from. If you check out a book called Art, Life and Skateboaring: The Andy Howell Story, it talks about it.

[@Demiglitch]

That makes a lot of sense.

[@brdarlin]

ugh my college roommate had Crank Dat Soulja Boi as his ringtone. every 20 mins “YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUU!!!” ugh ptsd

[@SodaPopBarbecue]

Someone give Todd a few Chick-o-Sticks at some con....

[@nigelalicetufnelbowie3899]

"I Know What Boys Like" - The Waitresses "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth (With Money in My Hand)" - Primitive Radio Gods "6 Underground" - Sneaker Pimps "Mother, Mother" - Tracy Bonham "In the Meantime" - Spacehog "Nobody Knows" - The Tony Rich Project "Der Kommissar" - After the Fire "Steal My Sunshine" - Len "Let Me Clear My Throat" - DJ Kool ...and in collaboration with Rap Critic: "I Got 5 on It" - Luniz "This Is Why I'm Hot" - MiMS (they literally don't say anything much other than that, oh yeah, "I can say nothing on the track and still sell", my interpretation. Good luck.)

[@justcallmecaligula]

Evan Miles he did look a bit at der kommisar in his episode on falco. i'd love to see him look at steal my sunshine, especially one member of len founded broken social scene. that song by the waitresses sounds a little familiar, but when i think of the waitresses, i think of their christmas song.

[@megano2000]

Evan Miles Mother Mother PLEEEEASE!!

[@kaydwessie296]

I want all these episodes pls Todd

[@Demiglitch]

@@kaydwessie296 We've now had "I Know What Boys Like" and "This Is Why I'm Hot", plus the original "Der Kommisar" in the Falco episode.

[@dorothyallspice1862]

PLEASE I LOVE “6 UNDERGROUND”

[@MusicLover-ko1mq]

You should make a spotify playlist of your fave songs of all time

[@kaydwessie296]

I'd listen to this

[@bificommander7472]

Could've been worse Todd, you could have had an episode on Linkin Park scripted out.

[@HylianPirate278]

Pretty sure they had more than one hit, so he's safe there.

[@IABITVpresents]

bificommander If any of these songs chart though...

[@GameofMoans]

Yep, I mean Hybrid Theory went 3x Diamond just last year, and was 11x Plat within the first year of release, 3 other songs off that album alone charted in top ten of rock and alt charts, besides their smash hit Papercut which was #2 in the country for about half a year. And yes I got all this info off Wikipedia.

[@ProJatior]

"Lean wit it, Rock wit it" is a nostalgic guilty pleasure of mine.

[@FaerieDust]

Calling home from jail to try to prevent the release of this song is just... absolutely excellent.

[@krab5288]

Thanks for the pub I'm the producer of laffytaffy it was inspired by my 2 year old that was in the studio running back and forth saying un un un...un un un...and the rest is history Thanks fabo and D4L we triple platinum and being Sampled every year!!!✌🏾💪🏾 "K-Rab" the super producer.

[@Demiglitch]

Is it too late to get your kid a writing credit?

[@Da_Baron]

I feel like this is a sequel to Todd's appearance on Sage's Worst Number One Songs list. Shout out to anyone else who remembers that video.

[@danielwohl1675]

Butt-head: Does she want candy? Beavis: Yeah. She wants a Baby Ruth and some Starburst. Butt-head: And some wacky wafers. Beavis: Yeah. Yeah. - "Friday Night" episode, Beavis and Butt-head on Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy"

[@theflaggedyoutuberii4311]

2006 was the birth of ringtone rap 2016 was the birth of Mumble rap which one was worse

[@sigh824]

The Flagged KZbinr II well ringtone rap has some kind of joy attached. mumble rap makes me feel like I'm too fucked up to hear what someone else is saying.

[@jayromeo_19]

The Flagged KZbinr II Ringtone rap, because Mumble rap isn't actually a thing, just a dumb close-minded term from Hip Hop Elitists.

[@caveman123ization]

You could of course say that about Ringtone rap too, depending on your preferences.

[@bjam89]

Ringetone mumble rap

[@samiali749]

Jay Romeo this is why I hate the comment section of a Todd video about rap. If Todd doesn't understand, he'll admit it but it's people thinking they're knowledgeable because they listen to run the jewels

[@SilverSpoonRiche]

With all due respect, I think I'd rather be remembered for nothing then to be remembered for this song. RIP, guy I never knew existed until now.

[@ThoughtsonDelusions]

I"m watching this video real quick before it's taken down.

[@Zefo_No]

I like the commitment of actually having a suitcase next to the piano.

[@qw000pz]

TL;Dr - Decent Candy, Godawful song.

[@sangieredwolf]

He never sad Taffy was decent... quite the opposite.

[@culwin]

How did this get 40+ upvotes? It's not a decent candy.

[@siliconebaby6270]

...Except the banana flavor!

[@IABITVpresents]

qw000pz Do I see Nostalgia Critic avatar?

[@qw000pz]

IABI TV Without a nose, no less. I even made a video explaining why I don't have one.

[@MrDustbrick]

I never knew this was even a song till now. If only I could go back in time by a few minutes and set my ears on fire....

[@aliciagreen5411]

This shit "song" came out when I was a junior in high school. All my friends loved it and I never understood why.

[@ofanichan]

Waiting for "this is why im hot" by MIMS

[@ffjreviews9029]

I don’t really hate that one, it’s just kinda adorable how Mims claimed he was hot but then flamed out instantly.

[@ralphmerridew]

Your wait is over.

[@ofanichan]

@@ralphmerridew im still in shock it happened

[@infinitewordcount]

Oh hey it's Bennett's favorite song

[@JeffVaderVEVO]

2000s: Ringtone Rap 2010s: Vine Rap 2020s: TikTok Rap

[@cyclone313]

The funny thing is, they actually did have a beef at some point. "Betcha Can't Do It Like Me" was a diss, IIRC, towards Dem Franchise Boyz, over who innovated snap rap of all things. It even opens with "fuck them thieves, we D4L". I don't know why I remember this. Even the disses were lame in that era.

[@Saintnick90]

I've seen Laffy Taffy jokes that are more clever than any line in this song.

[@ebeneezerscrooge2942]

These guys came to Iraq and played for us in Balad. It was more dangerous than they thought it was. Lol. It was a fun afternoon in the MWR tent!

[@sporer_]

"Already Chewed Gum" boutta be the banger of the summer

[@FlakeSE]

“This is earth radio, and heres “human” music”

[@PsychicHyrax]

Oh man, this brings back so many middle school memories. And not good ones, mind you.

[@TSFboi]

Never forget, this song was at one point the *most downloaded song in the WORLD.* I found this song through a Guiness Book Of World Records.

[@crispypickles8466]

Shawty didn't die, he just wanted to get out of that child support.

[@FalconPain]

"Sex and candy. Proven formula. Always works." And I jump onto Wiki immediately to find out if Marcy Playground truly qualified as a one-hit wonder. (Answer: on the Hot 100, yes. On other charts, there's a case for "Saint Joe on the School Bus", a song I've never actually heard before.)

[@ZakkandtheJ]

FalconPain Saint Joe on the school bus and Saturday were their other two hits.