WHY? - Sod in the Seed (official video)

[@ZoeMyJesus]

These dudes have been around before hipster resurfaced as a term. I won't deny that, like, 90% of the people at the show I just went to looked crazy hipster...but these guys aren't just riding some wave, they've been making this sort of music and doing what they want as artists for a long time.

[@fikusdreams]

Correct I saw Why? by himself in Anticon in 2002!

[@GANGVAMPIRE]

This is just another one of yonis rants. He touches on a few things from the benefits and pressure of fame to coping with the expectations of your audience. Speak on his feelings of apathy in the face of his achievements, and even some philosophical shit like morality, fate, and death. There's a lot to unpack here lol

[@MissMichSan]

Yup lol back in my space days for me and anticon lol uffie of course 🐶

[@larsmehlhop-lange8884]

To this day, I think that these are some of the best song/rap lyrics that have ever been written and recorded.

[@overxland_1898]

Video is kind of slack, but no doubt song is deep.

[@Mutant_Renegade]

you could take any 30 seconds of this video and make a gap commercial

[@relyTinMotion]

this comment is iconic

[@MystrEEnt]

When I read this comment he said "gap" at the exact time that I read it! Woah.

[@DMServant]

I was gonna say the same thing 💀

[@fxtalcreative]

Hahahaha

[@MichaelLeroi]

the more I listen to the lyrics, the more I realise how bloody clever they are!

[@Rabbitthat]

+MichaelLeroi they are really really clever and the structure of them is fantastic.. but I have no idea what he's talking about.. maybe because I come from a small rural village in the middle of no where and for most of my adult life I haven't had a TV.. it's like the best poem written in an alien language

[@soulsynthesiscreations]

I'm still learning meaning in Why? songs from a decade ago. The only artist I can think of that's similar in this way is Aesop Rock. Different moments just seem to click with different points in life.

[@bcreel83]

Just check out more guys from anticion. Or dilated peoples Atmosphere People Under the Stairs CunningLynguists Dose1 Sole Sage Francis Gang Starr (not my favorite) Aesop is awesome. You're right. But...after one album, you've heard his schtick/gimmick. Not that he's after something. Those words imply a negative connection that isn't there. Not really.

[@davidem7619]

he seems like a smart dude. i met him once, very likely he would never remember; but he was cordial, well spoken and a decent dude. so, yeah: TLDR, I like this song.

[@navenetoow3488]

There's so much packed in.....

[@Sharpsisters]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@tomsmith6706]

I was listening to this in high school why is it not over a million views. Shame people sleep on good music. Still good all these years later. That’s talent.

[@_A_D_]

Does anyone else wish WHY? would release more music?

[@syncopatedknock5637]

Yoni and Geti just released Testarossa. Check out Madeline.

[@_A_D_]

Syncopated Knock - I'm all over it. :)

[@doogdoogdoogdoogdoogdoog]

Not after that last album...

[@BackRoadsParanormalResearch]

I asked when they were playing in Cincinnati again and Yoni replied with.......Yes, after our new album releases.

[@soulsynthesiscreations]

Your wish has been granted, look it up

[@thisistheglasshouse]

my man looks so happy, just playin his drums

[@storyalchemist_]

what fascinates me the most about this song is the name of the band.

[@dragonheart81vids]

there's some aspect of this video that I love. the idea of people just letting lose and not giving a shit maybe, or whatever else I see. anyway, I love the song and Yoni.

[@sicktransitwhittier]

This song is too good. Why? never disappoints.

[@tinol6090]

I hate it that u can't really find a lot of songs of them by googling or typing it in youtube ._. was looking for this song forever, its incrdible! It should at least have like a million views ^^

[@swetraar]

Yoni and Josiah are my favorite people ever. I can't stop listening!

[@timeadam827]

This is a hella good song. How has my life span so many decades, and I’m only hearing this for the first time tonight

[@therabbithat]

Whenever I see people dancing in unison like that I picture myself standing off camera because I have no rhythm and was asked to leave

[@_space.pony_]

oh my jesus will you make me your friend, Jonathan? We met in Newport , like 2006, and I can sing. I cant dance, but how I do. ;) YONI WOLF

[@MrCanigou]

I like the graceful tango steps in the jumping flow of it all. Exquisite to me

[@rorschachozymandias2821]

this is so good

[@chimarleywai]

the new iphone advert is really cool.

[@lachieau1992]

this is now my favourite thing

[@FredRochaNet]

Word. Totally agree.

[@OYPanimations]

This was amazing live in chicago!

[@pajarraken]

esta gente es increíble...

[@jayalessandrafreeman]

Always a pleasure! I'm glad you like it :D

[@MrKrthwrd]

LOVIN Liz's dancing and the straight faced chorus hip jive. also josiah's kit is pretty fresh

[@storyalchemist_]

of course i have, but the name still fascinates me

[@NancyFcknBotwin]

Thank you!

[@dakpadou]

Thank you big time for showing this to me

[@iesus68]

love the videos where people dance in sync, coreography rules expecially when is done by non-professional dancers and movements are not the usual ones. The song is great as well. So, here's my video fo 2012 summer

[@EnjoyerofYoutube]

this is an AMAZING rap. yoni's flow is insane.

[@ticklemecrimp]

I like it!

[@luxurykeylime]

Hey, thanks

[@HermanManly]

Somehow this song sounds different when you watch the music video

[@selenanicole4080]

[Intro] His hooves in dirt pound And eat up ground He cannot remain bound When the trumpets sound [Verse 1] Let's review some recent facts I make decent cash, I'm a minor star And we can't last if she don't drive a hybrid car I scribble vapid raps on your flyer backs The word is I purchased a refurbished Mac G4 Pull up to critical mass in a gas-guzzling Ford Just to ask you when next your rock outfit performs Before you tell me the fact, I'm down the road yelling back Please post it on the Whole Foods bulletin board I'd earn a lick of respect in slum art for sure But I threw out my lumbar picking up checks I'm so numb, Lord, yes, despite how I'm blessed I'm destined to end up a slum lord depressed Come by, poorly dressed, your address on the first Hum something under my breath that half resembles some words And like a bird in a suit cut for a brutish bear Back out of there bowing like a Jew in prayer [Hook] I'll never shirk this first world curse A steady hurt and a sturdy purse [Verse 2] A small dark bard, I'll give an inch to start Then leave you home dreaming of the whole nine yards Leave you home dreaming, believing that you'd seen me Loose skin breathing like a cathedral at evening Screaming like a demon in the Garden of Eden Missing what parts that a stork in its beak brings But even what an evil man thinks is really pink And on his insides, doesn't mean you shouldn't pull his card out So what if a man blinks in Morse code while he sings if he sings his heart out? Everybody's gotta get paid I'd say "far out, no way" Frankly, I'd be amazed But a patriot would save the day Make the hitch, help C.I.A What's bad, what's good A complicated man is misunderstood, even to himself Acutely unaware what's in a shallow breath of air And long exhale of something else [Hook] [Verse 3] Two sips, instant drip, Sanka mud New corpus publicist, thanks ya bud As hundred bucks worth of wordy blogger thugs Come forth forthwith to four seasons aflood To morbidly orbit your toilet like hornets abuzz Forming above like buzzards in love When you first wake up, spitting sick from the gut And shitting black blood at six Then you wonder why I'm high up, sitting, yup The blundering braggart From a covered wagon spitting under the vagrants in gutters What, does it make me evil? Am I a feeble deranged fuck? Cause Jesus would and I would not drive the needle exchange truck? Well if I'm out of luck, I'm still pitching notes through this throat Pissing fears and hopes through the ears of folks listening No matter what, batter up enough of this nonsense You can gather up the contents of the catcher's cup and suck [Verse 4] You kneel and squint your eyes and cup your hands against the window Just to see who rides, to get a glimpse inside the limo Have some self-respect and exercise some tact While I supply the info that you lack One must pay the frat fee to enjoy the fat-free snacks Strippers, roofies, and six-packs, and groupies with big breasts Sending out mass texts asking who's next To get his lance waxed in the wickedest sex acts Step back from the stretch, mack, and mind the gap With all due respect sir, there's a limited cap You'll need a ticket to kick it in the back Of this rented, tinted-out black Cadillac But I can tell by your polo slacks, Sebagos, and blank stare You're good for the total package and game to be back there But who am I to judge a man's heart by his yacht wear? And it scares me to death, yes, that I'm starting to not care [Hook] [Verse 5] Good and evil's often neither strength or flaw But sod in the seed of what you are A filthy silt stashed in a white silk sash Or a doula dove smashed in an airplane crash [Outro] I'll never shirk this first world curse A steady hurt and a sturdy purse A steady hurt and a sturdy purse

[@Rabbitthat]

If you wear first hand clothes and get your hair cut by someone you don't know then I don't know you

[@slotterfall]

The realist lyrics ever.

[@devin5068]

king of the hipsters

[@corqondisplay6743]

I'm just poor 🤷

[@untitledSWchannel]

and really this fits that sarcastic thing they have, you know? I'm with you brother.

[@NancyFcknBotwin]

They're not hipster trash have you listened to the rest of the EP?

[@ttvsachigirl]

00:28 wap dance in 2012

[@phidipidies]

so fucking goooood.. Still have a special place in my heart for the eskimo snow album, though.

[@lachieau1992]

i believe that would be liz hodson

[@Mysoundproofwalls]

0:11 is my favourite moment in any song ever

[@danrayn4268]

I guess it is a good thing that they did not consult you first.

[@nick2654]

The girl in black and red rocks

[@morplat162]

yea or the one before that. eskimo snow is amazing too. this is enjoyable, but poppier

[@NancyFcknBotwin]

Okay good(:

[@Scalpelmouth]

Wheres Doug? - Is that him in the banana suit?

[@ryanwhelan8332]

It's pretty a pretty hip video, and they're a pretty hip band. But that doesn't make it bad.

[@NancyFcknBotwin]

Have you never listened to them?

[@rotnproductions]

um... since when are they hipster trash? What happened to you Yoni...

[@ohfoolishworkerbee]

Why isn't Doug in any of the videos?

[@luxurykeylime]

Who's the lady?

[@zachawav]

Who is the female singer in WHY? I checked the wiki but I couldn't find her.

[@pyurugu6897]

His sister I think

[@LunaticLuis]

GIrl with green hair and pink shirt is so goddamn adorable.

[@somefoolstolemyname]

i like to forget eskimo snow happened

[@Bobboiscool17]

They should of gotten the lady from the "Dumb Hummer" video..

[@chicapercebe]

??

[@hand__banana]

please

[@GWLIV]

i love that shit feck yeah

[@cpi23]

well the can't all be bangers

[@beinggrotesque]

Kind of reminds me of the Dumb Hummer video.

[@frankenstien19]

this is so much better than Eskimo Snow

[@intransience]

JC Penney's never been so hip

[@dakpadou]

pop rap just got interesting

[@somefoolstolemyname]

this video reminds me of a gap commercial

[@GAKtion64]

1:52

[@dreezytingz]

implying p4k isn't all over it? pitchfork[dot]com/artists/4593-why/

[@StealOfApproval]

Oh my god it's not hipster. It's just called good music. Why is it different to like good music nowadays?

[@devin5068]

its the lyrics, its like reading from the hipster bible

[@georget4141]

@@devin5068 the lyrics are about rising up economically and the tensions that causes. it’s just not hipster

[@ilylac]

it won't let me up-thumb this?

[@sausyyy]

catchy hipsterhop

[@joshuayanapa9404]

k.

[@shiv2nite]

looks like it's disabled on this vid for some reason. strange. maybe this channel doesnt like exposition of opinion consensus. oh well. i think my remark would be drowned out by the majority of his audience who only probably know the last two albums or so. i wonder if they'd even like clouddead and whatnot.

[@somefoolstolemyname]

this is yonie and josiah..... it's not even the band. love it, but find it very one layered for where it comes from

[@jayalessandrafreeman]

I agree. I guess I just like Yoni being grumpier than this haha :)

[@kaishakio]

yoni i love you but what the fuck

[@kevvvvvy9]

white rap is like this. and it's a nice break from twerk twerk money money shoot shoot bang bang

[@internetnobody6754]

k. dizl yoni isn't even really white and clearly you are not listening to the right rappers try Deltron 3030 or Clippng.

[@Frostpotato]

Da stellt sich mir nur eine Frage: "Why?!" OMG

[@petef15]

i wouldn't agree that word is hateful in the slightest.

[@NancyFcknBotwin]

The original charm is gone? Its a fucking music video..not their music.

[@FredRochaNet]

Rapping like a mf'er. Go Yoni!

[@Kikel11]

Hipsters gonna hip

[@gybe00]

Alopecia was a masterpiece (ES songs were essentially Alpocia B-sides). It was dark, witty, and exciting. Was anyone else utterly disappointed with the direction they took afterwards?

[@AspiringTalentless]

No. Mumps is my favorite album. U lose

[@pyurugu6897]

Yup. Eskimo Snow was his last good album.

[@srjimmybob]

He lives on the other side of the country.

[@TheMondobeyondo]

...Really? He's been rapping about his clothes and riding fixed gears for years. But really, who cares?

[@Bottlekiller]

This video gave me veganism so hard I spewed soy milk all over my Nintendo Switch while founding some shitty Calfornia based startup with my trust fund money. My wife's boyfriend likes it though.

[@marinewelsh9927]

Bro this is probably why? At his worst. Check out his shit with DOSEone and odd nosdam, cLOUDDEAD Btw, get off of 4chan trans rights

[@jayalessandrafreeman]

Nooo! Not "just"! Alopecia came out in 2008 and it is WAY better than this, rap-wise. I am super glad that this new stuff is getting people into Why?, but it just doesn't seem as honest anymore.I recommend checking out his earlier stuff :)

[@reptroiskingofthecity403]

All these people are evil

[@steffanrandle9149]

I hated MUMPS. Then they came around with 'Proactive Evolution' and 'This Ole King' for the new album and he's still got it. Thank goodness. I dunno what the fuck happened with Mumps. Trying too hard and sounded incredibly bland. Strawberries and Thirst were the only good songs on that album. i'm really looking forward to the new album.

[@monkeyfaceyou]

Mumps threw me too, I was so into Alopecia that I thought it was the greatest thing I ever heard. I don't think I even got through Mumps. I might give them another try now though listening to this is a lot better than Mumps, Etc.

[@Friedegger]

I might be mishearing this, and it's got a great beat don't get me wrong, but it sounds like yuppie apologism.

[@danrayn4268]

That word is hateful. Do you always suck at life?

[@Dreadwinner]

😑

[@rotnproductions]

Yes, but this video is white and exclusive. It's not comparable to their earlier content. He's a hipster, it doesn't mean his art has to be hipster trash.

[@shiv2nite]

dude isnt hungry or sex starved enough to make good music anymore, or something. bummer.

[@Mr94372]

Funny Yoni thinks he was born blessed. Last I checked the bible said his tribe was born of the synagogue of satan. Poor Yoni indeed.

[@georget4141]

the human mind on christianity, a sad hateful place

[@petef15]

gayest. video. ever.