I stumbled across this hilarious bit of parody-meets-social commentary while listening to a mix that DJ Z-Trip put together for a radio station and posted for download.
When I heard the chorus – “hipsters are the new jocks / it don’t take much to realize that” – I had to have it.
This is what I know: The track is by an artist/graf writer called MESH from Brooklyn. And what better city from which to derive inspiration for a hipster-hating anthem. (As MESH says on his YouTube page, Williamsburg is hipster capital.)
The video (below) adds a nice visual twist of the knife, too. Check the beginning when Mesh asks a guy and a girl for a smug look, and the girl says she doesn’t want to do it: “Am I hitting too close to home?” Asymmetrical haircuts, skinny jeans, ironic mustaches. Ooooh, I can feel my blood pressure rise. You can win a game of hipster bingo just watching the video.
And is it just me or does Mesh sound a little like Shock G from Digital Underground?
MESH | Hipsters Are the New Jocks
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Brilliant! Thanks for sharing
Comment by Blair 01.28.08 @ 7:28 pmTrue story about Jeff Weiss: When he raps, he sounds eerily like Humpty Hump. Not making this up.
Comment by Anonymous 01.29.08 @ 10:52 amI just realized I wrote about myself in the third person. God, what an asshole I am.
Comment by Jeff 01.29.08 @ 10:53 amWait where did my first comment about me rapping like Humpty Hump go? Me and Mesh need to do a duet.
Comment by Jeff 01.29.08 @ 10:54 amJust found this page after googling that great line –I found out about it because its on this Z-Trip/Mstrkrt Soundclash of the Titans that was recently released. I bought it because it came with a poster I wanted by Shepard Fairey, but the disk is quite good and the “Hipsters are the New Jocks” section caught my attention in Z-Trip’s portion.
Comment by Bobak 05.03.08 @ 8:14 amLike, Bobak, I also found this page after listening to the DJ Z-Trip set on the recently released MSTRKRFT and DJ Z-Trip - Soundclash of the Titans album.
You guys should really try to find yourself a copy of this album… the DJ Z-Trip version of this is a lot better than the original (no offense MESH)
That video is pretty funny though. I especially like the hipster wearing the mime looking beater. good stuff….
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