Todd (VO): Yeah, you know, as hooks go, it's no "jump jump". Todd (VO): No, I've never heard of any of these people either. [Video for "Who's The Man?"]
But "boom sha lock lock boom"?
Clip of House of Pain performing "Jump Around" on MTV. And it works 'cause... Todd: Well, you know, Irishness has a weird place in American culture.
[music stops] Sorry, can't talk and bounce at the same time. Reviewing it is like reviewing my own hands.
I just love this song way too much.
Todd (VO): Well, don't worry. Todd continues slamming his fist as a segue for... DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - "Boom! Everlast: Won't ever slack up, punk you better back up. Oh, Limp Bizkit. We're really going there.
Everlast: On the draw like the horse named McGraw, From the cartoon boom sha lock lock boom sha lock lock boom.
Todd (VO): ...weird year for hip-hop. And they say that, right after that movie, a ["Top O' The Morning To Ya"] bunch of really young people started showing up at their concerts. Everlast: Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin. Everlast: I'm Everlast, born to be a Caucasian, But it makes no difference what persuasion. It's called "I Got The Knack" [album cover for Get The Knack by...] 'cause it samples "My Sharona" by The Knack? You were correct, Everlast. His rhymes are all preschool-basic, [clip of...] and "My Sharona" was already a sample from Run-DMC's "It's Tricky". Clip of Limp Bizkit performing with Everlast at MTV's New Year's Eve in 1999. I mean, you don't need me to explain the greatness of "Jump Around". It was their own thing. And even for pop rap, this is real bad. Todd: [Irish accent] Top o' the morning to ya.
Okay? [exhales deeply]. Todd (VO): I have heard this song some 5 billion times over the course of my life, and... Todd: ...I have yet to form an opinion on it. Legendary critic Robert Christgau said it was "the hardest album of the year" So,... Todd: ...take that, [covers of Ready to Die and Illmatic by...] Biggie and Nas. Partly because "Jump Around" is such an eternal jam and... Todd: ...partly because a few years later, [clip of "What It's Like" by...] Everlast started a successful solo career as a bluesy folk singer, of all goddamn things. Put out your head and then you wake up in the Dawn of the Dead. Todd: But it's much worse on the first album, which, for the record, is hilarious. So get out your seat and jump around!". Todd (VO): In fact, "Jump Around" was the start of a lot of forceful...onomatopoeic rap songs in that time. Todd (VO): But being in Rhyme Syndicate wasn't terrible for Everlast. Chuck Eddy reviewed it in SPIN, and his take was more, "It's fine, but I don't think anyone's gonna care." [thumbs up] A true 5 out of 10.
Todd: It's just classic line after classic line, especially, of course, the immortal... Everlast: I'll serve your ass like John McEnroe. Icy Blu: Rollin' into town, I'm down, for an evenin' of dancin'. Video for House of Pain - "Shamrocks and Shenanigans". (Everlast, SPIN Magazine, February 2012)" [raises his finger to say something but changes his mind] What's this now? Todd (VO): And, fun fact: you can literally only listen to this song with a beer. [clips from...] In fact, just a year earlier, there was this movie, The Commitments, about a bunch of Irish street kids trying to be soul singers. Every St. Paddy's Day,... Todd (VO): And that's the cue for a bunch of drunk people to start jumping up and down. Todd: And they gave themselves an awesome name. Todd: [rapping fastly] "I'm the cream of the crop, I rise to the top. Todd (VO): This is one of the most requested songs I get. It was the best year for jumping... ...and Pointer Sisters - "Jump (For My Love)". Now, as you may recall, a year ago, my car broke and, to pay for it, I [shows Patreon page] sold some requests, and, accidentally, I sold way too many. Todd: [singing along] Jump up, jump up, and get down!
Denis Leary, huh? ["Fight the Power" by...] These are groups like Cypress Hill and Public Enemy, and (...and "So What Cha Want" by...) the Beasties, obviously, because it was so aggro and hard. What next? Todd: You're already familiar with it if you've gone to literally [clips of...] any St. Patrick's Day party or sporting event in the last 25 years. Or better yet a Terminator, like Arnold Schwarzanegger. So, they called it quits. Everlast: I came to get down, I came to get down. Todd (VO): And also, I think there was this, like... Todd: ...brief period in 2000 where you could've heard [ clips of Destiny's Child's...] "Jumpin' Jumpin'" back to back with [...and Third Eye Blind's...] "Jumper". It was this whole Young Money-type stable of future superstars. Denis: Real Irish guys wear Celtics jerseys with the big 33 in the front. Rev Run: It's tricky, tricky, tricky, tricky. Todd (VO): I mean, it was pretty daring to get a pro-choice song on the air, but it's also kinda preachy. "Jump Around" came after all of these, reaching its chart peak of #3 in October. And they suffered through oppression in America and in their homeland that...gives Irishness a certain level of street cred. Brief clips of MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This" and Ice-T - "Colors".
Everlast: So get out your seat and jump around. There was one more album in '96, which was even darker and tougher, and it's not great. Todd (VO): You gotta give credit to that beat, too. Todd (VO): There's nowhere to go but down from "Jump Around". Putting Everlast on the list is kind of cheating.
Next time, y'all are gonna buy me a new car, and I'll just do nothing but requests for the rest of my life. [Irish accent] Yellooo, spring clovers. Spitting out lyrics, homie I'll wet ya. I came to get down, I came to get down. ["Syndication"] Everlast's earlier tracks are way better, but for his big solo debut, I guess he dumbed himself down to get that Vanilla Ice money, ["I Got The Knack"] not knowing this style would be lamer than lame by next year. Even Ice-T, the original original gangsta, [shot of soundtrack cover for...] was doing inane pop rap like the Dick Tracy theme, ["I Got The Knack"] and helping doofus shit like this into the world. Todd (VO): Showdy aggro rap went out of style as quick as pop rap did.
Well, turns out they can. House of Pain did something similar by leaning on their... Todd (VO): ...Irish-American heritage. [clip of live performance] And yet, they had legitimacy that other one-hit wonder rap acts just don't have. Look harder. I wouldn't discount it. Todd: Everlast never had a hit on that level again, so, arguably, he's a double one-hit wonder... Video for Santana ft. Everlast - "Put Your Lights On". Todd (VO): And it is the greatest beat ever made. Todd: It's been done. And they also got to do the theme song for Who's The Man?, which was a movie starring the host of Yo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBOGkD7xW2c, a year ago, my car broke and, to pay for it, I, Top 6 Worst Songs of 2010 (I Didn't Already Cover), Top 5 Awful Moments From U2's "Rattle and Hum", We Are Young and Somebody That I Used to Know, Todd and Rap Critic Talk About "Accidental Racist", This Is What You Came For vs. Cheap Thrills, https://thatguywiththeglasses.fandom.com/wiki/Jump_Around?oldid=130972. Todd: No, it's simply the best song ever made. ["Jump Around"] But, mostly, they're remembered for keeping white rap alive during what turned out to be a very dark time for Caucasian hip-hop. Clip of live performance of Rhyme Syndicate with DJ Lethal. Todd (VO): You may remember it from Daredevil, where it introduced Colin Farrell's Irish supervillain to the movie. Not whiskey, not tequila, certainly no fruity cocktails. Todd: And not in a bad way. I won't ever slack up, punk you better back up.
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