First, I’ll tell you that I do not spend too much time listening to the radio because I get very annoyed about over played song. My fiance is am middle school teacher, and we were chaperoning the middle school dance last Friday. I was listening to the music, some of which I hadn’t heard. I noticed a new trend in popular rap songs that I found to be creative and interesting. Three songs were played at the dance that were all based on nursery rhymes. I can only recall two of them so that is what I will share.
#1: We all know the nursery London Bridge is Falling Down. Well, now Fergie has created the song London Bridge. For those who might not have heard it, here is an excerpt from the lyrics:
“When I come to the clubs, step aside
Pop the seeds, don’t be hating me in the line
V.I.P because you know I gotta shine
I’m Fergie Ferg
And me love you long time
All my girls get down on the floor
Back to back drop it down real low
I’m such a lady but I’m dancing like a ho
Because you know what, I don’t give a f**k
So here we go!
How come every time you come around
My London London Bridge wanna go down
Like London London London
Wanna go down like
London London London
Be going down like”
#2: Most kids also sang the song “Do your ears hang low.” Now, St. Louis Rapper Jibbs has written the song “Chain Hang Low.” Here is an excerpt from lyrics:
“Do it wobble to da flo,
Do it shine in da light,
Iz it platinum, iz it gold?
Could you throw it ova ya shoulda,
If you hot it make you cold,
Do ya chain hang low?Iz that yo chain?
Bout 24 inches
Iz how low I let it hang,
Hop out the ride and let the diamonds
Smoke off the range,
Just bought a chain,
You can tell a big kid
Do his thang,
You kno the name”
I would say that this is a creative way to build off an already existing idea. I’m not sure who the first was to do this, but I would definitely call that creative. I do not necessarily think all of the artists who chose to use this method after it had already been done would be considered creativity, but perhaps. Either way, this creativity is very catchy because almost everyone in this country knows these nursery rhymes and the familiarity when heard in these songs is definitely an attention grabber. These songs also seem to be very popular as they were the most requested at the middle school dance and almost every child new the lyrics.
