Artist - Sir Mix A Lot
Album - Mack Daddy
Song - Baby Got Back
Date - 2/27/92
Status - Not Acquired
This man, this Sir Mix A Lot lives by one principal. If you are going to go there, go ALL the way there. Do not apologize. Do not attempt to appease. In fact scream it from the mountain top. That's why Baby Got Back opens with "I like big butts and I cannot lie." Everything after this is pretty much an elaboration or variation on the same theme.
And the Video. the video? Oh the video...what doesn't it do.
-open with a close up of Sir Mix A Lot, crane out to reveal that he's standing a giant butt-
-cut to a spring expanding on the word "sprung"
Done, you had me with "Giant Butt" fill in the remaining three minutes in a similar manner and call me when its done.
And oh the splash said song and video made.
Done, you had me with "Giant Butt" fill in the remaining three minutes in a similar manner and call me when its done.
And oh the splash said song and video made.
-The song and video where decried for objectifying women
-The song was then praised for supporting and Afro-Centric view of female beauty
-The video was banned from MTV
-The video was then played only after 9:00 on MTV
The song went to #1, Sir Mix A Lot made a lot of money, and we all learned a little about the value of a fully formed keester, and I think America is a better place for it.
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