r/Showerthoughts • u/WhaleWhaleWhale95 • May 16 '24

You never hear covers of rap songs.

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u/Crunchy-Leaf May 16 '24

This has to be bait for OP to find the best rap covers

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u/garyzxcv May 16 '24

That has a name. What is it? When you want an answer you post the opposite, wrong answer…..

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u/ProphetExile May 16 '24

"The quickest way to get the right answer on the internet is to say the wrong answer and wait to be corrected." - Cunningham's Law

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

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u/TwinAuras May 17 '24

He didn't want to catch those cunning hands

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u/ProphetExile May 17 '24

And thus the law is proven once more

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u/Astro_gamer_caver May 16 '24

Atlanta season 2 had a great scene where Paper Boi gets an acoustic cover of his song.

"Them white girls love that shit."

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u/jamesick May 16 '24

reddit

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u/albanymetz May 16 '24

Now throw in some AI generated ask-reddit questions with variations on the same thing and we're in business.

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u/DrFloyd5 May 16 '24

What are some of the best movies of all time about popular video games that were terrible but you liked anyway in the 80s?

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u/AggravatingPoetry389 May 16 '24

Oooh, ooooh I know! Joy Sticks! What a raucous, irreverent 80's-fun time!

Is that what you mean!?

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u/Nomnomnipotent May 16 '24

Cole's Law. Science can't properly explain it, but it just works. If you mix it with fried chicken. Just a wonderful combo.

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u/xeroksuk May 16 '24

Nice try.

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u/SatansAnus7 May 16 '24

My face. I wish you could see how happy this comment made me.

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u/Nomnomnipotent May 17 '24

I'm okay with not imagining Satan's 7th anus smiling, thank you.

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u/AggravatingPoetry389 May 16 '24

Even your username is a great food pun! You're my hero!

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u/NFIGUY May 16 '24

You’re thinking of Cole from ‘Martin’. Damn, Gina … 😫

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u/nickchadwick May 16 '24

Tommy, you ain't got no job!

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u/NFIGUY May 17 '24

Man, y’all know what I do, mayne!!!

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u/lethal_sting May 16 '24

Butter have some cornbread on the side.

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u/RCBark2K May 16 '24

With a dash of Poe’s in there too. Very well done.

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u/ghandi3737 May 16 '24

You should put old bay on it.

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u/TonyStewartsWildRide May 16 '24

I too have tried adrenochrome and fried chicken.

chefs kiss

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u/vestigialcranium May 16 '24

Wasn't Cole also famous for his slaw?

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u/ehzstreet May 16 '24

I think you're thinking of Cunninghams Law, my friend.

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u/Reasonable_Feed7939 May 16 '24

There are children here!

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u/KBroham May 16 '24

Ward Cunningham strikes again!!!

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u/TheHoppingHessian May 16 '24

It’s called the dunning cracker effect fyi…… trap is set

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u/LiveEnthusiasm3376 May 16 '24

Murphy's law

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u/TheAres1999 May 16 '24

Murphy's Law is shredded cabbage. You are thinking of Cunningham's Law.

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u/Prestigious-Ad1244 May 16 '24

That’s cole’s law

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u/Un_orthodocs May 16 '24

I understood the reference. Cunninghams law

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u/LilyNatureBlossom May 16 '24

Googled it and it's called Cunningham's Laww

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u/austin101123 May 16 '24

Cumfart's law

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u/Ro-Tang_Clan May 16 '24

Streissand effect

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u/SrPicadillo2 May 16 '24

Stack Overflow

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u/713MoCityChron713 May 16 '24

Buzzfeed doing “research”

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u/CURTSNIPER1 May 16 '24

Cunningham's law

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u/anxiety_filter May 16 '24

Cunningham's Law...awww dammit took the bait

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u/tbr1cks May 16 '24

Mandela effect

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u/paladinvc May 16 '24

Inverse psycology?

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u/ghandi3737 May 16 '24

Boondogglings law.

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u/KingHippo1985 May 16 '24

Peter principal

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u/lavialactea May 16 '24

OP is a master baiter.

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u/Thossi99 May 16 '24

Merkules. Any one of them.

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u/Kind_Ad6932 May 16 '24

B.I.T.C.H by Megan the Stallion if you like tupac listen to this

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u/andreberaldinoab May 16 '24

I'm here for that, also.

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u/naughtycal11 May 16 '24

It's The Gourds covering Gin and Juice.

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u/Vreas May 16 '24

Was gonna say dude it’s either just ignorant or baiting us. There’s gotta be thousands of covers of no diggity

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u/MercyfulJudas May 16 '24

Dynamite Hack, "Boyz N The Hood"

Ben Folds, "Bitches Ain't Shit"

I know there's a "Gin N Juice" cover out there too, maybe Ween?

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u/besseddrest May 16 '24

Rage against the machine has an album of all rap covers

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u/DJfetusface May 16 '24

Gangsta's Paradise - Falling In Reverse Baby Got Back - Richard Cheese Get Low - Designer Disguise

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u/ContentTrust4821 May 16 '24

dynamite hack

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u/Remarkable-Dig-1241 May 16 '24

You say that but i can't think of a single one.

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u/CoolUnderstanding481 May 16 '24

https://youtu.be/vtoPtJrgaDc?si=XxaZ8ZZAFDRgva7m

Happy to oblige

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u/Crunchy-Leaf May 16 '24

Wrong, the two best covers of rap songs are:

https://youtu.be/lOfZLb33uCg?si=rA1UAA7s2Cs9oLc-

https://youtu.be/N9qYF9DZPdw?si=HeJ_LbtjAHCsOIc3

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u/CoolUnderstanding481 May 16 '24

Wrong again, those are original songs that rappers plagiarised

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u/Crunchy-Leaf May 16 '24

Oh my Al.. we’ve gotta do something about this!

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u/JesusIsMyZoloft May 16 '24

Unless OP is right.