Here at the flophouse, we can’t stop unpacking the layers of irony in VH1’s Ego Trip’s (White) Rapper Show. We are pleased to see the program progressing according to our plan: 100 Proof and G-Child were certainly a fun pair to watch (especially G-Child’s little b-boy dance–how cute!), but Serch and Prince Paul recognized their dearth of talent and reclaimed their green Converse. After the jump, we handicap the remaining six white rappers, and give odds on those destined to receive the Gas Face:
We get roughly 37 e-mails per week from struggling, unknown indie bands with some RIYL-ish “if you like Wilco, you’ll like us” in the first paragraph. To date, not one single band has actually come through on this promise. More »
