Video: Dynamite Hack Boyz In The Hood

The hilarious juxtaposition of a stiff white person and—can it be?—rap music?! Happy 30th anniversary, awful joke that never ceases to make me cringe! Texas rock-radio blip Dynamite Hack decided to dip their tender toes in the "wacky cover song" sweepstakes in 2000, when they performed Eazy-E's classic "Boyz-N-The-Hood." To call it a one-note gag would be a disservice to both notes and gags. If it were a note, it would be the final note in the Price Is Right "sad trombone" tune . Also it would not [...]

THIS IS GANGSTA RAP?: Dynamite Hack took their name from a line in the film Caddyshack in which Bill Murray describes the marijuana he is smoking as "dynamite hack". This cover of N.W.A.'s "Boyz-n-the-Hood" was written by Ice Cube for Eazy E. This was actually an underground college radio hit.

Fiona Apple has been one of my favorite singers for a long time, but I'll admit she has her flaws. One thing I've never thought, however, is, "She needs more bluegrass noodling backing her up." In fact, if you had asked me five minutes ago, I would have told you that was a recipe for trouble. Then I saw this video of her singing with Nickel Creek (a band I never got into, for reasons having almost nothing to do with their music). [...]