I remember watching videos back in the day and the vj said coming up next is Eric B and Rake Em' with "Microphone FRIEND". I fell out. Then another time my step dad told me "Come upstairs Cool Jay Jay is about to rap! It was LL of course.
I once was witness to an initially amicable - but rapidly escalating to unfriendly - disagreement between a local record store owner and his customer over the pronunciation of Mos Def's name. The proprieter insisted that it was pronounced MOSS Def, and was more than a bit condescending when the customer begged to differ.
Not exactly a name butcherin but i always cringe when i hear people sayin stuff like you that mobb deep song yeah that guy[/b] is great. its two people! jesus..
Basically all of the Bootcamp click has terrible names that every one mispornounces.
Smif n' Wessun -- I'm pretty sure that they didnt do as well as they could have when they came out due to their terrible name and general confusion.. Tek is a stupid name as is steele.
Heltah Skeltah -- Huh
Original gun Clappaz -- terrible, Starang Wondah, Louisville Sluggah and Topp Dogg.
Not hip-hop but a local rag in DC called "On Tap" did a profile this month on ex-Canyon drummer Brandon Butler and cited the band "Righteous Spring" as one his influences.
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"Jeru the Da-MAH-zhah"
...kind of like maharaja
When I first saw the video for "Come Clean", I said it that way too. Then I turned to YO!, heard Doctor Dre say it.
I probably had the
umm yeah. me too. then it was so fuckin obvious.
That isn't the worst butchering, but it always cracks me up when I think about it.
You lived in Santa Cruz, too? I was gonna say this same thing, but withiut the "the".
Play som Jeru DeMahShah, bro, then we can go surfing.
Back in the days, I overhead this cat ask for the Wu-Tang single
C.R.E.A.M.,pronouncing every letter. Dogs, just fuckin' say Cream, dont spell it!!
(shudder)
I think in that recent car-wreck that people called an "interview", Mobb Deep is now refering to Nas as simply "Milkshake".
is that kelis?
Holy St. Christopher.
Meth is a hell of a drug.
Pharoh Monch = "MONK" heard that a lot.
Ras Kass - shit i'm still not sure if i'm saying it right.
Coco Brovas = BRO - VOSS (like how poss sounds in posse)
5 ft from blackmoon = always pronounced as "that other guy"
first time i saw the name RZA and GZA i was like ..
how do you say C RAY WALLZ OR WALTZ or whatever that dudes name is?
hahaa.. i was just going to post this. some dude from high school would say that.
Smif n' Wessun -- I'm pretty sure that they didnt do as well as they could have when they came out due to their terrible name and general confusion.. Tek is a stupid name as is steele.
Heltah Skeltah -- Huh
Original gun Clappaz -- terrible, Starang Wondah, Louisville Sluggah and Topp Dogg.
da reprasentatives -- terrible
Da Beatminerz -- Mr. Walt
No no no
OrigiNOO[/b] Gun Clappaz. Gotta get it right.
what a little herb i was back then.
- spidey
Yeah, I've heard a bunch of variations of that one.
Another bad one I've heard is saying "mac" instead of "M.C." (i.e. Mac Shan).