For as long as man has brought in the harvest every autumn, October has been known as the prime month for rocking. Early humans met at fall feasts and beat primitive tools against boulder and stick alike to create a brutal din. Centuries later guitarists turned up the drive knob on their tube amps to continue the tradition.
This year we go against it. We present to you the Dirty 31, our 31 favorite filthy hip-hop songs.
Leading off is Lady with her two massive hits (to us, at least) "Yankin" and "Twerk."
Lady gets everything right here. We love dirty songs because they don't conform to what's expected of a song in polite society. There have long been songs that artfully imply or hide overt sexual themes, but we really appreciate it when the artist is as blunt, subtext-free, and ridiculous as possible, and Lady is exactly that.
Musically, "Yankin" and "Twerk" sound like generic Southern Neptunes-style club-banging grind music. And that's perfect. We love that. We imagine Lady went into Big Gates Records and said "Listen, I have exactly two ideas for songs, give me some grind music and we can get them done in an hour. First song: I'm really good at sex, and I'm even better at it when I'm dunk. Done. Second song: I'm really good at dancing, and I'm even better at it when I'm drunk. Done. I'll flesh them out with swears and dirty talk. See you tomorrow for the video shoot."
Oh, the videos. Listening to the songs alone, you come away with the idea that Lady is a very confident, sexual woman who you should probably be intimidated by. The following is a list of reasons the videos completely undermine that and make everything more enjoyable:
-Lady looks stiff and unconvincing (and maybe not as good at sex as she says she is)
-Lady isn't good at dancing, and never gets even close to twerking (she should check the home-made twerking videos right next to hers on youtube)
-Her stripper friends are bored and not good at dancing
-The men are wearing socks
-The men are serving Cheetos and 4 Loko
We love you Lady. Hats off to you for helping us kick this off!
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