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  1. 1.Flobots – Handlebars★ favorite

    747K Likes

    3:29

    Best comments

    1.“Guys... I'm starting to think this song isn't about bicycles.”

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    1. 2.“That went from 1 to 1984 real quick...”

  2. 2.Riff Raff – Introducing the Icon★ favorite

    15K Likes

    2:56

    Best comments

    1.“The HARDEST nonsense I ever heard.”

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    1. 2.“Riff Raff just started rapping every word that came to mind!”
    2. 3.“I can't believe I like this.”

  3. 3.Us3 – Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)★ favorite

    176K Likes

    3:41

    Best comments

    1.“0% profanity. 0% nudity. 0% drugs. 100% FUNKY HORN.”

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    1. 2.“44 years old. Can't remember where my keys are... nailed every word to this song.”
    2. 3.“Who's still feeling this nugget in 2050? (Long-term appreciation strategy.)”

  4. 4.Cavanaugh (Open Mike Eagle & Serengeti) – Wonder Girl★ favorite

    197 Likes

    1:41

    Best comments

    1.“I'm gonna have to come back after I've slept, because I think I'm misinterpreting this in a fucked-up way, lol. Good shit though.”

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    1. 2.“I like this. Fight me.”

  5. 5.Tink – Ratchet Commandments★ favorite

    47K Likes

    3:13

    Best comments

    1.“Lauryn Hill resurrected. Thank you, Jesus!”

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    1. 2.“I feel like her and Missy Elliott would destroy a track together.”
    2. 3.“I remember when this barely had 30K views... and now it's over 2 million.”

  6. 6.Die Antwoord – Enter the Ninja★ favorite

    702K Likes

    5:13

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    1.“Die Antwoord is a strange mix of trying to figure out if you actually like it... and wondering what the fuck you need to smoke to come up with this.”

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    1. 2.“Who said meth never gave us anything positive?”
    2. 3.“My dad showed me this when I was like 5, and I still don't understand why.”

  7. 7.DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down for What★ favorite

    11M Likes

    3:37

    Best comments

    1.“Imagine a hundred years from now, people studying our culture... and they find this.”

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    1. 2.“This is the reason aliens won't contact us.”
    2. 3.“Producer: How much weirdness do you want in this video? DJ Snake: My goals are beyond your understanding.”

  8. 8.Beck – Beercan

    39K Likes

    3:58

    Best comments

    1.“When asked in an interview if he thought he was the Bob Dylan of the '90s, Beck said, 'Naw – more like the Bon Jovi of the '60s.'”

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    1. 2.“Back when you could still find good acid. The '90s... *sniff*”
    2. 3.“I'm 75 and I love this shit. Nobody's like Beck. Makes me feel like I'm never going to be a dinosaur.”

  9. 9.Die Antwoord – Fatty Boom Boom

    57K Likes

    5:43

    Best comments

    1.“That moment when you're glad you stopped dropping acid.”

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    1. 2.“Well, I feel like I need to wash... but that was exceptionally well produced and edited.”
    2. 3.“After watching their videos one after another, they start seeming normal...”

  10. 10.Die Antwoord – Zef Side (Beat Boy)

    95K Likes

    2:25

    Best comments

    1.“This guy makes Sacha Baron Cohen look like a hack. Epic. How did I miss this genius?”

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    1. 2.“I love how DJ Hi-Tek is like, '...don't look at his crotch... don't look at his crotch... just look at his face...'”
    2. 3.“Just to make things clear: the chubby dude isn't DJ Hi-Tek. Nobody knows who DJ Hi-Tek actually is.”

  11. 11.Die Antwoord – Baby's On Fire

    2.3M Likes

    6:55

    Best comments

    1.“This is clickbait – there are no babies on fire.”

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    1. 2.“Finally, some good Christian music.”
    2. 3.“I'm a generic white 48-year-old American with three kids and an office job, and God help me... I fucking love this band.”

  12. 12.Big Grams – Fell in the Sun

    18K Likes

    3:51

    Best comments

    1.“Satan brought me here – said it was good smoke music.”

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    1. 2.“Listened to this while stoned... now I'm bouldered.”

  13. 13.NIKO IS – Mos Def Rap

    1.1K Likes

    5:12

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    1.“Sounds like the '70s and old-school hip-hop made a baby.”

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    1. 2.“First time I listened to this, my mind was overloaded with information. A rare sensation.”
    2. 3.“Mos Def, Slick Rick and Capital STEEZ already killed the 'Auditorium' beat. NIKO IS did good, though.”

  14. 14.Serengeti – No Beginner

    841 Likes

    2:45

    Best comments

    1.“Serious question: did you renovate a bathroom like 12 years ago?”

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    1. 2.“Is that Yoni Wolf in the red coat?”

  15. 15.Warren G (Sesame Street mashup by Mylo the Cat) – Regulate

    107K Likes

    2:52

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    1.“No matter how gangster you think you are, you haven't made it until you get to Sesame Street.”

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    1. 2.“I love that all their bling is paperclip-based.”
    2. 3.“Today's Sesame Street was brought to you by the letter G... and by the numbers 2, 1 and 3!”

  16. 16.NIKO IS – Hypnotized Snakes

    368 Likes

    3:56

    Best comments

    1.“My Nepali parents listen to that sample all the time, lol.”

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    1. 2.“Approved by France.”Translated from French
    2. 3.“Fuck, I'm glad I have fire insurance.”

  17. 17.NIKO IS – Crazy

    362 Likes

    2:59

    Best comments

    1.“I love hearing new twists on my old favorite songs – bringing them back with fire.”

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    1. 2.“Yo, young buck! Keep repping – you're doing the old school justice.”

  18. 18.THEESatisfaction – Sweat

    9 Likes

    3:02

    Sweat is a track from awE naturalE, the 2012 Sub Pop debut by Seattle duo THEESatisfaction (Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White), who first turned heads on Shabazz Palaces' Black Up. This uncredited video went up in 2015 on a channel called ЮR.

  19. 19.NIKO IS – Vamoose

    328 Likes

    3:23

    Best comments

    1.“What did I just watch and hear?”

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    1. 2.“Acid and this song is a must.”
    2. 3.“I got introduced to NIKO IS and Thanks Joey 5 days ago... these last five days of playing y'all's music on a constant basis have LITERALLY improved my quality of life.”

  20. 20.Public Enemy – Do You Wanna Go Our Way???

    564 Likes

    4:03

    Best comments

    1.“When does Prof. Griff's qi power stop in this video? TRICK QUESTION! It goes on and on and it don't stop...”

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    1. 2.“Pretty hilarious that one of the Black Eyed Peas is in this video, and now they're the most corporate band in America, as named by the Wall Street Journal. Oh, '99...”
    2. 3.“DAMN, THIS TAKES ME BACK. I REMEMBER WORKING ON THAT SET, LOL. GOOD TIMES, GOOD TIMES.”

  21. 21.Serengeti & Polyphonic – Call the Law

    127 Likes

    3:28

    Best comments

    1.“Polyphonic's frenetic, barely-contained energy backed by Serengeti's relaxed, confident flow – with clever and often hilarious wordplay to boot.”

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    1. 2.“Yamaha PSS-470 PortaSound!”

  22. 22.Niko Is – Green Tomato Coupe

    661 Likes

    3:04

    Best comments

    1.“Jesus Christ, I can't believe how much I like this.”

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    1. 2.“The sample is Antonio Carlos Jobim – 'Choro' from Stone Flower. Equally groovy.”

  23. 23.Talib Kweli & 9th Wonder – Technicolor Easels

    534 Likes

    3:38

    Best comments

    1.“This shit is like if Rocky Balboa rapped.”

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    1. 2.“There is no Talib Kweli or 9th Wonder. TF?!”
    2. 3.“My mate made this video, and that's my brother doing the painting. Proud as fuck, tbh.”

  24. 24.Blockhead – The Music Scene

    345K Likes

    5:22

    Best comments

    1.“No LSD was filmed in the harming of this video.”

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    1. 2.“When you take one too many gummy vitamins.”
    2. 3.“Just took 3 Flintstones gummies – I'm heccin' cruising.”

  25. 25.The Avalanches – Frankie Sinatra

    106K Likes

    4:24

    Best comments

    1.“I always wondered why people told me not to drink the juice from glow sticks.”

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    1. 2.“Fun fact: to make this, they just filmed an average day in Florida.”
    2. 3.“My kids and I are in this video, lol. At the beginning, walking to the ice cream truck – my son runs past the lady doing the splits, slinging a shirt around. We had so much fun that day.”

  26. 26.Die Antwoord – Ugly Boy

    1.5M Likes

    4:53

    Best comments

    1.“These two are like the crackhead versions of the Joker and Harley Quinn, I swear.”

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    1. 2.“Die Antwoord: *writes a song about finding unconventionally attractive people sexy*. Also Die Antwoord: *puts a world-renowned supermodel in the music video*.”
    2. 3.“I like how the shot of Ninja and Cara smoking weed is at exactly 4:20.”

  27. 27.Tone Lōc – Funky Cold Medina

    254K Likes

    4:19

    Best comments

    1.“You don't work with Jake Peralta for three years and not know what the Funky Cold Medina is.”

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    1. 2.“I'm only watching this because Captain Holt said it. I regret nothing.”
    2. 3.“50 percent of comments remember this song back in the day. The other 50 percent are Brooklyn Nine-Nine fans.”

  28. 28.Warren G ft. Nate Dogg – Regulate

    2.6M Likes

    3:59

    Best comments

    1.“Nate Dogg was the only man who could sing about icing a dude and make it sound beautiful.”

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    1. 2.“This song was so far ahead of its time: the rapper showing his sensitive side, and the singer showing his gangster side. Untouchable.”
    2. 3.“As a 50-year-old white man, I embarrassed my son every day on the way to school singing this. Classics never die.”

  29. 29.Missy Elliott – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

    368K Likes

    4:14

    Best comments

    1.“Only Missy Elliott can make a trash bag look hot.”

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    1. 2.“NASA just transmitted this song to Venus. Missy Elliott is the first hip-hop artist to have her music sent to space.”
    2. 3.“Growing up, I thought she was saying 'I can't stand Lorraine,' and I used to sing that around my dad's cousin Lorraine. She used to get so mad.”

  30. 30.Star Slinger – Mornin'

    9.3K Likes

    2:14

    Best comments

    1.“Watched this video while I was high and felt like I was flying above all the deserts and all the forests. And even when I was sober and asleep, I dreamt of that happiness.”

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    1. 2.“This song samples 'Let's Do It Again' by The Staple Singers, in case you were wondering.”
    2. 3.“This song reminds me of when I first met my husband in 2008. That was the most amazing summer! We're in our 30s now with two kids, but man, this song brings me right back.”

  31. 31.Die Antwoord – I Fink U Freeky

    1.3M Likes

    3:55

    Best comments

    1.“This video makes Billie Eilish look like a Disney princess.”

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    1. 2.“If I ever become an English teacher, I'll have my students analyze this video just to break them.”
    2. 3.“Billie Eilish: I make the weirdest music videos ever! Lady Gaga: Aw, that's cute. Die Antwoord: Aww... they grow up so fast.”

  32. 32.Ghostemane – Mercury: Retrograde

    7.9M Likes

    2:06

    Best comments

    1.“Step 1: Buy headphones. Step 2: Listen to Ghostemane. Step 3: Buy ears.”

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    1. 2.“That ghost waited almost 90 years to find his soundtrack.”
    2. 3.“Bass hit so hard my grandpa thought the Germans were back.”

  33. 33.Stromae – Carmen

    1.7M Likes

    3:38

    Best comments

    1.“I don't think Stromae likes Twitter very much.”

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    1. 2.“If Stromae thinks Twitter is bad, just wait until he finds out about TikTok.”
    2. 3.“Moral of the story: close your window.”

  34. 34.Mount Westmore – Big Subwoofer

    632K Likes

    3:53

    Best comments

    1.“This song is like your uncles who haven't seen each other in 10 years getting together for a BBQ.”

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    1. 2.“Avatar 2 looks wild! Wasn't expecting a Mandalorian crossover, either.”
    2. 3.“When everyone in the group project does their job!”

  35. 35.The Koreatown Oddity – Breastmilk

    4.5K Likes

    2:26

    Best comments

    1.“Parents: 'The internet is dangerous, kids.' The internet:”

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    1. 2.“An absurd, crass song, but with actual bars and a message about being a good dad and getting along with your baby mama? I think I love this.”
    2. 3.“Reminds me of my wife and her husband.”

  36. 36.Outkast – Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac)

    66K Likes

    2:46

    Best comments

    1.“Big Boi's verse: his avatar rapping, lip-syncing the bars. André's verse: *LSD hallucination dance sequence*”

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    1. 2.“Song so good, they named a rap news website after it.”
    2. 3.“My son is 13, and this is one of his favorite albums... sooo proud!”

  37. 37.A Tribe Called Quest – Dis Generation

    52K Likes

    3:34

    Best comments

    1.“Hello, hip hop. It's been a while.”

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    1. 2.“Busta yelling at Busta was the best part.”
    2. 3.“I find it so funny, all the people saying 'this is real hip hop' and 'this generation of music sucks' – when the entire point of the song is that you can get equal levels of artistry from this generation's music.”

  38. 38.The Carters – Apeshit

    2.8M Likes

    6:05

    Best comments

    1.“Next video by The Carters will be shot on Mars.”

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    1. 2.“The dislikes are from the people who wanted to visit the Louvre that day.”
    2. 3.“If the Carters ever want to adopt a 32-year-old, I'm ready and available.”

  39. 39.Scott Gairdner – Sex Offender Shuffle

    1.3M Likes

    3:57

    Best comments

    1.“We need a 'Where Are They Now?' reunion special.”

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    1. 2.“Update: that offer for the barbecue is still open.”
    2. 3.“Update: the only people who showed up to my BBQ were the FBI.”

  40. 40.Gorillaz feat. De La Soul – Feel Good Inc.

    9.5M Likes

    4:15

    Best comments

    1.“Murdoc – the only bassist to ever get any.”

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    1. 2.“When my mom hears this song, she mistakes 'feel good' for 'mealtime.' I don't know how she got there, but she did it.”
    2. 3.“I used to teach ear training at a conservatorium and had my students transcribe the bassline and the rhythm of the first rap section. It was always good value watching a room full of classical violinists figure out the best way to write the rhythm for the ass-crack line.”

  41. 41.Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Downtown

    1.3M Likes

    5:23

    Best comments

    1.“Uptown Funk and Thrift Shop had a baby... and you just watched it.”

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    1. 2.“Jesus, Nally puts more passion into singing one 'downtown' than I've put into my entire life.”
    2. 3.“His knees gotta be killing him to this day.”

  42. 42.Ren – Hi Ren

    1.7M Likes

    9:20

    Best comments

    1.“It's like Shakespeare was reborn, learned guitar, wrote a rap lyric and staged his own performance.”

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    1. 2.“I'm a psychiatric nurse. I actually learned about you from another psych nurse. Your music is spreading and inspiring both patients and staff. It makes a difference. It really does.”
    2. 3.“I'd never had a song make me cry before. Today is 29 days sober. Fuck the cravings – I'm making it to 29 years. Edit: 7 and a half months and counting. Edit 2: Still going strong – 2 years! Edit 3: Well past 3 years. Life's been tough, but I'm still squeaky clean.”

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