Bit of a fun post today, looking into how rap lyrics can be used to explain the SEO industry. Track titles are in bold and thoughts in italics.
Souls of Mischief – 93 Til Infinity
Dial the seven digits
Call up Bridget
Her man’s a midget
Plus she got friends, yo, I can dig it
Eh? – Calling up people on behalf of link outreach.
Atmosphere – Fuck You Lucy
Most of this garbage I write
That these people seem to like
Is about you
And how I let you infect my life
Eh? – Every SEO bloggers addiction to SEO
Roots Manuva – Sinny, Sin, Sins
And I’m all confused, ‘cos I can’t see the sense
Why should I turn the other cheek and get beat?
Eh? – A black hat SEO asks why he should go white hat.
Notorious BIG – Ready to Die
I got techniques drippin out my buttcheeks
Sleep on my stomach so I don’t fuck up my sheets, huh
Eh? – ‘Advanced’ SEO’s discussing their technical skills
Notorious BIG – Suicidal Thoughts
When I die, fuck it I wanna go to hell
Cause I’m a piece of shit, it ain’t hard to fuckin’ tell
It don’t make sense, goin’ to heaven wit the goodie-goodies
Dressed in white, I like black Tims and black hoodies
Eh? – Once again a black hat SEO finds no fun in a white hat world
Tyler the Creator – Nightmare
I’m Ace, I’m parentless, I’m kinda arrogant
Ignorant as fuck, defend people for the hell of it
Because I am the devil, fucker get on my level
Eh? – Because some people can’t be questioned…
Dr Octagon – Blue Flowers
Listen to your heartbeat, delete beep beep beep
Your insurance is high, but my price is cheap
Eh? – Most link building suppliers under the sun
Viktor Vaughn – Saliva
A lot of crews like to act like a violent mob
They really need to just shut the fuck up like Silent Bob
Eh? – A few people discussing SEO (myself included) should heed this advice
A Tribe Called Quest – Luck of Lucien
You try too hard, is that the answer to the riddle?
Instead of doin’ so much, why don’t you do just a little?
Eh? – Everything’s about quality nowadays, didn’t you know?
A Tribe Called Quest – Butter
She finally played me, but yo, I’d find another
Cause I got the crazy game and yo, I’m smooth like butter
Eh? – An SEO has a problem with an algorithm update but knows they’ll be back
Notorious BIG – Ten Crack Commandments (I)
I been in this game for years, it made me a animal
It’s rules to this shit, I wrote me a manual
A step by step booklet for you to get
your game on track, not your wig pushed back
Eh? – SEOmoz create their beginners guide to SEO
Notorious BIG – Ten Crack Commandments (II)
Number three: never trust no-bo-dy
Your moms’ll set that ass up, properly gassed up
Hoodie to mask up, shit, for that fast buck
she be layin in the bushes to light that ass up
Eh? – Watch out for competitors grassing up your dodgy link profiles to Google!
Notorious BIG – Playa Hater
You see, there are two kind of people in the world today
We have, the playaz, and we have, the playa haters
Please don’t hate me because I’m beautiful baby
Eh? – This is all about S.P.A.M (sites positioned above mine) and the anger that goes on within the SEO industry
Cannibal Ox – Straight off the DIC
You ain’t a convict, you got caught jaywalking
And you don’t know the alphabet, but you still talking
Eh? – Top 10 lists/SEO is dead based articles that don’t need to be written
Roots Manuva – Dreamy Days
Whiper snapers get jealous it’s true they don’t know
‘Bout my x amount of heartbreak, years of low dough
We professional we dealin’ with business
Revolution creep up slap you on the nose bridge
Eh? – High profile SEO’s who haven’t actually much money online but act like they do
***Edit*** I have since been contacted by James Agate about an actual decent Hip Hop based post –> 5 Things Hip Hop Moguls Can Teach Us About SEO
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