The TTC, Now in a Hip Hop Video
I don't have much to say about this one except watch it! Thanks to James for sending us the link.
Comments (31)
This is going to be stuck in my head every time I wait for the bus!!! (which is often...thanks for nothing Avenue Bus!!)
Sorry, Spadina Bus beat them to it at least a decade ago:
Hahaha! This is hilarious!
On a different note, it's crazy the improvement in quality of the encoding on the new videos on youtube.
Toronto subject matter has a way of any art form, and reducing it to extreme un-coolness.
Well Done!
This is probably by far one of the greatest rap videos of all time.
Give these Men a Metropass!
Fantastic. Rarely do i hear something this hilarious that includes a reference to where i live (Scarborough), and my specific bus route (the 43).
Absolute genius.
Its lyrically great, they exactly replicated lyrical structure and style from Young Jeezy and Kanye in the original "Put On" video however it works so well and is quite entertaining thumbs up :)
TTC should purchase this from them and use it as a new marketing slogan/commercial. Of course Young Jeezy and Kanye West will probably want some props on that noise!
My favourite part? The dude who just says "worrrrd"
I second the motion to buy this song and air it on the video screen in stations. It would make people laugh guaranteed.
"I see that old man with a cane, but I don't let him sit" = PURE GENIUS!
I bet they were too gangster to get permission to film on the subway platform!
I wasn't familiar with the original, but I think that this version works extremely well in at least two ways.
If you haven't seen the "Put On" video, "Get On" reads as an accessible and light-hearted ode to public transit ("The TTC can be a drag, other times it's super-great"), in the tradition of Spadina Bus.
If you have seen the original, you can see that this also functions as a parody. "Put On" interrupts its solemn images of poverty and social injustice with chesty, strutting models; "Get On" says "It's obvious you're checking out her boobs." Young Jeezy cruises the city in his massive convertible and talks about the gun club; these guys can't stay on a bike and boast about their Metropasses.
I'm not claiming that "Put On" is playing it completely straight and sincerely either -- a "put on," after all, is a pretense -- but with "Get On" the deliberate ironies are easier to catch. Also, they rhyme bus routes. That's got to win them points for difficulty.
If you liked this video you should definitely check out this other TTC video series:
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