The Hood Internet

If you'd have told me in 2001 that mashups would still be around eight years later, I'd have thought you were nuts and said that there was no way to prevent the genre from descending into dot-com bubble nostalgia or self-referencing insignificance. The Hood Internet continue to advance the ball mashup-wise, and regularly surprise me with enjoyable mixes of rap and rock songs that are clever and innovative. I want to hide my love for this track by calling it a "guilty pleasure," but that's not fair to the mid-90s-nostalgia/of-the-moment-rap-megahit rush it triggers. Best played late at night, when everyone's been drinking a lot and is willing to start singing along.

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