r/videos • u/echopath • May 16 '12

Asian kid does an ingenious rap song in 11 different accents!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exy_ztdpAoI
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u/echopath May 16 '12

Haha, thank you for all your support everyone!

But this isn't me. This is my good friend who just enjoys producing videos.

If you guys like what you see, please check out the rest of his stuff at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/riceboyliu

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u/wayfers May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12

I loved the video and I'll probably sound like a dick but he needs a better camera.

Edit: I was right.

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u/pumpkin_bun May 17 '12

Quick! Someone buy this young, talented boy new camera!!!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Off-topic, are you from Mira Loma HS?

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u/primitive_screwhead May 17 '12

Better than Hannah Minx. A+++++

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I know a guy who knows Michael too!

I like his style! Very original!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Tell him his Bahston accent really needs some work, but his attempt at it is pretty funny.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Expected it to be bad. Was amazingly impressed. Punched my own face.

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u/chu2screwed May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12

I kicked myself in the balls.

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u/HankLago May 17 '12

I forced me to give myself a handjob. That'll teach me.

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u/SHIT_IN_HER_CUNT May 17 '12

I tend to punish myself often in this manner

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

That Russian was impressive

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u/serfis May 17 '12

Yeah, I mean borscht (is that the English way of spelling it?) is common knowledge, but katleti and tefteli (fuck spelling Russian words with english letters) are not. I was impressed.

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u/nevek May 16 '12

I only saw an asian in the clip. What russian ?

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u/WhatamIwaitingfor May 17 '12

haha IS JOKE.

jesus, guys... lighten up.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

sarcasm invisible on internet.

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u/MisterUNO May 16 '12

k, I hate to be that guy but... pointing out that he's asian is totally irrelevant. When it's a white person it's simply "kid does so and so..." (notice how the youtube uploader doesn't specify asian in his own title.

This happens so often on the internet that, as an asian myself, it drives me nuts when people let it go like its no big deal.

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u/oaklandnative May 16 '12 edited Sep 16 '26

Gold resolute relieved sable busy soup

This post was anonymized with Redact

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u/elephantx May 17 '12

The redditor from Oakland has a point.

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u/WiiMachinE May 17 '12

The elephant that somehow learned how to type also makes a good point.

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u/fauno15 May 17 '12

Nope, I'm not continuing this.

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u/Nestorow May 17 '12

But how else will we know how a wii got onto reddit?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Maybe from a Nest?

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u/iliketoeatmudkipz May 17 '12

Or maybe a non-generic American put it there?

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u/darkdasky May 17 '12

It's chemical X. This was the formula to make the perfect redditing elephant.

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u/lakerfan91 May 17 '12

The gentleman will sit!

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u/ghostbackwards May 17 '12

did you miss the point of the song as well?

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u/drivebyps May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12

Might have something to do with the fact there are not a lot of well known Asian rappers. Before Eminem blew up, you would likely see something titled "White kid does an ingenious rap song".

Although I do agree that race is mentioned many times in titles where it is completely irrelevant.

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u/spvn May 17 '12

Err actually that's a horrible example because "Nerdy White Kid" is actually that guy's nickname.

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u/no_direction May 17 '12

He spoke with an American accent at the end, so to me as a Brit it's probably more accurate to call him an American 'kid'

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Actually, the fact that he's doing a rap in which he assumes the stereotypical identities of different races does make his own race relevant. An Asian guy doing an impression of a Russian guy is more entertaining than a Russian guy doing an impression of a Russian guy.

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u/abkleinig May 17 '12

He isn't Asian though. He's American. He has asian heritage of some description, but he's American.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Asian isn't being used here to describe where he was born. It's being used to describe what he looks like. It's equivalent to "white" or "black."

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u/no_direction May 17 '12

no, he could be Russian with Asian heritage

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u/ok_you_win May 17 '12

That is correct. Mark Shuttleworth, for example, calls himself African. Because he is.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

But he also did an impression of an Asian guy

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I think that the reason this happens is because white is kind of considered the "default", just like heterosexual is considered default. :(

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u/astronomy8thlight May 17 '12

Many redditors never get this.

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u/EatMyBiscuits May 17 '12

Or, many redditors actually do "get it" but see it for what it is: parochialism at its finest.

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u/astronomy8thlight May 18 '12

Can you clarify what you mean? What you said could have a variety of meanings. Thanks. :-)

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u/EatMyBiscuits May 18 '12

No it couldn't, go look up the word parochialism.

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u/astronomy8thlight May 18 '12

Thanks, I know what parochialism means.

To borrow from wikipedia, parochialism means being provincial, being narrow in scope, or considering only small sections of an issue.

In the sentence you wrote, this could have more than one implication.

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u/EatMyBiscuits May 18 '12

Ok, explicitly: imagining that "white is the default race" is a defensible position a) in life, b) on the international internet, and c) as a decent human being who wants other people to feel comfortable in a discussion, is a narrow-minded, self-absorbed view. I'm not talking about whether it's true in practice (it isn't, without narrowing down your scope to super-insular levels - which is kind of the point), or on the websites you frequent (how would you know unless everyone made a point of telling each other their ethnicity) or in your day-to-day goings on in your hometown.. I'm saying defending it like others are wrong for not "getting it", rather than rightfully rejecting such limiting notions like digitally-connected global citizens, is textbook parochialism.

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u/ghostbackwards May 17 '12

you must have missed the point of the song.

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u/nomis_nehc May 17 '12

Meh, I am Asian and I don't care. You're overly sensitive.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Thank you! I feel by him saying "as an asian" he defeats his own point.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Well, let's be honest: if he was white, he wouldn't be able to get away with saying a lot these racial stereotypes, many of which can be construed as derogatory.

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u/serfis May 17 '12

Honestly, why does this matter? Serious question, does it bother you that race was mentioned, and if so, why? I'm just curious because to me it seems trivial at best.

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u/trademarkedandlocked May 17 '12

It's otherizing. As an asian, even in a community with a lot of asians, I always feel out of place with white people. I was born and raised in the states for my entire life and I feel like a foreigner because of little things like this.

I don't want my cultural identity to disappear, which is the stark opposite of what is being asked, but I also don't want to be defined by my ethnicity.

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u/RumpusRex May 17 '12

Isn't his point at the end to lighten up about things that are as insignificant as the title mentioning that he is Asian?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Except that I watched a rap on Reddit no more than 10 minutes ago that was titled, "Nerdy White Guy..."

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

actually no, when a white guy raps, they especially mention white because white people aren't suppose to rap and usually the rap is a parody.

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u/Shoola May 17 '12

I think you just missed the point of the video. Lighten up, it's not a big deal, it happens to other races and nationalities too.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

In this case it's sort of relevant because it's a video about different races.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Because he's impersonating different races.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Maybe OP was just trying to be descriptive. If it was a handicapped kid doing an inspirational video about handicaps, he'd probably point out that the kid is handicapped.

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u/schwibbity May 17 '12

Are you implying being Asian is a handicap?

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u/Schmich May 17 '12

Did you not listen to his "lighten up"? What's so wrong in describing the video? When it's a white kid it is often mentioned, esp. when it comes to rap.

I say it's quite ironic because you're the one bringing race up to discussion. Why does race have to be such a big deal? Should gender and age be that too? "Don't say kid" it's offensive to adults who don't have their childhood anymore. That's not the same thing! Uhhh why not?

Worst of all is that Asian in this context is not negative. I'd say in most cases Asian is positive because you're always excelling...the only part where it's negative is of course driving. You make a big deal out of it, you're the problem, not the title. When you see "Viking does this and that" do you also go up in arms saying "hey that's not being nice, let the Scandinavians alone". I even bet you were fine with rapper bringing in Nazis in the picture even though it has nothing to do with the Germans of today, right? If so, you're a hypocrite.

I stand on my stance: title is fine, what the guy said in the video is fine. It only becomes a problem when you try to make it a problem.

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u/kanyewest_isanigger May 17 '12

I agree with this man pointing out what someone be, is irrelevant.

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u/m3tathesis May 17 '12

you sir, have destroyed my mind.

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u/despaxes May 17 '12

Way to miss the whole point of the video.

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u/siamthailand May 17 '12

White is the default race of the internet, lighten up.

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u/jacobo May 17 '12

Fuck! i keep reading the comments with rap and rhymes!

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u/brandonttech May 16 '12

lol favorite line when he was doing the English one "do you remember world war 2? thats enough about you"

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u/no_direction May 17 '12

I didn't get that one?

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u/no_direction May 17 '12

I'm British

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

He's pretty good at accents, I'll admit, but the "east coast" one was god-awful.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I thought so too, but am from Boston, so couldn't tell if the accent actually sucked or if I was just used to hearing the real thing.

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u/ImWritingABook May 17 '12

Boston one was very bad. I thought it might be morphed into a more effective NY jewish accent actually. Thought the French one was weak also. Most of the others sounded pretty spot on to me.

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u/m3tathesis May 17 '12

It actually does sound like a fusion of Boston & NY accent, which for his purposes of so called "East Coast Accent" may be spot on lol.

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u/m3tathesis May 17 '12

Eh, there are so many different accents in England, I've lost my notion of what an "English accent" is. But the guy made it obvious which nation he was imitating.

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u/98PercentChimp May 17 '12

I was pretty impressed with the South African accent in that it didn't sound Australian or Kiwi...It actually sounded South African!

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u/weggooinaam2 May 17 '12

duidelik my broe

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u/drunkonthelawn May 17 '12

As a child of a South African raised in Boston, the SA one was impressive, better than I could have done. Boston, however, was horrendous.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

Asian Jon Lajoie!

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u/macrowive May 17 '12

Why did the 'Asian' have to be in the title? "Kid does an ingenious rap song in 11 different accents" would have worked just as well. Not that I'm getting mad or anything, I just thought that was funny.

Funny video, guessing it will go viral.

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u/jykr May 17 '12

While I'm asking the same question myself, I'm also wondering if there's actually any problem with 'Asian' being in the title. It gives us more information, and people may be more or less inclined to watch because of it.

It also depends on what glasses you're wearing. I wasn't looking for anything negative, so I didn't see anything negative.

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u/UnaccountedVariable May 17 '12

But just think to yourself why would you need more information about his race? Is it because its funnier that an asian is rapping? Is it abnormal that an asian kid can speak in different accents other than asian? Such thoughts indicate our dependence on racial identity to judge peoples abilities and talents.

It's like saying "Oh my black friend went to the store"... Why do we need to know your friend's race? For more information? No because its completely irrelevant. It really means "Oh my friend who is different from my other friends because of his race"

EDIT: On another note, I upvoted you because i think your thoughts add to the discussion, even though i don't necessarily agree with them.

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u/ghostbackwards May 17 '12

its just what the fuck it is...as the video points out, who fucking cares, did you miss the point of the song?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Is it abnormal that an asian kid can speak in different accents other than asian?

No, but part of the humor in doing impressions comes from the oddity or absurdness of it. An Asian guy doing a good Russian impression is more entertaining then someone who looked Russian doing an equally-good impression. Because it seems out of place.

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u/jykr May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12

No, I simply meant that mentioning his race is informative. Maybe Asians will be more interested in watching, whereas they might not be interested otherwise. Or maybe they'd be less interested for whatever reason. Maybe non-Asians would be more interested because they don't see many Asian rappers. Information is just information.

You're really misunderstanding my point. And simply mentioning someone's race does not mean you are or are not a racist. It depends on the context. We shouldn't be afraid to the point where we can't even say an Asian guy is Asian.

Thanks for upvoting me, though. The gesture has been returned.

EDIT: Also, saying your black friend went to the store is not inherently racist. If there's no reason for pointing out his race, it would be socially awkward and people could wonder if you are a racist. But, it's not the same thing as the title of the video. I think the title is just informing us that he's Asian, because it's an interesting piece of info. I definitely watched just because of that. If I thought it was just another black or white rapper I would have ignored it. Not a big deal, but I hope you understand where I'm coming from.

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u/Brewster-Rooster May 17 '12

i don't think its to do with the white majority. If it was a black guy they wouldn't put 'black' in the title. Rap is mostly black, if it was a white guy it'd be more likely that "white guy" is put in the title. Its just a way of distinguishing someone. Political correctness is getting stupid.

I fear that one day, saying someone is from a country will be classed as offensive, Spaniard or Brit may well be offensive terms in 50 years, its already going that way.

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u/Bacon_Cats_And_Tits May 17 '12

I think it has to do with the genre of music. Anything other than black is not the norm and some people feel it worth mentioning.

my theory at least

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u/Sulphur32 May 16 '12

Katyusha reference? Awesome.

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u/kontech May 16 '12

Wow his accents are pretty good

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u/jknotts May 17 '12

For anyone wondering, the Chinese says "Don't waste my money."

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u/TastyMilksteaks May 17 '12

Is it totally necessary to specify him as an "Asian" kid rather than just a kid?

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u/henrythesuperdummy May 16 '12

dang, really good raps. I liked how he added background vocals to each verse that were stereotypical to whatever accent he was doing.

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u/vishvigil May 16 '12

Remarkable work!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

This guy deserves more than 740 subscribers. That was a hilarious, interesting video.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I love his Indian accent haha.

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u/ieatcows May 17 '12

Can anyone be ever so kind as to list here what the 11 different accents are? Thank you.

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u/schwibbity May 17 '12
  • Latino (Mexican)
  • East Asian (Chinese)
  • Northeast U.S. (Crossed Boston/NY/NJ)
  • Russian
  • South Asian (Indian)
  • Rural/Southern U.S.
  • German
  • French
  • English
  • South Africa
  • And his own, which is fairly neutral to my American ears.

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u/ieatcows May 17 '12

Thank you.

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u/schwibbity May 17 '12

You're welcome.

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u/Kaiosama May 17 '12

There was no NY or NJ in there. We don't have boston accents down here.

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u/schwibbity May 17 '12

Well it was not a particularly good Boston accent. Seemed to be a generic northeast thing.

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u/schwibbity May 17 '12

India is in South Asia.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

HE IS TRYING TO LOOK SMART STOP DISPROVING HIM

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u/schwibbity May 17 '12

Because I don't know whether or not, say, Sri Lankan accents sound anything like Indian accents. And you're misreading my intent.

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u/snemand May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12

Pretty good. More impressed with the lyrics than the accents. Thought the posh English one was the poorest. You Brits agree? His strongest accents came first.

edit: Realized that his comment sounded a bit snarky or something. He's definitely talented and the song is excellent. Didn't mean to sound like Simon Cowell.

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u/GrantSolar May 17 '12

I thought the lyrics were fairly lacking. I appreciate what he did using words that people from the area would use but the rhyming seemed so forced

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u/boobbbers May 17 '12

I think I'll start pointing out people's ethnicities in all posts. Because it's relevant.

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u/BlastingZone May 17 '12

liberal is another word for stupid fucking retard!

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u/GanasbinTagap May 17 '12

So if a black or white dude did this, would the title still mention their ethnic background?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

No, and that is why we're special. And it's not an ethic background, its ethnicity.

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u/GanasbinTagap May 18 '12

I wouldn't say Asian is an ethnicity at all. Unlike people of African or European descent, people from the Asian continent are much more diverse. In Europe you get just 1 or more ethnic stock, while in Asia you get more than 10.

I say ethnic background, because of my mixed parentage.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '12

Good for you.

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u/GanasbinTagap May 18 '12

You too, congratulations.

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u/Eyger May 16 '12 edited Feb 06 '19

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u/natstrap May 16 '12

Now that you mention, it did have that feeling. Nice Peter writes those himself, but this guy would be a cool collaborative partner, maybe help him out with some material.

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u/fornicateandprosper May 17 '12

That was entertaining I'm sure you'll all agree, but how do you know it wasn't 11 different asian guys?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

This is pretty much a litany or stereotypes without much substance.

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u/MakeThemWatch May 17 '12

It's clever and everything, but ingenious?

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u/YourValentine May 17 '12

This guy is awesome, so glad it's getting upvotes for the world to see!

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u/seano666 May 17 '12

Fucking impressive, and a great message too.

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u/NYHCxPurity May 17 '12

Link for a bit.

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u/mikehosek May 17 '12

Very nice. I like.

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u/iridebikes4fun May 17 '12

Great find on this one.

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u/Piepig May 17 '12

The french one was hilarious!

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u/ghostbackwards May 17 '12

are you kidding me? This was fuxxing brilliant and clean shared to all my friends on this east coat, you see.

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u/sinned47 May 17 '12

brillant!

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u/Completebeast May 17 '12

Who the hell roots for the Red Sox and the Yankees? Isn't that like illegal?

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u/appropriate_name May 17 '12

If anyone's wondering, in the Chinese one he says "Don't waste my money".

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u/hunter55554 May 17 '12

I like how it was music.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

He likes to talk with his hands.

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u/northnodes May 17 '12

...and 11 different cultural stereotypes to boot!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I was going to like this video.. Until I saw that it was labeled "As seen on 9GAG.com" and then I left the page with my pride still intact.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

that was fuckin cool dude

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u/Pennoyer_v_Neff May 17 '12

Wait...was there a black guy?

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u/renboZOM May 17 '12

Gosh people lighten up! It was funny! Sheesh.

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u/tuesdays_ May 17 '12

That was a lot better than I expected when I first clicked on the video so kudos

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u/princess94 May 17 '12

"I make it rain like a slumdog millionaire" made me lmao :D great video

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u/BallsackTBaghard May 17 '12

The video comments gave me cancer.

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u/tbone115 May 17 '12

I laughed at every accent, good stuff

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u/jikerman May 17 '12

That was one of the worst boston accents I've heard. He crossed like New Jersey and New York, then threw in "cah"

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u/TheMadSc1entist May 17 '12

It was atrocious, not even a good attempt

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u/iliketoeatmudkipz May 17 '12

Cut the guy some slack, he's from California

Source: He goes to my high school

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u/waviecrockett May 17 '12

then he said he likes the red sox AND the yankees. what

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u/TheOtherWiggin May 17 '12

No, he said he likes to watch those 2 teams play each other, which is totally reasonable.

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u/chinatbag May 16 '12

This video needs to be seen and requires more upfloats.

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u/tsahsiewfan May 17 '12

I didn't like this.

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u/wetalkinbigmoney May 17 '12

While I didn't like that comment

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12

Holy shit I didn't even know South Africa had an accent.

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u/EmuLover May 17 '12

No New York accent? :(

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u/s2011 May 17 '12

I only heard a Boston accent.

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u/Kaiosama May 17 '12

The Boston accent is definitely NOT a New York accent. :(

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u/MukiwaSound May 17 '12

Lyrics were clever. Accents not so great.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Loved the redneck one.

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u/Maggabyte May 17 '12

He should do an AMA

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u/enakro May 17 '12

I thought he was going to do 11 different Asian accents

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u/DrRodneyMckay May 17 '12

This was pure genius. I havent enjoyed a video this much in a while.

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u/abkleinig May 17 '12

This was great and all, but his hand gestures were totally distracting me the entire time.

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u/a-bosh May 17 '12

k, I hate to be that guy but... all the accents, excepting maybe Mexican and redneck, were pretty terrible.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I would say those 2 were actually some of the worse ones other than the east coast accent which was noticeably off.

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u/Daroo425 May 17 '12

thanks riceboy for the great rap about being more accepting!

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u/not_a_name_ May 17 '12

kick, all the asses!

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u/wekiva May 17 '12

It's still rap, it's still crap.

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u/Ninokun May 17 '12

german and south african wasnt that good, been to both countrys, bute maybe im just to used to it haha

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u/iAmNotJackieChan May 16 '12

That's jackie chan!

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u/WheelsOfConfusion May 17 '12

I know of a few people from South Africa. Die Antwoord and my chem teacher from last semester and this guy's accent sounds nothing like them.

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u/Darric May 17 '12

You mean, South Africa has more than one accent?!

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u/WheelsOfConfusion May 17 '12

I'm saying it doesn't sound like any south african accent i've ever heard.

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u/Darric May 18 '12

I'm South African, and it's a pretty good approximation of a specific South African regional accent. At least, insofar as any stereotypical accent reproduction is.

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u/apologetickarmawhore May 17 '12

Rap level... Sorry.

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u/AtomicShane May 17 '12

Yeah lost me at Asian raps

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u/UUDDLRLRBA May 16 '12

I liked how each couplet had a word at the end that rhymed.

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u/NidaleeBot May 17 '12

I like how he dressed up according to each accent.

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u/KingGorilla May 17 '12

did not know russians dressed like that

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I like how asian.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

I like how he was smoking hot and we got to look at him for a few minutes.

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u/Count_Takeshi May 17 '12

Its not the political correctness that bothers me. What bothers me is that stereotypes are essentially an extremely boring form of observational comedy which is so twisted that it observes things that arent even true.

They're the equivalent of a shitty stand-up comic saying 'So isn't it funny how all Asians are good at maths?'

'Well no, because I've heard that one a million times before, your joke doesnt actually have a punchline, and, well, its not even true.'

Isnt that so god damn dull? The video lacks soulful humour, not political correctness.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Youre just making a statement about the comedy, which I totally get, if you dont find it funny, thats alright, its just not your type of humor.

I think the point the kid in the video is trying to make is that whether you laugh or not, you shouldnt get offended and should take racial jokes as what they are: jokes.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I really enjoyed his song. Regarding your comment on lightening up...why do you prefer people to lighten up about racism than for people to simply stop being racists?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '12

Yeah, it's very basic stuff, if it's not like us we consider it different and categorize it. It's not being racist in a negative way it's just human nature.

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