We're late getting to this, but... Now that it's out on DVD, I'm watching the first season of Flight of the Conchords, the hilarious HBO series about two witless Kiwi folk musicians trying to make it in New York. If you haven't seen it, do. Or check out the band's parody music videos on YouTube or tonight's Fresh Air rerun of Terry Gross' interview with Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie (co-creators of the best band in the whole wide room.)
Here's their foray into hip-hop as Rhymenocerous and Hiphopopotamus ("They call me the Hiphopopotamus / Flows that glow like phosphorous / Poppin' off the top of this esophagus / Rockin' this metropolis"):
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