Dopo le similitudini tra rapper e cartoni animati e beatmakers e mondo del basket, arriviamo al rapporto con la tecnologia. E lo spunto ci è offerto da quelli di Gizmodo che hanno pensato bene di raccogliere tutte le Best Tech References in Rap in ordine alfabetico. Noi ve ne proponiamo una scrematura.
Blackberry
Kanye West: I’m In It
Damn your lips very soft
As I turn my Blackberry off
And I turn your bath water on
And you turn off
Danny Brown: DNA
Bitches swimming topless in Chlorine off morphine
Emails on iPads don’t answer when phone rings
Kid Cudi: Make Her Say
Down, down for a damn, Cudi already said it
Her poker Facebook, I’d already read it
Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj: Dance (Ass) Remix
Only time you on the net is when you Google my ass
Kanye West – Blood on the Leaves
She Instagram herself like #badbitchalert
He instagram his watch like #madrichalert
Nas: Daughters
Said she don’t know what got inside this child’s mind, she planted
A box of condoms on her dresser then she Instagrammed it
iPad
Rick Ross: Fuck ‘em
iPhone and iPad, Air Max, and my gat
Left hand got ten bands; back pocket, four stacks
iPod
Jay Z: The Prelude
Befo’ Steve Jobs made the iPod
Was gettin’ head jobs, we call that intimate
Kanye West: So Appalled
If God had a iPod, I’d be on his playlist
My phrases amazes the faces in places
iPhone
Rick Ross: 9 Piece
I’m smoking dope, I’m on my cell phone
I’m selling dope, straight off the iPhone
iTunes
Jay Z: DOA
This is anti-auto-tune, death of the ringtone,
This ain’t for iTunes, this ain’t for sing-alongs
MySpace
Clipse: Keys Open Doors
At you make believe rappers I smile! HA!
Canal Streeting my style, like you internet sharing my files
You MySpace n****s
Nintendo
Notorious B.IG.: Juicy
Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis
When I was dead broke man I couldn’t picture this
Nokia
Jay Z: Girls, Girls, Girls
You remind me of my Jeep, but not no Kia
We can talk on my cell, but not Nokia
Siri
The-Dream feat. 2 Chainz and Beyonce: Turnt
Turnt up, all the way to the ceiling
Burnt up, till you ain’t got no feeling
On my phone, like Siri,
Talkin bout you gon kill it
Jay Z: Tom Ford
Fuck hashtags and retweets,
140 characters in these streets
Zuckerberg
G.O.O.D. Music: The Morning
Love us or not, the Mark Zuckerbergs of the Block,
Hug a knot, staying rich, we was built for the guap
