New Old Jamz! Nobody beats the Wiz!

Like other rave/hip-hop classics before it (think Outkast's "B.O.B."), Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa's Alice Deejay sampling "Say Yeah" is super rad precisely because of how well it turns everything working against it back around into a perfect track that makes ravers and MC's alike wonder why the hell it hasn't been done before.

When you think about it, there's more in common with the respective cultures than anybody from either camp is probably willing to admit. Both have fanatic niche sects within them- like hyphy kids and jungle kids. Both adopt fashions that are at times downright cartoonish- like grillz and ski goggles. Both have elder statesmen that nobody listens to- like Russell Simmons and Moby. And that's to say nothing of how much both lurrrve cough syrup. This song rules.

Wiz Khalifa "Say Yeah"

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