One of the funniest things you’ll watch today.
For some reason, throughout the history rap music, there has always been always been a weird relationship between the rapper and the sound engineer.
It happens so regularly that sometimes the two will have a full-blown conversation while the performer is recording a song, and it very often makes the final cut.
And these sketches made by television writer Caitie Delaney perfectly capture the weird phenomenon for exactly what it is: bizarre.
Sometimes it can be a light jovial bit of banter, but sometimes it can be strangely aggressive, like when Fat Joe was extremely displeased because he thought his mic wasn’t on:
https://twitter.com/caitiedelaney/status/1105521970060259328
Or sometimes it can be a polite encounter, like when Eminem calmly informed the team in his studio that he couldn’t hear the snare drum in his headphones:
https://twitter.com/caitiedelaney/status/1105569903245910016
But sometimes they can be downright terrifying, like this Chief Keef rant:
https://twitter.com/caitiedelaney/status/1105577118618943488
Sometimes you just have to let Jay-Z know that you’re not going to be able to “unleash the flutes on ’em”:
https://twitter.com/caitiedelaney/status/1105929722733588480
Finally, she pretends to be in the studio with Kanye West, which is always going to be an experience.
https://twitter.com/caitiedelaney/status/1105700394150223872
Incredible stuff.
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