Old School Mondays:: 20 Years of Simpsons Edition

In last week's OSM I mentioned how nutty it is that 1990 is now 20 years ago, and it's even more insane that The Simpsons has been on for that entire time. As you might have heard, The Simpsons celebrated their 20th year and 450th show last night, and so I thought I should pay the show a little tribute via OSM. Because although it's been on so long now that it's pretty much ubiquitous, The Simpsons was a must-watch for both the Ack and I for a long, long time. Neither of us have been regular viewers for a while, but there are tons of lines from the show that we still use in our enthralling daily banter.

So then, how to tie hip hop's Golden Age to the Simpsons? Shouldn't be too hard right? After all, the Simpsons launched right in the middle of that storied time, so one would think there would be a bunch of ways to tie them together. Well one would think, but I didn't find many. In fact, the only rappers I could remember being featured on the show were Cypress Hill, on the infamous Homerpalooza episode ("Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins. Homer Simpson, smiling politely." Oh Homer, you big silly!). I thought surely there would be more than this, but Michael Googlé croons otherwise. Well, on the one hand, that isn't much fun, but on the other, I don't think I've ever posted Insane In The Brain Before, and this appears to be as good a time as any. And for good measure, here's another favorite from Black Sunday - When The Shit Goes Down.

Not sure if you caught the mini-documentary thing after the 450th episode last night done by the Supersize Me guy, but they had a section on fanatical Simpson's collectors, which brought to mind another Simpson's collector - Buckshot! Check for the semi-embarrassing video below, but that was enough of a connection for me, and so a little Black Moon was also in order. I know this is a fairly light OSM, but never fear, to wrap things up you can also see a video for a Moby-produced, old school remix of Mr. Plow, which is simultaneously awesome (Mr. Plow!) and not awesome (Moby!). And no, I'm not posting "Do The Bartman", but was I alone in not knowing Michael Jackson ghost-wrote that song? Seems like something I would have heard before now. Anyway, exxxcellent, er rather, enjoy.

MP3:: Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain

MP3:: Cypress Hill - When The Shit Goes Down

MP3:: Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain (Extended Version)

MP3:: Black Moon - Who Got Da Props

VIDEO:: Bart Simpson - Do The Bartman


VIDEO:: Buckshot Joins The Simpson's Cast


VIDEO:: Moby Mr. Plow Hip Hop Remix

Labels: Black Moon, Cypress Hill, Hip Hop, Old School Mondays, The Simpsons