I Was Walking By A Black Guy On The Street Passing Out Fliers Wearing Headphones And Rapping Along To Kayne West's "Gold Digger,"

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and he didn't rap the "N" word.

― Old School (sexyDancer), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

Thank you, Chris Farley.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

maybe he bought the censored version?

― JaXoN (jaxon), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Was he doing the "broke, broke" clean version, or did he just fall silent?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

he just fell silent

― Old School (sexyDancer), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

BUT SHE AINT MESSIN WITH NO BROKE SREGGIN

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

What did he say instead? "She ain't messing with no broke suckas?"

"brothers"?

"nuh-uhs"?

"ninjas"?

damn, crossposted

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

crossposted and outroffled

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

sadly true. I am lame

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

I had the song stuck in my head all Saturday and I was singing the chorus over and over again to my friends. And I just left it hanging after the "broke" before starting at the beginning.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

But that means you never got to "go 'head girl, go 'head get down", which is the funnest part to sing!

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

i like to sing the kazoo/saxophone noise at the end

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

doesn't the radio version subsitute a "uh-huh" there? it would be lamer to rap along with that insert than to fall silent

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

Well maybe not the beginning, but I just like "I ain't saying she's a gold digger" and doing the Kanye whiplash dance.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Monday, 3 October 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

The radio version goes "broke uh-broke."

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 3 October 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

Good thing he wasn't singing "Crack Music," then.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 3 October 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Kanye should do the comedy Gwen Stefani "D'oh, I just said a swear!" hand over mouth thing in the video.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 3 October 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

Was Kanye the black guy you passed on the street?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 3 October 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

were you on your way to a kill whitey party?

― reo, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 03:28 (twenty years ago)

I Was Walking By A Black Guy On The Street Passing Out Fliers Wearing Headphones And Rapping Along To Kayne West's "Gold Digger,"

Why were you passing out fliers that were wearing headphones and rapping?

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 03:39 (twenty years ago)

Whoa a real live black guy? The first thing I would've done is run home and posted about it on ILM.

― deej.., Tuesday, 4 October 2005 03:48 (twenty years ago)

Why were you passing out fliers that were wearing headphones and rapping?

Hahahahaahahahahahaaaaa

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

Grammar schooled!

― Old School (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

Isn't that song insiduous? Stealthy -- first couple times its blah but then suddenly you can't stop rapping along in your head.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 15:07 (twenty years ago)

the video does a lot too. his "spasm move" is pretty fun.(about the censor thing in the US I don't really understand how it works : is there a law or something that says you can't use some words in certain contexts ? i'm not talking about "nigger" which has only one meaning, though).

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

Maybe he was listening to the SNL broadcast (which was pretty good, Kayne brought a 20 piece string section that did not suck - also did a funny bit where he runs into a visibly nervous Mike Meyers on the way to the stage).

Anyway, on SNL it sounded like:

I ain't saying she's a gold digga
but she ain't messing with no broke
I ain't saying she's a gold digga
but she ain't messing with no broke
get down girl go 'head get down

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

I really like the radio edit! The way it cuts off and echoes after 'broke', the rhythm's more interesting than when the rhyme is completed.

― cis, Wednesday, 5 October 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

seven months pass...

Having never actually heard this on the radio, and having just heard an MP3 that I believe to be the radio edit, I have to ask: WTF? Is the incredibly irritating version of the song with all kinds of explosions and goofy sound effects and ill-conceived stops and starts really the mix that made this song such a big hit? Really?

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 19 May 2006 12:39 (nineteen years ago)

Whoa a real live black guy? The first thing I would've done is run home and posted about it on ILM.
-- deej.. (rel...), October 4th, 2005.

hahahaha!

― Enrique IX: The Mediator (Enrique), Friday, 19 May 2006 12:44 (nineteen years ago)

Deric, I dont remember any explosions or goofy sound effects, are you sure you don't have the Dr. Demento mix?

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Friday, 19 May 2006 12:51 (nineteen years ago)

Check it out for yourself: "Gold Digger (Deeeeeemented Party Mix)"

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 19 May 2006 13:22 (nineteen years ago)

uh, yeah, that's really obviously taped off the radio from a mix show. a lot of DJs like to drop the Funkmaster Flex-style bomb sounds and sirens, but in general radio stations just played the album version of "Gold Digger" minus the naughty words.

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Friday, 19 May 2006 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

Deric, this version repeats verses and doesn't bleep anything. In what universe would this be a radio edit?

― Dan (Jesus Weeps With Me) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 19 May 2006 13:47 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I noticed the lack of bleeping after re-listening to it. I mostly just overheard it as it was playing in the background the first time, so I missed the obvious lack of anything resembling sound quality, as well.

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 19 May 2006 14:03 (nineteen years ago)

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