Hey this is Joji and I’m about to see which of these classic pop hits gets my Cosign.
To me, I think pop music is ubiquity.
Everyone's gotta vibe with it, I feel like, to a certain extent.
It's the easiest genre to hit all age ranges.
I wouldn't describe myself as pop, necessarily, but I would say a dirtier, more grittier pop
I would say. Yeah.
No I don’t know this.
Is this Smash Mouth?
Wait, Crazy Town?
I've never heard of Crazy Town.
It sounds appropriate for its time period.
Right on 2000.
It’s like one step before Fort Minor.
His tat stars flew.
Where are they going?
It's the year 2000, so we don't know.
Legend says it still hasn't come down.
Same with Bobby Shmurda's hat.
It's a cool song.
I like the song.
I have not heard it, though, which is weird.
At least they had the balls to come before Fort Minor.
"Rock rap".
I would love to hear this sound again.
Ed Hardy.
Rock rap.
BMWs. Let's do it.
Is the cat like, a AI?
Is he like a Gorillaz thing?
Is the girl the main or is the cat the main?
Okay, the girl is the main.
Who's the lovely lady?
Oh, what the fuck!
You're shitting me.
Oh, man.
Looks great.
I feel silly.
Damn.
After all these years of watching American Idol.
I don't think I've heard this song.
I like the cat.
The cat's pretty cool, too.
He's got a nice flattop going.
Yeah I thought it was very entertaining rapping.
I was hooked.
He was a cat.
That definitely did it.
The girl is definitely, like I know where they got their shit from now.
Oh, okay. I know this song. It's not my favorite.
It's just too bubbly.
I would just go, when it rains, it pours, I would just go the full way and I'd listen
to Bossa Nova when I do this.
It's cool, though.
I’m not going to want to punch any drywall to this.
I’m sure there are plenty of people who would punch drywall to this.
Video’s cool.
She looks like, what’s her name?
Charlize Theron?
Is she in the bottle looking or is she waiting for a bottle to reach the guy so that the
guy can find her while she's still in the bottle?
It does remind me of Romeo + Juliet and movies like that, but even on the other side of the
spectrum, just like cheesy rom-coms.
I could see movies that came slightly before ‘Hitch’ using that shit.
I used to listen to Boyz II Men a lot.
I just didn’t know what they looked like.
I had their Christmas acapella album too where they have a rendition of “This Christmas”
which is super fire.
'91.
Yeah. I love it.
If people came back wearing this today, no problem.
People would be like, "Yup.
All right.
Let's roll with it."
Ed Hardy, though, is a different story.
I listened to Boyz II Men, but like… awkwardly.
From the acapella album that I had, a lot of their...
They were relying on their strengths which is harmonizing with each other.
I definitely picked up stuff from that vocally.
If you're going to call Boyz II Men a boy band, then they would rank at the top in terms
of talent.
There's no doubt about that.
Oh yeah.
It's Britney, bitch.
What the fuck?
I've never seen the video for this.
Yeah!
Oh yeah.
It’s Britney, bitch.
He’s got the torn… you already know what time it is.
Whoa, not the vase!
Oh!
Maybe that’s her manager.
Oh, that's not how you act either, come on.
You have nice things.
You both have nice things.
Don't do that.
Is she bleeding?
No, she's not.
That was her wristband.
Oh, she is bleeding.
Oh, shit.
You shouldn't have thrown that glass.
It got real dark real quick.
What the fuck?
What the fuck!
I've never seen this video!
Why is she doing this?
Dude, is she just trying to like...
Was she trying to scare her prepubescent fans?
Like, what the fuck is this?
That's not okay. Wait.
Huh?
That's fucking dark.
Oh, and so she's the spirit now.
Damn.
Like what kind of video is that man?
What the fuck?
So, did I get Rickrolled?
I guess I did.
I remember when it was popular and everyone was getting Rickrolled and stuff.
Everyone was like, "This song is so stupid."
But it is the hardest song of all time.
I feel like anyone can sing it.
"There's no strangers to love..."
People have described him as the smoothest white boy of all time and I can maybe agree
with that.
Look at those moves!
And he's embracing it too.
He’s not trying to be cool.
He’s just like… doing his little…
I'm glad I get to re-watch this without the context of being tricked or bamboozled.
He's a songwriter now.
I actually would love to hit him up.
I think I did hit him up once, actually.
This is not a joke.
He's probably too busy for me, but I'll hit him up again.
I guess it's the do-do-do-do-do that gets you.
If it started on any other part, it wouldn't be as annoying.
If you listen to it outside of the context of being Rickrolled, it's a lovely song.
If this shit came out today and someone added some 808s, it could smack.
I don't know.
Paula Abdul's video was cool because the animated cat.
Space Jam.
Crazy Town, that got a little wavy.
The Cardigans.
That's the only song I've heard by them.
Boyz II Men? Of course.
That was lovely to hear.
Lovely to see.
I like Britney Spears.
I did listen to Britney Spears.
That was probably a better example.
I listened to some Britney Spears when I was younger.
Why not?
“Toxic” is pretty fire.
We should appreciate Britney a lot more.
Out of all the videos that I saw, the artist that gets my cosign is...
Obviously it'd be Britney because it's Britney, bitch.
What else am I supposed to say?
It's Britney, bitch.
It’s fucking Britney Spears.
I’m not going to wear it personally, but I think Ed Hardy is what’s going to come
back next. Yeah.