“…he has no particular animus against hos.”
Hilarious bit from East Bay Express’s culture expert, Rachel Swan, on local rapper Erk tha Jerk (her favorite artist dubbed ‘something-tha-something’):
“Erk specializes in sardonic material. His other big hit, rapped over a sample from soul band Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, is about resisting the vices and temptations to which other rappers succumb — most notably, hos. The song, appropriately enough, is called “Don’t Need ‘Em,” and the lyrics are pretty mean-spirited (I treat ‘em all like, like I don’t need ‘em, like/Even when they right there, I still don’t see ‘em), but the context is obviously a parody. In the “Don’t Need ‘Em” the video Erk wakes up, brushes his teeth, pours himself a bowl of cornflakes, walks out the house with said bowl of cornflakes and a backpack slung over one shoulder, and suddenly enters a world of young, beautiful women who are all out to get him. The women loiter on his porch, follow him to the down the block, and make lurid, seductive poses. He gives one of them the cornflakes, but otherwise seems oblivious to their presence.
As Erk explained, “If I chose hos over money, I would be stupid.” He assured that he has no particular animus against hos. “If there was pile of money, and a pile of hos, you would have to pick the money. You know what I’m sayin’?”“
