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village voice music Mimss "This Is Why Im Hot": A Graphical...

burkinaboy rated 18 months ago
This is why "This Is Why I'm Hot" is hot: Because it's hot. There are of course other reasons the breakout single from Mims, a Washington Heights rapper who intends to carry New York hip-hop on his back and restore us to glory, is hot. It ascended to number one on Billboard&#...

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unipsyko1 rated 13 months ago
A fantastic analysis of the song this is why im hot.
yervel rated 15 months ago
The most amazing line in "This Is Why I'm Hot"--and, even at this early a juncture, quite possibly the most amazing line of any song to see release in 2007--is "I'm hot 'cause I'm fly/You ain't 'cause you not." Brutal and unassailable in its simplicity. Consider the reasoning, first, of just "I'm hot 'cause I'm fly":
burkinaboy rated 18 months ago
This is why "This Is Why I'm Hot" is hot: Because it's hot. There are of course other reasons the breakout single from Mims, a Washington Heights rapper who intends to carry New York hip-hop on his back and restore us to glory, is hot. It ascended to number one on Billboard's Hot 100, for example, and topped iTunes' singles chart as well. But consider these other, purer, more intangible reasons why it's hot, best explained by Mims himself over the course of the song. Where appropriate, we will back him up with visual aids.
Mistofles rated 19 months ago
This is pretty brilliant. The diagrams are the best part.