Top 5 Hip-Hop Crossover Mistakes

By admin
May 12, 2009
5:08 pm

Our greatest disappointment with hip-hop artists, both past and present, is their failure to recognize and embrace their shortcomings. When such an oversight occurs, those artists venture off into side projects that do nothing but provide watercooler fodder and land them on this infamous list. So what exactly is this list? Well, it describes five of hip-hop’s most unfortunate attempts at mainstream appeal. Ro can only hope that their business managers received pink slips in the aftermath of the following debacles. –dewayne rogers

	No. 5 – LL Cool J becomes a children’s book author. LL Cool J can be characterized as a lot of great things, but a children’s book author isn’t one of them. I mean, let’s think about this for a moment. Do you really want a guy whose stage name means, “Ladies Love Cool James,” to be writing books for your kids? Apparently, we weren’t the only one a little put off by this, as his sales were lukewarm at best.
	No. 4 – Lil’ Romeo peddles shoes and snacks. I think it was admirable for Lil’ Romeo to emulate his father’s spirit of entrepreneurship. His products, however, were laughable. Not only did Lil’ Romeo strike a deal with Keds to make a shoe with his shirtless image on it, but he also bought the company Rap Snacks, which made treats like Yung Joc’s Honey Dew Cheese Curls and “Romeo” Back at the Ranch Chips. Don’t worry … we laughed, too.
	No. 3 – The Fat Boys’ film career. While a coworker recently said that he enjoyed watching the Fat Boys in Disorderlies, I’m pretty sure only a handful of people would agree with his assessment. Add to that a theme song for Nightmare on Elm Street 4, where the Boys got a chance to work on their acting skills again, and what you have is another display of three people who had absolutely no business acting.
	No. 2 – 50 Cent releases Magic Stick condoms. Why couldn’t 50 Cent just be satisfied with the success he experienced with Vitamin Water? If he had, then we might have been spared his “Magic Stick” condom partnership with Durex. Not only would I never use a condom inspired by 50 Cent, but I also wouldn’t be caught dead using a condom whose slogan is “BYOP.”
	No. 1 – Ice-T stars in Leprechaun in the Hood. Leprechaun in the Hood is by far the worst hip-hop film ever made. Period. From the name of Ice-T’s character, Mack Daddy O’Nassas, to his regrettably bad dialogue –“I hope you had sex last night, ’cause I’m gonna come over there and I’m gonna cut off your d—,” there was absolutely nothing good about this film. It’s sad to say, but Leprechaun in the Hood actually makes Soul Plane seem Oscar worthy.