Granite State of Mind - Jay Z Parody
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Tom Rankin
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That's pretty cool! But it does have 1 slightly racist comment about 3/4 of the way thru...
dentonfabrics
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hilarious!!
What's that you say? Racist comments in a rap song? Unpossible!
What's that you say? Racist comments in a rap song? Unpossible!
Darl58
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Growing up In Conway...it's a riot!! 
I love it, and lots of cool pics!
Especially love how he tells people the proper way to say the Kanc!!!
Racist......, but growing up in Conway, it was fact.....lets just say things have changed over the years from what it used to be! In a good way!
I love it, and lots of cool pics!
Especially love how he tells people the proper way to say the Kanc!!!
Racist......, but growing up in Conway, it was fact.....lets just say things have changed over the years from what it used to be! In a good way!
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Did I miss something? There's a single ironic reference to the very pale complexion of NH, which caused me to smile in recognition, not to perceive any racist intent. Unless I did actually miss something else, I think this is one excellent video. With the deletion of that single reference, it is entirely suited to tourism promotion.
Tom Rankin
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I think it says something around 3:00 to the effect that he does not know any Hispanics and only 1 black person. It's not a terrible line, perhaps just a fact.
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That's the reference I was alluding to. I see it as ironic and not racist within the context of characterizing NH and how the speaker said it.
Darl58
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It is fact for Conway...Growing up there we had one black student in the 10th Grade in kennett high and no other ethnic races that I can recall...that was in the 70's...
Things have changed a lot in the Valley.
chomp
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Agreed - this isn't anywhere near racist. Its not like the guy said he only WANTED one black friend. And the video is indeed hilarious. Even better is the one they did called "Realistic Love Song".
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Blue
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Putting "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" into rap is pure genius.
They should have mentioned Dartmouth and the presidential primary, and cut the reference to cow tipping - but overall it is very good
They should have mentioned Dartmouth and the presidential primary, and cut the reference to cow tipping - but overall it is very good
David Metsky
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There was an aerial shot of the Dartmouth campus near the end, so I'm cool with it.
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Blue - I think the Robert Frost poem might have been my favorite part. I find myself quoting those words at least once whenever I'm in the woods. It doesn't even need to be winter. I loved the piece and wonder if we have a new state song heading to Concord?
SteveHiker
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Yeah but...
No Fritz?!?
No Fritz?!?
David Metsky
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At least we had Al Kaprielian.
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How many 4Ks are mentioned? How many non-4Ks?
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Play it backwards and it says, "The Old Man is dead."
"It's like old Hampshire, but it's new...." Too funny! That was a well produced video. Loved the "plow guy" on the mini piano... Also, I would have never imagined putting Frost to rap, but they made it work...
Also loved the Al Kaprielain reference!
As for the for the cow tipping reference, that is more of a myth than reality. The physics behind it make it almost impossible for a single human to do that. Doug Paul???
Also loved the Al Kaprielain reference!
As for the for the cow tipping reference, that is more of a myth than reality. The physics behind it make it almost impossible for a single human to do that. Doug Paul???
As for the for the cow tipping reference, that is more of a myth than reality. The physics behind it make it almost impossible for a single human to do that. Doug Paul???
I grew up in a college town with lot of cows and drunk students (Durham, NH) and heard this urban legend repeatedly, but it is total bs. However, cows can certainly tip over humans.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/feb/05/man-tipped-cow-ut-farm/
DougPaul
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Who me? I don't know nuttin' about cow tipping.As for the for the cow tipping reference, that is more of a myth than reality. The physics behind it make it almost impossible for a single human to do that. Doug Paul???
However, wikipedia thinks it knows something: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_tipping.
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