Android rap shows the G1 love, gives Google some street cred

We really, really like where this is going. First came the Zune puppet rap vid, followed by the equally astounding Large Hadron Collider joint. Now, we've got a video for all you G1 pre-orderers that's sure to get your noggin' bobbin' as you patiently await the arrival of Android. And just as any true rap should, it unashamedly bashes the iPhone, Instinct and most every other "rival" on the market today. The best 3 minutes and 56 seconds of your day are about to occur -- click on past the break and get it going. Word?

[Via Phandroid, thanks Rob]

[lorddshadow @ Oct 21st 2008 12:06AM]

hey guys sorry for the irrelevance but how do you change your avatar? i can't find the login thing on my profile. thanks.

[Reader @ Oct 21st 2008 12:16AM]

Honestly, I don't know for you. Clicking on your name says 'no profile found'.

[fistpittingnork @ Oct 21st 2008 1:02AM]

HE'S DWARKSIDED!

[GON @ Oct 21st 2008 1:16AM]

You probably need to email the staff and confirm that it's you, that way you'll become a returning user rather than a new reader.

[lorddshadow @ Oct 21st 2008 5:52PM]

i've been commenting for a long while not just recently so...yeah...

[CraigJ @ Oct 21st 2008 12:07AM]

Fo' Shizzle

[kasmiur @ Oct 21st 2008 1:41AM]

so far excellent phone.. too bad not many aps in the market. One of the reasons I bought early was due to free apps in the begining to save a bit of cash.

[JG @ Oct 21st 2008 12:24AM]

snap!

[Eddy @ Oct 21st 2008 12:21AM]

Ahhhh, I'm totally posting from my new G1. On the 20th!!!

[oakie @ Oct 21st 2008 12:46AM]

same here.

and damn the keyboard sucks. i'm returning mine tomorrow before they're even officially released.


worst. keyboard. ever.

[Jon Graft @ Oct 21st 2008 1:53AM]

Care to explain why the keyboard is so bad?

[who? @ Oct 21st 2008 2:23AM]

At least there's a 'b' button.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/apples-new-macbook-is-mm-mm-goo/

[oakie @ Oct 21st 2008 4:05AM]

the buttons are nearly flush with the backplate, they have no discernable "click" when pressed, and if you have small thumbs like i, it's difficult to reach some buttons due to the "chin".

and if you try to stretch it too much, you'll inadvertantly rub the trackball which then moves the highlighted textbox, forcing you to start all over again in some cases.

the OS is very nice, tho it could use just a little bit of polish to be truly "consumer friendly", but for anyone used to WinMo, you'll make the transition really, really easily. the browser is also, dare i say it, as good if not better than the iPhone browser, if only because it's aided by hardware keys to navigate instead of 1/4 chiclet sized icons.

i wish HTC had used a keyboard more like their previous offerings rather than this sidekick ripoff. this device could/should have been so much more, IMO.

[oakie @ Oct 21st 2008 4:13AM]

one more thing... T-Mobile's 3g data network is quite snappy!

i love the OS, and i enjoy the upper 4/5's of the handset. if they had lost the "chin", the keyboard would be a bit more tolerable as is... it really should have been "chinless", with the send and end keys integrated into the dialer, with just 3 hardware buttons along the bottom frame of the screen for home, back, and menu.

because other than a second way to open the dialer, the send key is useless. the end key is even more useless as all it does is turn off the screen.

[gene @ Oct 21st 2008 12:24AM]

Rap? Yes. Google street cred? No.

[Muhammad-Oli @ Oct 21st 2008 9:13AM]

Yeah and what's with the dying whale in the background the whole song?

[o29 @ Oct 21st 2008 12:24AM]

Oh snap!

(que many more poorly realized imitations of hip-hop dialect in 3, 2...)

[kr @ Oct 21st 2008 12:26AM]

Sadly, that was actually the best 3 minutes and 56 seconds of my life today.

[o29 @ Oct 21st 2008 12:32AM]

I agree. It was the best clip I've seen all day in my life.

[mick @ Oct 21st 2008 12:34AM]

i played a hour long 60 person online split screen resistance 2 beta today(153 for 26 oh yea) and this comes second to that

[o29 @ Oct 21st 2008 1:43AM]

Oh, seems I kind of misread your comment.

My b.

[who? @ Oct 21st 2008 2:32AM]

This was the best part of this second of this minute of this hour of this day of this week of this month of this year of this life.

[iEye @ Oct 21st 2008 12:33AM]

Oh please,
at $199 the iPhone is a steal,
I kicked the G1 with my heel
G1 is just an immitator,
iPhone's the true innovator,
iPhone' got the chrome,
G1 go home!

uhg, I just lost a few brain cells typing that...

[kr @ Oct 21st 2008 12:35AM]

Fuck off.

[lowdef @ Oct 21st 2008 12:39AM]

OH MY GOD

RACE TO LOW RANK iEYE IS GOOOOOOO

[klew @ Oct 21st 2008 12:43AM]

You mean Google has Chrome.

[lowdef @ Oct 21st 2008 12:44AM]

and i thought you didnt have any brain cells to lose...

[Tejas @ Oct 21st 2008 1:13AM]

wooo hooooo!

iEye goes "Aye Aye"... for Apple...! :-P

[collegekid13 @ Oct 21st 2008 1:16AM]

as much as i hate iEye thats the best thing hes posted yet. creative

[Jon Nelson @ Oct 21st 2008 1:29AM]

I seriously think he's a glutton for punishment. He must get off on being low-ranked.

Not to mention his "rapping" straight blooows. I hear better rhymes from kindergartners.

[kyle allen @ Oct 21st 2008 1:50AM]

i hear better rimes from flashpoint... its still better than soldier boy

[Jon Nelson @ Oct 21st 2008 1:50AM]

@ collegekid13

Are you fucking KIDDING ME?!

You seriously think that's CREATIVE?!

You must attend a clown college.

[DBrim @ Oct 21st 2008 2:11AM]

Clown College? You can't eat that.

That advertisement had no effect on me whatsoever.

[Poom @ Oct 21st 2008 2:14AM]

ughhhhh Can someone ban iEye already???

[Esat Dedezade @ Oct 21st 2008 7:47AM]

Sadly that is actually the most thought he has put in to a comment out of all of his other comments... Makes you weep doesn't it?

[Tejas @ Oct 21st 2008 4:29PM]

Just in case no one picked it up... I was being sarcastic........... geez! :-P

[Eric @ Oct 21st 2008 12:44AM]

Posting from my g1 2 days early hell yes

[Rollins @ Oct 21st 2008 12:51AM]

I feel so black now.

[cwj @ Oct 21st 2008 11:19AM]

Don't worry, white should be available by December 25th.

[Doug @ Oct 21st 2008 4:18AM]

OMG ZIIING!

[Valicore @ Oct 21st 2008 1:39AM]

Actually I thought that was pretty GD good for a fan rap. Hail to the android forum dude. Especially for the Android Bot's voice with a Midwestern accent.

[dave lemke @ Oct 21st 2008 2:18AM]

If Miss Muffy and the Muffin Mob ever went corporate ... and stopped swearing, they would have written this rhyme.

[qrius @ Oct 21st 2008 2:49AM]

that was dope!

[unicore @ Oct 21st 2008 3:10AM]

3:57 well spent.

[Eric @ Oct 21st 2008 4:06AM]

The G1 looks to me like a 3rd gen ipod photo with an FM tuner clamped on the bottom.... nice idea just a little short on the R/D for the actual phone. Turns off the ringer in the theater though, thats neat

[RadicalxEdward @ Oct 21st 2008 9:03AM]

Haha! I love the crack at Palin's yahoo account! lol. (^_^)

[Don Corleone @ Oct 21st 2008 9:39AM]

Totally gay. And I bet it's built to last about three months.

[Valicore @ Oct 21st 2008 10:39AM]

God, middle schoolers again."That's gay, you're gay, this class is gay, gay gay gay." And any real mafia or 'ndragheta associate/don would have more respect than you :p

[Matt G @ Oct 21st 2008 10:42AM]

Liked the rap.

Like the phone a lot too, won't be available in my area due to lack of T-Mob 3G. Oh well, guess I'm going iPhone :-/

[me @ Oct 21st 2008 12:24PM]

I got my G1 yesterday and its amazing. The iPhone is sexy and all, but besides that, does anyone really have any valid reasons why it's 'better' than the G1? (keeping in mind that the small keyboard is better than an onscreen keyboard)