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Things That Are More Real Hip-Hop than Papoose's New Video for "Real Hip-Hop"

Including Young Thug, Rap Snacks, the time Papoose got a haircut while still wearing a hat, and French Montana's monkey.

Leave it to self-proclaimed "King of New York" Papoose, DJ Khaled's up north protein powder connect Vado, and Ransom, AKA the dude who lied about having ghostwritten for Nicki Minaj a while back, to join forces like a triumvirate of wet farts to release a song called "Real Hip-Hop." Because the world knows that if there's one thing that hip-hop needs, it's saving, and the only way to save it is by rapping shitty punchlines over reject Slaughterhouse beats.

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Nah but seriously, songs like "Real Hip-Hop" remind me of that one Onion article about real people who were concerned about the direction hip-hop might be headed in. Hip-Hop isn't a baby; it's been around since 1968. It can take care of itself at this point. It's not supposed to be stodgy or conservative, either. The realest hip-hop shit pretty much always results when dudes act however the fuck they want, whether that means being innovative, goofy as hell, or by paying homage to the past. Here is a list of things that are more real hip-hop than a song by Papoose, Vado, and Ransom called "Real Hip-Hop."

—Freddie Gibbs and Madlib making an album together

—Young Thug rapping better than everybody else out while wearing shirts that look like dresses

—RatKing engaging in conversation with the history of New York hip-hop rather than just mindlessly repeating it

Tyga's Instagram

—French Montana buying a monkey

—French Montana dating a Kardashian.

—Honestly, pretty much anything French Montana does

—The Adventures of Kid Mero

Desus vs. Mero

—The new Future/Andre 3000 song

—Lil Durk making stadium-ready music just for the fuck of it

—This video of 2 Chainz riding a Segway

NYMag.com going down for like six hours yesterday

Tink working with Timbaland

Rap Snacks

—100s bringing the funk back.

—The #StayWoke tag on Twitter

—Air Guitar

—Lists

—That one time when Papoose got a haircut while still wearing his leather baseball cap

—This crazy-ass Ying Yang Twins remix

—Arguing about music on the internet

It is Drew Millard's birthday. He's on Twitter - @drewmillard