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Weird Al Yankovic – “Whatever You Like” (T.I. Parody)
Music comedy genius Weird Al Yankovic has added T.I.’s “Whatever You Like,” which happens to be sitting atop Billboard Hot 100 as we speak, to his long list of parodies. Al says he whipped this one up in a hurry, but it clearly sounds like the idea had been simmering for a while.
From Weird Al’s Myspace blog:
“My new single -– which is being released on iTunes tomorrow -– is a parody of T.I.’s smash hit “Whatever You Like.” The T.I. song has been number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 5 weeks now – and this will in fact mark the first time in my career that I’ve been able to release a parody while the original song was still number 1.
Big thanks go out to T.I and his manager for their support – not only was he nice enough to give me his permission and blessing for this parody, but he responded so quickly that I was able to make everything happen insanely fast. In less than a two week period – seriously – I was able to come up with an idea for the song, get legal permission for the song, write the song, record the song, mix the song, master the song, upload the song to my label and deliver the song to iTunes. Talk about instant gratification!”
The concept is utterly hilarious, but it’s not as creative as Al’s last hip-hop parody, “White & Nerdy.” I’ll probably change my mind after seeing the inevitable parody video. Al’s videos always seem to enhance the comedic value of his songs.
