A song so awful it hurts the mind. - By Hua Hsu - Slate Magazine: "Consider the Los Angeles hip-hop quartet the Black Eyed Peas. Their current single, 'My Humps,' is one of the most popular hit singles in history. It is also proof that a song can be so bad as to veer toward evil."
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(I think it goes a bit deeper. There's certainly a positive aspect of not taking yourself seriously - this song can be seen as a parody of R&B's values. Certainly the lampooning videos on the web highlight this aspect, like this example:
But still, the song is quite terrible. It's even more terrible that there is no video of a female Quasimodo doing this song. That is something I might have to rectify.)
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