Incredibad

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By the time <i>Incredibad</i> came out in February 2009, comedy troupe The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer) were already famous: Their digital shorts on <i>Saturday Night Live</i> (“Lazy Sunday,” “D**k in a Box,” “I’m On a Boat,” “Like a Boss”) were among the first viral videos to be given the name and set standards for the bridging of old and new media—a template that feels familiar now but in 2005 was unprecedented. In that sense, <i>Incredibad</i> could’ve easily been an afterthought or easy cash-in. Instead, it was arguably the definitive piece of musical comedy of its time, an album that didn’t just mock its source material but emulated it, delivering full-blooded send-ups of hip-hop that actually <i>felt</i> like hip-hop. That they collaborated with real musicians—Justin Timberlake, T-Pain, Norah Jone, E-40—didn’t hurt either, nor did the fact that they showed genuine deference toward the art of rapping. Here were three mild-mannered college-town white boys approaching rap not from a place of condescension or entitlement, but love. Put another way, <i>Incredibad</i> wasn’t just parody—it was tribute. .

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