NOW THAT'S QUALITY SCHOOL-THEMED HIP-HOP

by Orson on Sep 15, 2009 2:32 PM EDT

School: Oklahoma. Not the first school you might think of when you consider the topic of rap music, but not without its moments in the history of the genre.

Theme: Boomer, the OU mascot, falls asleep in the library and has a fantasy about the ice cream paint job applied to the Sooner Schooner. This is entirely plausible for several reasons. First, a covered wagon is still used as a form of transportation in many hamlets and villages in Oklahoma, and would thus be coveted by both people and the horses residents let ride in the front seats. Second, sleeping in the libraries in Norman has been a tradition ever since the days of Barry Switzer, who would send his starting lineup to sleep there in lieu of playing a futile second half against an opponent they'd already beaten by fifty in a half.

It's the little things, really: The "ice cream" gesture the dancers make; the literal "check" mark the Rufneks and Boomer make on a yellow legal pad during the verse's checklist; the rim hung off Boomer's neck like a Flavor Flav clock-alace. We also never noticed before what beautiful blue eyes Boomer has. He's like the Alexander Skarsgard of mascots, only with hooves.

Points deducted for: Boomer being a traitor to his species by driving two horses at the reins of the wagon. Bad form, really. Additional points removed for covering up those entrancing baby blues, too. They're really Boomer's best feature.

Overall rating: 8/10. Well done, Sooners. If this gets big enough the streets of Norman will be flooded with donked-out Conestoga Wagons. (Well, you know. More than usual.)

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That was a lobbying attempt to secure votes for Boomer based on a commercial campaign?!

Damn I love college football! Even the campy shit. I truly love it.

by tzubear on Sep 15, 2009 2:51 PM EDT reply actions

Horseface lost all credibility by not having a Sprewell around his neck.

by NewAZTiger on Sep 15, 2009 3:06 PM EDT reply actions

Notice the t-shirt on the kid at the beginning: “If you can’t beat us on the field, beat us off.” You stay classy, Oklahoma.

by Cubehead on Sep 15, 2009 3:26 PM EDT reply actions

That video is better than anything Taylor Swift has ever done.

by Kanye West on Sep 15, 2009 3:36 PM EDT reply actions

Willing suspension of disbelief is one thing . . . imagining a library at OU is quite another.

by allaha on Sep 15, 2009 3:55 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed #5…that looked like a dining hall to me. And I was creeped out by the fact that apparently Boomer sleeps with his eyes open…and dances like a girl.

The rim-lace was top notch though.

by zzgator on Sep 15, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

Its a dining area in the Student Union

by Sooner on Sep 15, 2009 4:39 PM EDT reply actions

Who knew Oklahoma and Memphis had the same shirt designer?

by commodore_dude on Sep 15, 2009 5:17 PM EDT reply actions

Thank you for this. It’s especially prescient as I spending this week in OKC for work.
Apparently people around here don’t take nicely to being reminded 24-14.
Or that Gresham is out for the year.
Or Bradford is injured and out of the Heisman race.

It’s hate week for me and no one around here seems to hate tenessee or care that I do.

by Boozy McHound on Sep 15, 2009 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

My God, that almost made the horsepigs seem….cool.

by Soonertruth on Sep 15, 2009 5:59 PM EDT reply actions

Rapping about covered wagons —> acceptable marketing campaign for an online contest.

Rapping about guns —> revoked scholarship and transfer to Troy State.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB9btJr4uTc
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20090814/SPORTS0404/908140307/1002/rss03

And the “Beat Us Off” shirt counts as sparkling wit compared to some of the shirts I’ve seen at games. We can’t all be as irrepressibly polite as BYU fans.

by westbrooke on Sep 15, 2009 6:31 PM EDT reply actions

Bravo my poorly educated brothern across the Red River. Comedy gold.

by Orson's love slave on Sep 16, 2009 9:54 AM EDT reply actions

@11 I could only understand every 4th word of Jarboe’s wrap, so more likely it was the “act in furtherance of” the gun rap that was the straw that broke the camel’s back and sent him packing to Troy.

by diamondm on Sep 16, 2009 10:03 AM EDT reply actions