Chamillionaire give Al mad props!
If you’re a parody artist, you don’t get much better praise than this, as reported in USA Today:
Ridin’ sold more than 4 million ringtones and sparked Weird Al Yankovic’s White & Nerdy. [..] “That parody was the reason I won the Grammy, because it made the record so big it was undeniable,” he says. “It was so big overseas that people were telling me they had heard my version of Weird Al’s song.”
Whoa!! Read that again. He credits Al as the reason he won a Grammy! Go Chamillionaire! Go Al! Chamillionaire’s new profanity-free album, Ultimate Victory, comes out this Tuesday.
September 17th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
What an @$$ Kisser! Pucker those lips up.
September 17th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
I think it’s great that he said that. I think he was being sincere. Btw, the bonus? Chamillionaire is 27 years old.
September 17th, 2007 at 05:08 pm
Hey, at least somebody is appreciating Al today. AOL.com said this about the Emmy Awards set:
Merry Go-Round? About that theater-in-the-round set-up … we actually kinda dug it, as a one-time novelty thing. It felt more interactive, and kept the celebs on their toes, since they never knew when Seacrest might have the camera pan in on them. Then again, it also reminded us of the place we saw Weird Al Yankovic in Long Island last summer, so we’ll leave the final judgment up to you as to whether or not that’s a good thing.
Man, are they HARSH!
September 18th, 2007 at 06:27 am
That’s great. And true. I didn’t know who Chamillionaire was and now have the song Ridin’
September 19th, 2007 at 12:50 am
Atlantic records exec: uh…we goofed.
May 10th, 2008 at 05:05 pm
It’s really great. It’s not ass-kissin’. It’s being a brother on the other side of the division. Being the player, he knows that Al’s song is a credit to what he’s done and Visa-Versa. That’s a strength. That’s real.
April 14th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
like brandon says, its like a flip side. people hear the wierd al song, theyre going to go check out the original. and without the original, wierd al wouldnt have something to parody. its the case of scratching each others back. if i were a big rock/rap/country/whatever star i would be honored to have him parody my work. somewhere i saw, but i cant find it, a clip where chamillionaire actually said that wierd al is a good rapper. i think he is an all around musician, he does it all!