Rollin' In My Hoopty - 7 Funny Car Rap Videos

There's a long precedent of rappers referencing cars in their songs.  It's part of the baller lifestyle: huge house, lots of skeezy women, and a gold-plated Range Rover with 38" gold-plated wheels.  Since rap these days is all about conspicuous consumption, it's part and parcel.

First up, is our own Team Car Throttle production. And it features a Peugeot 308 GT. You might not think it's a cool rappers car (it isn't), but hell, if it keeps four mean thugs off the street...

"We be lookin' so fly, haters gon' hate, when we cruisin' round in our 308"

As much as we like seeing Jay-Z and Kanye cut the doors off a Maybach, weld sheet metal fenders on it, and drift it around an industrial parking lot, there's something amusing about local rappers laying down a track about... their Volvo.  Awww, hell yeah son!

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The above video is by Seattle-area rapper Grynch, and I actually kinda like the song.  I mean, not just because I'm partial to ancient Volvo station wagons - it's a pretty good song.  I like the shot of the Bentley Continental GT pulling away and the camera panning back to the Volvo. See if "Tank on empty, whippin' my mama's Volvo" doesn't get stuck in your head.

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This one's definitely not safe for work; you've been warned.  How you can make a gangster-rap video about a W201 190-class Benz is beyond me - these guys have a great sense of humor.  No points for technical accuracy, though:  in the first verse they're talking about the car smelling like burgers and french fries, cause they keep grease in the tank - like it's a 190D converted to veggie oil.  Later they're talking about a twin-turbo 3.0L, but the car's clearly a 190E 4-cylinder gas with some AMG wheels.  Still, hilariously offensive.

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Alright, how about a rap video dedicated entirely to Nissan's S13-chassis cars?  You know - 240SX, 180SX, 200SX, Silvia.  Mostly about drifting and bass and riding low, but still pretty funny.  Notice the grey car with the "Akina Speed Stars" logo on the fender?  Initial D reference!

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Awesome from the first line: "Aww shit, is that an NSX rolling on some 18 inch TE37's?"  An entire song devoted to modified Hondas!  It's so funny you'll get a headache.  "Stand back jack, car's sicker than Anthrax.  And it's a damn fact underneath the hood there's dual camshafts, and the cam's packed hooked up with them VTEC lobes, whoopin' the shit out of your little riced-out weak-ass Probes."  I just died.  A classic among the Honda community.

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Let's be honest, one Honda song is enough.  This is terrible, see how far you can get through "The VTEC song."

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A rapper bragging about how stock his '91 Buick Park Avenue is?  Golden.  "You know I'm reppin' 15's.  The hater's always ragging cause the headliner's sagging, but you know I'm always swaggin' in my ghetto G-wagon."  Points for creativity!

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Alright, we've got a winner here: "Rollin' in my Prius" by Casual Mafia.  Anyone with the balls to make this video deserves some respect.  "When I lost it all in the Maddof Scheme, the market sank, they repossessed my Beem, I thought 'what can I do?  Have I lost my game?' And now my cru-cru-cruisin' in the car pool lane!"  Hey, you won't ever see me hit "E" with my MPG's!

What's your favorite?  Did I miss a funny car rap video?  Comment box below!