What's My Name?

File it under guilty pleasures I guess but I like Mike Jones (WHO!?! MIKE JONES!). Matt Perpetua over at Fluxblog apparently agrees with me and asks a great question along with posting an MP3 of Cuttin'.

Is there another artist in contemporary pop music who is as consistently on-message as Mike Jones? Every lyric on Who Is Mike Jones reiterates one of maybe ten key talking points:

1) His name is Mike Jones (MIKE JONES!!!)
2) The name of his album is Who Is Mike Jones?
3) His cell phone number is/was 281-330-8004, you can feel free to call him.
4) He's about to become a superstar.
5) Formerly disinterested women want to get with him now that he is famous.
6) As a result, he does not trust scandalous hoes.

However, he does enjoy the following:
7) Swanging.
8) Woodgrain steering wheels.
9) Purple drank.
10) Princess cut diamonds.

If this rap thing doesn't work out for him I am sure he could get a cushy job as the communications director for a certain Republican president.

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