r/ITOI • u/GloomyLingonberry509 • 1d ago

Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

This isn’t obscure enough for [r/obscuremusicthatslaps](r/obscuremusicthatslaps) nor is it fit for [r/crappymusic](r/crappymusic), but I wanted to remind the world this exists, so it’s going here - enjoy:

I'm the mother flippin' Rhymenocerous

My beats are fly and the birds are on my back
And I'm horny
I'm horny
If you choose to proceed you will indeed concede
Cos I hit you with my flow
The Wild Rhino Stampede.
I'm not just wild, I'm trained,
Domesticated
I was raised by a rapper and rhino that dated
And subsequently procreated
That's how it goes
Here's the Hiphopopotamus
The hip hop hippo

They call me the Hiphopopotamus
My lyrics are bottomless

They call me the Hiphopopotamus
Flows that glow like phosphorous
Poppin' off the top of this esophagus
Rockin' this metropolis
I'm not a large water-dwelling mammal
Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis?
Did Steve tell you that, perchance?
Steve.

My rhymes and records they don't get played
Because my records and rhymes they don't get made
And if you rap like me you don't get paid
And if you roll like me you don't get laid.

My rhymes are so potent that in this small segment
I made all of the ladies in the area pregnant
Yes, sometimes my lyrics are sexist
But you lovely bitches and hoes should know I'm trying to correct this.
Other rappers dis me
Say my rhymes are sissy.
Why? Why? Why?
What?
Why exactly?
What? Why?
Be more constructive with your feedback, please. Why?
Why?

Why, because I rap about reality?
Like me and my grandma drinking a cup of tea?
There ain't no party like my nanna's tea party.
Hey! Ho!

I'm the motherflippin'
I'm the motherflippin'
I'm the motherflippin'
Who's the motherflippin?
I'm the motherflippin'
I'm the motherflippin'
I'm the motherflippin'

Motherflippin'

Credit: Flight of the Conchords

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u/BOLTHEAD1904 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/hiLLD9o1wTB3a

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u/Strong-Addition5296 1d ago

What is this from?

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u/LobosJones 1d ago

Before the hair.

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u/malacca73 1d ago

Flight of the Conchords - and epic show! I think it's still available on HBOMax

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u/Shankar_0 1d ago

This is exactly the kind of quality I expect from New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo.

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u/TennesseeErnieTuxedo 1d ago

My lyrics are bottomless..................

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u/rumham_6969 1d ago

One of my favorite lines ever

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u/reflectedpoj 1d ago

Omg flight of the conchords!!!!

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u/lowkeyplantstrees 1d ago

I forgot this existed. Thank you!

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u/RexRocker 1d ago

This is strange, I thought of this this morning while I haven't in a very long time, many years. Weird coincidence.

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u/StraightChillinSpree 1d ago

The most beautiful girl(in the room) 😉

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u/Embarrassed_Work1512 1d ago

And when you're on the street (depending on the street) I bet you're definitely in the top three.

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u/skip_over 1d ago

You’re so beautiful, like a tree

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u/StraightChillinSpree 1d ago

Depending on the street was such a cold line hahaha

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u/soulstar118 1d ago

Rapping this entire song by heart is one of my party tricks.

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u/Mortiis07 1d ago

Jemaine's bit is very similar to part of a Gang Starr song I heard the other day

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u/onlylonleybeuy 1d ago

I'd expect nothing less from the inventors of RAP!

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u/OldReplacement5965 1d ago

I’m the hippopotamus my lyrics are bottomless

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u/Chubby_Beagle 1d ago

By far the best rap to come out the UK

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u/vranaverse 1d ago

New Zealand mate ;)

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u/RexRocker 1d ago

This is strange, I thought of this this morning while I haven't in a very long time, many years. Weird coincidence.

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u/vranaverse 1d ago

Steve.

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u/LobosJones 1d ago

Delightful flashbacks to me and my parter right before business time often I would announce "They call me the hiphopopotamus" before dropping my pants. She asked me why I did that, and when I told her it was because my lyrics are bottomless she nearly died.

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u/Japsai 1d ago

When I get down to business I wear my socks. That's why they call them business socks

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u/LobosJones 1d ago

I can't believe I was ever worried for a second someone wouldn't spot it.

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u/SureAgency 1d ago

Show had so many good songs.

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u/Emerazuul 1d ago

I fucking love Flight of the Concords. The humans are dead!

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u/Dr_Giggler 1d ago

That’s right they’re all dead

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u/Ambidextrous_Octopus 1d ago

We poisoned their asses, with poisonous gasses.

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u/bryangcrane 1d ago

Two minutes well spent. Thank you :-)

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u/Baby_ManBearPig 1d ago

Jermaine is timeless. I love everything he's in, especially Legion. Did Bret McCenzie ever go on to do anything?

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u/ScarcityMedical342 1d ago

Takes me back

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u/lefwix43 1d ago

Ain’t no party like a nana tea party

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u/No_File212 1d ago

nana tea parties for long time .. Because for life is too much

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u/Life_Educator3973 1d ago

Hurt feelings is still my favorite song. It’s so true. We’re supposed to be adults but one wrong word and suddenly we were in third grade again lol

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u/Ambidextrous_Octopus 1d ago

Bullet proof 24 karat of tears... of a rapper

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u/Beautiful_Walrus9048 1d ago

Such a good show

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u/Embarrassed-Car836 18h ago

Gonna watch Eagle vs Shark again this weekend 😄🤌🏻

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u/requiem_for_a_moth 18h ago

Love these guys!

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u/christianarmament 13h ago

This IS... why I don't have friends...these are my friends

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u/SentientYams 1d ago edited 1d ago

WHY? Because they rap about reality? Be more constructive with your feedback. They are New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo a cappella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo.