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Has online hip-hop destination SOHH overtaken longtime genre giant AllHipHop in traffic? Looks like no, thanks to some clever detective work on the part of Oh Word, which discovered that SOHH's stats have gotten a bump thanks to whoever's still searching for "2 Girls, 1 Cup." Hey, it's working for Videodrone: Is "Yodel-Rap" The Trend To Watch Out For In 2007?
The final entry in the year-end-review sweepstakes (we think) comes from Oh Word, who, as part of their 2006 run-down, put a big, rusty nail in the "user-generated content" bubble with their list of the Top 5 Hilariously Bad YouTube Freestyles. Solja, the aspiring hip-hop artist you see above, nabs a spot on their list, thanks to what the Oh Word guys call his "excessive use of bizarre onomatopoeia"; be sure to stick with it until about 45 seconds in, when he starts to—no kidding—drop "yodel-ay-hee-hee"s into his rhymes. Somewhere, Jewel is watching this clip intently and plotting her next career move.
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