Dad Life, Swagger Wagon and ???

August 26, 2011 6:56 AM

I recently discovered a couple of videos (Dad Life and Swagger Wagon) that are hilarious to me, being the quintessential suburban drone that I am. Can anyone recommend similar stuff to me?

Also, is there a name for this "genre"?

posted by Irontom to Media & Arts (10 answers total)

You might like the classic Yuppie Drone, which is not rap and is not so much about suburban dadhood as the general suburban grind, but nevertheless worth a listen (set in NoVA, for what it's worth, and the talk about getting a 3-level townhouse on a 3/1 ARM for $495/mo will make you weep for the 1980s).
posted by drlith at 7:18 AM on August 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

And a couple more suburban-themed rap parodies: Whole Foods Parking Lot and In My Prius.
posted by drlith at 7:28 AM on August 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

Add one of the (if not the) original suburban Lazy Sunday parodies -- Crazy Sunday -- to the mix.
posted by penguinicity at 7:43 AM on August 26, 2011

This little kinetic typographic video from Jonathan Coulton's Shop Vac song sort of fits the genre, maybe? A bit dark perhaps. Some of his other music hits a kind of "geek corporate middle class" theme. See Code Monkey or Re: Your Brains
posted by Wretch729 at 7:55 AM on August 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

Everyday Normal Guy (NSFW for language)
posted by illenion at 8:00 AM on August 26, 2011

Suburbanites.

I'm going to stop now, really, I am.
posted by drlith at 8:21 AM on August 26, 2011

It's not a rap-parody, but The Jeannie Tate Show deserves mention.
posted by rhizome at 8:43 AM on August 26, 2011

Close but punk, not hip-hop: Punk's not Dad.
posted by leapfrog at 9:00 AM on August 26, 2011

I can't really help with more but I've got Dad Life on my thumb drive so I can share it with people (YouTube's blocked at our work).

And I will absolutely be checking these videos though!
posted by fenriq at 9:19 AM on August 26, 2011

This is Atlanta-centric, but I think it's in the genre.
posted by sethbabo at 7:36 PM on August 26, 2011