Black and Yellow

I’m sure you’ve heard Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow”. I don’t mind much if you haven’t, I’m just guessing you have. I also would imagine that you’ve heard a slew of corny imitations traversing the color wheel from "White and Navy," to "Black and Orange," to "Red and Purple."

The thing is, “Black and Yellow” is a very syllable-specific phrase. Yel-low. It’s two syllables. I’m all for repping your team’s colors, when it works, but a lot of the time, it just doesn't. It’s not Red and Bl-ue. Or even Blue and Re-d. My apologies, Phillies and Giants fans. And another thing, I understand that it’s because of sports teams, but how about we get some interesting colors? Teal and Maroon? Taupe and Forest? You would think people would like to support things other than your basic colors.

Unfortunately, they do.

As it turns out, Wiz Khalifa is responsible for the second worst trend of youtube videos and parody songs in history. Soulja Boy, of courses, takes first place in that competition. In addition to this, Mr. Khalifa has caused me significant personal anguish for having to listen to around twenty-five of these videos. Here are a few of the "best":

This one, um, is about a hat. And here’s one about bbm-ing, which actually includes the guy’s bbm pin, if you’re interested. And here, even, is one about Donatello - the teenage mutant ninja turtle, not the artist. Here’s one about two of life's great passtimes, I guess, grills and women. This one is about bruises? Or maybe it’s just about being unsure of the exact nature of the second color. Here’s one that sticks to the original color scheme, but, well, he manages to put his own spin on it. We've got one about being Filipino, one about Alabama, and even one about Albo Eagle, which apparently is a Serbian diss. There's this one about Call of Duty, a fantastic game, this one, where the artist feels the need to add a third color, almost giving him the primary colors, and this one, "Green and Green". You would think that the first "Green" would cover both greens, but apparently not. The only one I can firmly get behind, is this one, about Justin Bieber.

I don't expect you to listen to all of those. For your sake, I hope you don't. This was just a small taste of the fantastic products that were spawned from two colors and four syllables.

EDIT: Lil Wayne recently got his two cents in with "Green and Yellow," in support of Superbowl-champs the Green Bay Packers. Props to the Packers. Less props to Wayne, though it is better than "Green and Green."