What is it about “Laffy Taffy” that is so offensive to hiphop heads?

[CrimsonTider]

The hate hiphop heads have for a lighthearted dance record makes no sense

Every time a thread is made and people say what killed hiphop or the worse song in hiphop “Laffy Taffy” is always mentioned?

shyt is weird tbh

 

[Youngblood Priest]

Cause the south made it.
I dont mind , cuz I know all them dudes personally. Lo hated the song off jump, but it started to blow, and he just rode with it. Yet my boy Fabo still doing shows off that shyt. Eating.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

Same nikkas champion wayne as some legend...fukk outta here


If any one song is responsible for killing hip-hop its that fakkot ass lolipop song.

 

[Taadow]

The hate hiphop heads have for a lighthearted dance record makes no sense

You answered your own question with the bold.

Frankly, I love "Laffy Taffy"...but as a "lighthearted dance record".
There is a time and place for "lighthearted dance records"...and most "hip-hop heads"
did not think that "time" was 10x a day on the radio, or that place was near the top of the charts
as the representation of what was "hot" in hip-hop.

To put in context of just how much airplay "Laffy Taffy" got in its time,
It is the #602 Most Played Single Of All-Time,
14 spots ahead on the next closest rap single, Biggie - "One More Chance/Stay With Me Remix".

But whatever, I still shout "CANDY GUH-UHHL" at random.

 

[Pure Water]

nikkas love hating. Crabs in a barrel ass nikkas.

D4L RIP Shawty Lo

 

[cheek100]

That gay ass dance
kids and strippers alike loved it so no harm no foul

 

[old boy]

i fukked with D4L hard but didn't really care for laffy taffy either, that track was horrible lol.. but can't front that boy from bowen homes swagged it out anyway may he rest in peace


but i'm da man & betcha can' do it like me? cooked crack


honestly i loved me some snap music which i get clowned for to this day. mean to tell me nikkas ain't feelin yung joc it's goin down?

 

[CrimsonTider]

You answered your own question with the bold.

Frankly, I love "Laffy Taffy"...but as a "lighthearted dance record".
There is a time and place for "lighthearted dance records"...and most "hip-hop heads"
did not think that "time" was 10x a day on the radio, or that place was near the top of the charts
as the representation of what was "hot" in hip-hop.

To put in context of just how much airplay "Laffy Taffy" got in its time,
It is the #602 Most Played Single Of All-Time,
14 spots ahead on the next closest rap single, Biggie - "One More Chance/Stay With Me Remix".

But whatever, I still shout "CANDY GUH-UHHL" at random.

Where was the same energy for MC Hammer, Vanilla ICE, Heavy D

Unless you want to say this record was being played during a time where hiphop heads had a big voice during peak rap forum era in the mid 00s

 

[Taadow]

Where was the same energy for MC Hammer, Vanilla ICE, Heavy D

You must be young, because that same energy was had for them also.

 

[Theodoresolderbreh]

Fabo dancing was gay AF. That video and song was Jake AF. Shorty lo didn't even like the record.

Also it being from the south has nothing to do with people hating it..considering Ludacris, swishahouse, outkast, suavehouse, dungeon family, no limit and cash money, Pastor Troy etc etc etc etc all loved damn near universally everywhere. Also plenty of people made Iight hearted songs like the ying yang twins and field mob and people don't talk shyt about like that song.

 

[Dolo]

The beat

 

[JustCKing]

It wasn't that it was just a light hearted dance record. That song took off and opened the floodgates for people to put together hit records using stock sounds from Fruityloops.

 

[JustCKing]

What's funny is when that song dropped and then "I'm Da Man" came out, it was night and day. And with "Laffy Taffy", there were a lot of light hearted ATL songs that never saw chart success. "Chceck My Footwork" is one of them.

 

[SoulController]

it was the beat. Shawty was entertaining to me tho i fukked with dude

 

[born of fire]

the beat sucks but thats apart of its charm i guess