mentalfloss.com— It?s officially a trend: acoustic, folk, and bluegrass bands can?t stop covering rap and hip-hop songs. Here are five of the best examples making the rounds on YouTube.
Jan 18, 2008View in Crawl 4
I dunno if I wanna dig it, or bury it... To a point I think it's kinda cool, but at the same time something within me says u JUST don't do this to the hip hop greats...
silence7Jan 19, 2008
Beastie Boys (Fight for your right) Acoustic cover<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFg9zmQmyD8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFg9zmQmyD8</a>
flipedJan 19, 2008
The Umbrella by Rihanna cover by Mandy Moore is also a good one. She makes the song sound so much more meaningful.
oceano83Jan 24, 2008
I dunno if I wanna dig it, or bury it... To a point I think it's kinda cool, but at the same time something within me says u JUST don't do this to the hip hop greats...
joegibesJan 26, 2008
Dugg for that, and JoCo.
manmada87Feb 3, 2008
yes
stan8632May 13, 2008
I'm loving the Outcast one as well!
dannyvolaNov 28, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4LVLLjZ9aY&feature=related
marcustofficialMar 13, 2012
pls watch our cover of this! :) brand new,
we film all of our videos in public, its really interesting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZud4GWD38&feature=autoplay&list=UUzYOv2D_I-cR4WakdX7RcjQ&lf=plcp&playnext=1