10 Questions Raised By The Video For Positive K’s "I Got a Man" Upon Re-Examination in the Year 2007
1. Is Positive K wearing Joseph’s actual “amazing technicolor dreamcoat?”
2. Is chasing orange spandex suit-wearing women up a flight of stairs evidence of a serious psychological disturbance, or is it completely justifiable behavior?
3. Is Positive K’s ability to rap as both the man and the woman in the song one of the most supreme vocal achievements of the 20th century?
4. What does “I’m not a dove baby, so don’t play me like a clown,” really mean?
5. Should the styles of Puerto Rican video ho’s in New York City circa 1993, forever be known as of “The Rosie Perez” era.
6. If you were hitting on a girl and she asked you, “Are a you a chef? Cuz you keep me feeding me soup,” is the only acceptable response to nod your head, smile and mention that you are indeed a sous chef capable of making a spectacular pasta fagioli?
7. Was K’s usage of the word “ragamuffin,” the only time in U.S. hip-hop history that the word was ever used? Either way, can we all agree to bring back the word “ragamuffin,” because of how fun it is to write the word “ragamuffin.”
8. Should the styles of African-American video ho’s in New York City circa 1993, forever be known as of the “Tisha Campbell” era?
9. Was the moment when K declares that he’ll do anything for his women but “buy her things and take [her] out,” the basis for the philosophy of Outkast’s groundbreaking treatise on women’s lib, “We Luv Deez Hoez.” Specifically, the part where Big Boi says, and I quote, “I told y’all n—z about them taking them ho’s to the Cheesecake Factory, letting them order strawberry lemonade and popcorn shrimp….they ain’t gonna’ do nuthin’ but try to take all your motherfuckin’ cheese.”
10. Should the song end when Positive K refers to himself as “big daddy longstroke” and the girls’ man as “Pee Wee Herman?” I believe in chess they call that a checkmate.
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September 5th, 2007 at 4:19 am
Ahh, Positive K. This vid brings me back to simpler times, which is why I’ll never front on it.
Erick Sermon used to call the objects of his affection “ragamuffins” in his rhymes, actually. I’ll join you on bringing it back into the lexicon as soon as I get everyone to start using “housin’” again.
Great post, Jeff.
September 5th, 2007 at 7:21 am
My favorite line:
“So when your man don’t treat you like he used ta, I kick in like a turbo booster!”
I don’t know from a woman’s standpoint if that’s highly attractive and creative or just creepy nerd talk.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Yo, I think he means that doves are a prop that clowns use in their acts.
Sounded better than “Im not a squirting flower, so don’t play me like a clown”
good stuff brah.
September 13th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Hot Chip has a DJ-Kicks mix album which has this song, and transitions to the next exactly at the Pee-Wee herman line… bizarro coincidence?