By Ben Westhoff
Hip-hop A-listers including Rick Ross, Akon and Plies were caught grossly exaggerating their gangster credentials this year. (Turns out they were painfully law-abiding. The horror!) But even if your favorite rapper wasn't caught in a lie, you can bet he or she put out a hilariously absurd record or two in 2008. Here are the most preposterous rap songs of 2008.
RICK ROSS, FEATURING T-PAIN
"The Boss"
(Def Jam)
Though Rick Ross claimed on his debut album, Port of Miami, to know
Two new videos to post here today. First off, our prolific local party anthem act, Wallpaper., has a funny new clip for the song "Pool Party." feat. Jacob Safari and Kid Static. The visuals show main man Eric Frederic wandering the city in flip flops and a towel, wishing "I was on top of the Standard Hotel LA getting my ugly dude on," as he told Culture of Me.
And Lemonade debuted a new hyper-color clip for "Big Weekend" on Pitchfork this morning. The nu-ravers left S.F. for N.Y. last year,