Jaymz Bee & The Deep Lounge Coalition - "Sub Urban"

Following the "Shaken and Stirred" post, here's more from Canadian lounge parodist Jaymz Bee, whose 2002 album "Sub-Urban" features unlikely jazz/Broadway/bossa nova/disco covers of rap/r'n'b hits. I like this album a bit more than "Shaken" - it gets more mileage out of the concept. Like it's predecessor, it's lushly orchestrated with a gang of talented guest singers. Hearing cheezy white guys singing with a straight face about bling and bitches, and sophisticated adults singing juvenilia, will make you laff! Or at least smirk a bit. Not as jokey (or funny) as Richard Cheese, but more musical. Pick hit: the surf-a-go-go version of "Get Ur Freak On" with its interjections from some Jerry Lewis-type character, but also dig that surreal "Gin & Juice," and the campy Tony Randall-esque "Nuthin' But A "G" Thang."

Jaymz Bee & The Deep Lounge Coalition - "Sub Urban"
  • It Wasn’t Me (Originally by Shaggy)
  • Ride Wit Me (Originally by Nelly)
  • Who Let The Dogs Out (Originally by Baha Men)
  • Love Don’t Cost A Thing (Originally by Jennifer Lopez)
  • Independent Women (Originally by Destiny’s Child)
  • Gravel Pit (Originally by Wu Tang Clan)
  • Thong Song (Originally by Sisqo)
  • Get Ur Freak On (Originally by Missy Elliott)
  • Southern Hospitality (Originally by Ludacris)
  • Gin And Juice (Originally by Snoop Dogg)
  • I Just Wanna Love U (Originally by Jay-Z)
  • Nuthin’ But A G Thang (Originally by Dr. Dre
  • Turn Off The Light (Originally by Nelly Furtado)
  • Ms Jackson (Originally by Outkast)