It's what he likes.
Anthony Ray (1963-), better known by his stage name
Sir Mix-a-Lot, is most famous for the
One Hit Wonder song "Baby Got Back". He's also a record producer, and has done a number of other songs. He's notable because, unlike most other rappers from the era, he's not associated with the violence that often plagues gangster rappers.
He also was the narrator in the very short-lived
The Watcher, a show in
UPN's inaugural season.
Tropes
- The Alleged Car: "My Hooptie" from Seminar.
- Cool Car: The Mercedes-Benz in "Posse on Broadway"
- Cool Shades
- Dance Sensation: "Square Dance Rap"
- Drugs Are Bad: From "Posse on Broadway":
"Wheelin' 23rd we saw nuthin' but thugs
The girlies was too skinny from smokin' all them drugs
Cause the rock man got 'em and their butts just dropped
The freaks looked depressed 'cause the Benz won't stop"
- Hidden Depths: It should be noted that Mix has actually done quite a few conscious rap songs.
- Intercourse with You: "Baby Got Back," "Put 'Em on the Glass," "Ride"
- King Kong Climb: The Swass album cover shows Mix-A-Lot and two of his posse as giants perched atop Seattle buildings.
- Large Ham: "Baby Got Back" is very over-the-top.
- Nice Hat
- Old School Chivalry: From "Posse On Broadway":
"Kid Sensation dropped a twenty, and didn't even miss it
Skeezer from another hood, she picked it up and kissed it
Her boyfriend's illin', he went to slap her face
But my homey P.O.B. cold sprayed the boy with mace
Cuz I never liked a punk who beat up on his girl..."
- One Hit Wonder: "Baby Got Back" topped the Billboard charts and made him a household name, but he also had a couple underground hits before that: "Posse On Broadway" and "My Hooptie".
- Protest Song: "National Anthem"
- Rearrange the Song: A reworking of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" with the band Metal Church.
- Seattle: His hometown. He regularly references it.
- Shout Out: Aside from the usual status symbols...
- In "Posse On Broadway" the crew ends up at Dick's, a legendary Seattle burger joint. (The Taco Bell was closed.)
- Also from "Posse on Broadway"
- In "Baby Got Back", a nod to Florence Griffith-Joyner.
- Jergens is namechecked in "Put 'Em On The Glass".
- Sir Verba Lot
- Stuffy Old Songs About The Buttocks: Take a guess.
- Take That: Many in "Baby Got Back":
- "I ain't talkin' bout Playboy, cuz silicone parts are made for toys."
- "Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of her Honda."
- "So Cosmonote Cosmopolitan Magazine says you're fat, well I ain't down with that."
- Token White: From "Posse On Broadway":
"Larry is the white guy who's lookin' kinda funny
A real estate investor who makes a lot of money."
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