He also states he wants to approach rapping different because he feels it's been done the same way for too long, to which Snoop Dogg replies that it traditionally works. Lil Dicky says one of his favorite things is autographing women's breasts. In the interview, Snoop Dogg asks Lil Dicky about his background as well as what he likes about rap. The song is presented as Lil Dicky interviewing for a job as a professional rapper with Snoop Dogg. But for now, the music is where I’m at."Professional Rapper" debuted at number-one on the Billboard Comedy Digital Tracks chart dated August 22, 2015. I think of Andy Kaufman playing Tony Clifton, using performance as social experimentation, and that appeals to me. “I try not to think far ahead, and my focus right now is Lil Dicky, but there’s always Dave Burd the comedian.
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Though he won’t describe the TV show he’s working on, he does say his artistic goals extend beyond novelty rap. Also, you don’t see that in music as often, so I guess it helps me stand out.” “Adding other characters into what I’m doing just comes naturally to me,” Burd tells Inverse. Snoop is simultaneously annoyed and amused by him, and he bonds with T-Pain on “getting pussy with our personalities.” Even Pillow Talking is essentially an argument with an imaginary woman (played here by Taylor Misiak), and could be featured in a sketch comedy show instead of marketed as a rap video. Most of the tracks on his album don’t simply feature verses from guest performers he instead casts them in dialogue with his persona. With a background in marketing, he got himself a Trojan spokesman gig and has appeared in comedy-sketch style commercials for a few years. Fans cite his usual director, Yacenda, describing an as-yet-unannounced Netflix show on his website as evidence for this theory.īurd’s no stranger to writing out a narrative, though he’s known for his rap career. I guess it’ll depend on where the Dave Burd part of me wants to go.” Rumors have been circulating online that the TV show Burd mentioned in his AMA is actually going to be a Netflix show. “There’s a part of me that’s Lil Dicky, definitely, but ultimately I’m a writer and a comedian before I’m a rapper. Though Burd’s legions of fans have made a near-Frank Ocean level meme out of asking him for a second album, he’s a little evasive when prompted to describe his future plans.
When asked which project they’re most proud of, Freda practically yells, “You gotta go with Lil Dicky, right?” The video took almost nine months to make. video), Freda and Bodkin sound especially psyched to be involved with Burd’s strange and winding career.
Though they’ve worked in music before (on Katy Perry’s E.T. Reilly) he dreams up while arguing with a girl he just had sex with. In addition to their work with Burd, Bodkin and Freda are co-founders of the digital agency Giant Propeller.īurd takes these guys’ talents and has them create the CGI dinosaurs, aliens, pussy-eating wolves (based on Game of Thrones’ direwolves), a talking Brain, and a benevolent God (played in the video by John C. Freda and Bodkin, between them, have worked in special effects on Harry Potter, many Marvel films, including Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers, and Mad Max: Fury Road. Though he stuck with Tony Yacenda on directing (Yacenda does most of his videos), Burd added Jordan Freda and Mike Bodkin to his creative team. Burd followed up $ave Dat Money with Pillow Talking, one of the most expensively produced music videos of all time.
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