Lean Like a Cholo

This song was in my head as I walked to school today, so I decided to share it. It's frighteningly infectious, it just gets in your brain with that little bouncy beat and next thing you know you're humming it on your commute.

Plus this video is kinda hilarious just based on the low budget look of it all.



You know, I think this video is something most guys could get behind. Why?

a) Already most guys say they can't dance, and now they have clear instructions for what to do (elbows up, side to side) AND it's endorsed as the cool/gangsta way to dance.

b) Hip hop already has shown that for the boys at least, being chubby or downright ginormous [see Fat Joe, Big Pun] need not be an obstacle to getting the honeys. But the dudes in this video are seriously portly....and still getting all the women!**

But what's up with all the manhandling, e.g. throwing the chick he wants over his shoulder? Hmm.

Ooh, ooh! OMG look what I found! This is even better than the first one -- none of the (visual) misogyny, and all of the head nodding goodness!



**Okay, so I might be a wee bit bitter here. Thing is, all we ladies had in this department was Missy Elliott, and then she went and lost most of the weight! Sure, hip hop at least still appreciates a "thick" woman, but even then there's usually a reference to her "little bitty waist". In other words, we don't actually get to eat up, we just follow whatever diet/workout plan allows one to be thin in the middle while maintaining two shelf-like protrusions on other parts of your body. Sigh.