One of the reasons I started this blog was to introduce you, the reader, to music genres that normally don't get much airplay or attention on the radio. Ironically the first time I heard of The Lonely Island was actually on my everyday radio station. At first glance the played song sounded like a regular hip hop song but out of the blue I clearly heard a description of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, followed by Forrest Gump and Scarface. It was one of the funniest hip hop songs I'd heard so upon my arrival back home I started a search for the artist of the song Jack Sparrow.
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Lonely Island consists of the three comedians Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg and
Jorma Taccone who have all written for the comedy sketch show Saturday Night
Live, which is where they created some of their first successful songs. Because
of their connection to SNL they've been able to work with lots of famous
singers like: Akon, Nicki Minaj, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Lady Gaga and
Pharrell. Recently The Lonely Island wrote, directed, produced and starred in
their first movie called Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, which is a parody on music documentaries. Of course
they also made all the music for the movie which includes singles I'm So Humble, and the slightly more daring Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song). Obviously their songs are parodies
and shouldn't be taken too seriously.
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