| The ad lib is a popular part of hip-hop and originally | | | | high pitched voice. Khaled is such a joke it is surprising |
| stemmed from the popularity of mixtape DJs to inject | | | | he still gets work or how he affords the huge music |
| a catch-phrase or name into their mixtapes to | | | | video budgets to shoot these elaborate scenes with |
| distinguish themselves. Now rappers have taken to | | | | helicopters and expensive cars with HIDs all over the |
| doing it to good and bad effect. | | | | place. |
| “LISTENNN!”/”WE THE BEST!” | | | | “Ai!” |
| For DJ Khaled, who has made a career out of | | | | Juelz Santana did it much better but OJ Da |
| shouting ad libs, I couldn’t pick just one. Khaled is a | | | | Juiceman’s trademark high pitched ad lib is so |
| worthless artist and worthless DJ and if anything good | | | | popular for some unknown reason that some artists |
| can be said about him it is that he is often able to bring | | | | hire OJ to guest on a track just so he can repeat his |
| lots of huge artists together to collaborate on his | | | | “Ai!” catchphrase throughout the entire song. |
| tracks and could be said to have helped bring back the | | | | Worthless and another example for all the Southern |
| “posse” cut to hip-hop. Sadly, all of his songs are | | | | rap haters to decry the lack of lyrical abilities of |
| bogged down by his repeated instructions to | | | | south-of-the-Mason Dixon rappers. |
| “Listennn!” and his need to assert his status by | | | | “Burrrrr! |
| screaming out “We the best!” in his trademark | | | | |