999, 914: Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude - Yo-Yo Ma & 999,913: David Banner "Like A Pimp"

What's the biggest difference between classical musicians and heavy guitar shredders? They both play a lot of notes, up and down their instruments. They spend lots of hours practicing and thousands of dollars on musical equipment. The main difference is classical players can play an arpeggio without making it seem like they've just climbed to the top of mount everest. I'm sure Yo-Yo Ma could have ripped through this Cello suite, which is kind of like the "Smoke on the Water" of the cello - that first thing you learn on your instrument that actually sounds cool - at a breakneck tempo, putting in minute long vibrato holds for every single high note he hit. Instead, he takes it nice and easy. He holds for just a little extra on the first notes of the sweeping arpeggios, almost like a singer taking a breath before a particularly long line. It's very serene and peaceful and uplifting.

So why does Yo-Yo take such a left turn in the song with an obscene rap encouraging a "bitch" to "show yo pussy lips" and bragging about how he makes women "swallow the nut"? Well, he doesn't, but David Banner does.
In "Like A Pimp," Banner growls out boasts about what he makes women do and encouragement to women to do it again over a stabbing minor chord that repeats over and over. But it comes in at tricky intervals, and that's what keeps the song exciting. In Bach's cello suit, each measure brings you a new chord, at regular intervals like the ticking of a clock. Banner only has one chord for the whole song, but it pops in and out in unusual parts of the beat, fighting with a metronomic, tinny-sounding synth marimba that keeps time through the whole song.

While both of these tunes are great, what puts "Like A Pimp" slightly ahead of the cello prelude is the guest appearance of Lil' Flip. Flip brags that he:

"Hits the club/
with David Banner/
a thug-ass nigga/

... who'll beat your pussy like a hammer? Is a notorious e-mail spammer? No. Lil' Flip rhymes "David Banner" with "with bad table manners." Now that's intimidating. Not only does Banner convince women to sell their bodies for sex and give him the money, but he eats his steak with the salad fork, something Yo-Yo Ma wouldn't dare do in a million years.