Contest: Name the song's original title (if hip-hop were written by pretentious university students)
Here's the premise: I was studying for a "positive psychology" exam, when I realized that most of this particular subject was just large "scientific" terms used to describe things everyone already knew. I didn't want to keep studying, so I started re-writing hip-hop tracks in my head with positive psychology terminology. Ever procrastinating, I ended up making a list of mainstream hip-hop titles, as written by pretentious university students. Your contest: name the original title! (Note that they're all very well known tracks)
1.GABA-activating nervous system depressant and non-psychoactive sweetened beverage [Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice] {khriz}
2.Perform an act of unarmed physical violence against a nondescript group of goal-inhibiting individuals [2pac - Hit Em Up] {Drew Velvet}
3.Previously residing in a lower socioecoeconomic status neighborhood in a city in Souther Los Angeles County [NWA - Straight Outta Compton] {khriz}
4.Making use of a motorized vehicle while in a state of inhibited hygeine [Chamillionaire - Ridin' Dirty] {trifle_r}
5.Suffering from a delusional psychosis due to a prolonged oxytocin rush in the limbic system
6.Gather a large group for social reasons in a skyward direction [DMX - Party Up] {dvdtheone}
7.Dual frozen dihydrogen oxide homo sapien infant [Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby] {trifle_r}
8.Upon entering a higher socioeconomic status, obstacles making it difficult to achieve our goals seem to become more numerous [Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money, Mo Problems] {khriz}
9.The linguistic rules of studying the natural langage of a non-urban, likely low socioeconomic status area [Nelly - Country Grammar] {khriz}
10.African American spoken word music performer's hedonic gratification [Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight] {khriz}
11.Use the primary form of land animal locomotion in the direction of my choosing.
12.Use a well-accepted form of greeting affirmatively! [Outkast - Hey ya!] {khriz}
13.In the pre-designed location for social gathering and legal use of GABA activating liquid psychoactive substances. [50 Cent - In Da Club] {khriz}
14.The current date generally increased self-efficacy and gratification towards life. [Ice Cube - Today was a Good Day] {dvdtheone}
15.Member of the organized criminal underground's location of greatest natural opiate system activation. [Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise] {Drew Velvet}
16.Perform aggressive mating acts on the law-enforcement officers. [NWA - Fuck The Police] {khriz}
17.Verbally express regret in a way intended to provoke reconicliation of a relationship.
More to come later, I really need to keep studying...
Points will be awarded below for each identified song.
khriz: 8 points.
Drew Velvet: 4 points
trifle_3: 2 points.
dvdtheone: 2 points








1. Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice
3. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
8. Notorious B.I.G. - Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
10. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
12. Outkast - Hey Ya!
13. 50 Cent - The Club
16. NWA - F**k Tha Police
Great, those are all correct, that's 7 points for you, so far.
4.Ridin' Dirty - Chamillionaire
5.Insane in the Brain - Cypress Hill
7.Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
12.Party Up - DMX
17.Sorry, Blame it On Me - Akon
2 of those are correct: number 4 and number 7.
Just a guess on my part, but is #2 "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy?
No, but it's a good guess, for sure. That's actually the most difficult one on the list, by far, and you would actually have to know the context of the title (context meaning, in the lyrics). 3 points to anyone who gets that one.
Could #15 be "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio?
Oh, and this may be a long shot, but is #2 "Hit 'Em Up" by 2Pac?
Wow, very nice! You got the 3-pointer!
Both are correct. 4 points.
6 dmx-party up
14 ice cube - today was a good day
Very good!
9. Nelly - Country Grammer
Yep, very good. +1 point.