profanity, special sauce, lettuce, cheese

I caught myself humming the "two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese" song today and realized that I never posted on the April McDonald's rap fiasco.

It turns out the marketing geniuses at McDonald's have opted to pay rap musicians who mention their products in songs, with the lyrics (of course) being subject to approval by McDo.

But the plan has backfired.

Well, McDonald’s was asking for it, and they got it: A group called Gatbustaz has released a hip-hop song laden with Big Mac references—and laden also with sex, violence and profanity. Some of the tamer lyrics to “McGangsta” include: “Kinda feel like a sesame seed bun/Don’t we all/Wait, let me get my gun/Let’s make a McDonald’s run.” Though Gatbustaz appears to be a kind of Weird Al Yankovic of hip-hop (and the song sounds like it’s from about 1985), the song, currently circulating around the Internet, is still infectiously catchy. We doubt they’ll be getting any checks in the mail from McDonald’s anytime soon.

Via Jeff W