His Minneapolis-speak was always a little funny but early on (pre-1988ish) it seemed genuine. I would pin point Graffiti Bridge as the exact point that his lame attempts to be hip made him terribly corny.

who can forget this exchange:

"Levi
Kid, we should go play at Morris' and dog the
place out.

The Kid drops his brush. He likes a challenge.

Mico
Revenge. Yes. Besides, somebody's got to
cop that Stella.

The Kid
Too fine, huh?

Levi
She's three fine!

The Kid smiles."



Other potential nominees:

The Gun Microphone
The Flow
Life of the Party

Gun Mic is cool so many rappers tell me they wish they thought of that.

hmmm

Id say with Larry Graham,his wife & Mayte, Prince at VIBE Tv Show. Listening to Larry be Larry

Those days are gone. You never see Prince listening to anyone

Almost 90 % of GB is corny and contrived.

3 chains of gold

Dolphin - nice metaphor, but too Disney.


I kind of like the gun mic