Too $hort Attempts to Make Microsoft Cool for First Time Ever
Sure, yeah, Microsoft is a titan of industry and everything, but it’s Apple that has the “hip tech” game in a stranglehold, now and forever more. Right? Wrong! As of immediately, Microsoft is officially “cool.”
Above, Exhibit A: Michael Angiulo, mild-mannered Microsoft exec … and Too $hort super fan. According to TMZ, Angiulo — who is “responsible for the product planning input that drives the vision process for Windows Live and Windows Internet Explorer” — had the Bay Area sex-rap legend play his 40th birthday party, for a cool 25 grand. And, together, they totally ripped through “2 Bitches.”
Usually we’re not ones to crow about the spirited rap attempts of well-intentioned but gawky amateurs. This one, though, is a marvel: Michael Angiulo — who, again, is “responsible for the product planning input that drives the vision process for Windows Live and Windows Internet Explorer” — knows every word, and delivers the lyrics as if he’s been waiting his whole life to share the stage with his hero. Am I crazy, or does Too $hort look legit impressed? Also: Apparently it was Angiulo’s wife who made the booking, meaning she’s at least implicitly cool with her husband publicly demanding from a lady, “don’t be stingy” and “lick my balls too.” That’s real love, folks.
OK, so, we reserve the right to retract our statement if there’s a screen secreted away splashing the lyrics. For now, though, that’s it: Microsoft is cool. Go ahead, throw out your iPhone and get a Windows phone.
Bonus! Here’s Michael Cera and Clark Duke doing “2 Bitches” with Too $hort a couple of years back. Who knew “2 Bitches” had such a celebrated cameo history?
More from Amos Barshad
-
We Went There: Blur Finally Makes It to Madison Square Garden
-
We Went There: Jay Z and Tidal Bring Beyoncé and Friends to Barclays Center
-
A Homecoming for Astronaut Jones: Tracy Morgan Returns to ‘SNL’
-
‘The Facts Are the Least You Can Rely On’: Director Danny Boyle Talks ‘Steve Jobs’
-
A Killer Trump, Miley’s Dead Petz, and Hillary Two-Times: Your ‘SNL’ Season Premiere Check-in
More
-
We Went There: Clippers-Mavs and DeAndre Jordan Night in Los Angeles
-
No Messi, No Problem: Neymar Becomes a Superstar
-
World Series Weekend: Five Questions for Three (or Two) Royals-Mets Games
-
Brand Echh: Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton Can’t Save the Lame ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’
-
50 Scenes That Do Not Appear in the Fox ‘X-Files’ Revival
More Hollywood Prospectus
-
Brand Echh: Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton Can’t Save the Lame ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’
-
50 Scenes That Do Not Appear in the Fox ‘X-Files’ Revival
-
In Praise of Beach Slang, 2015’s Best, Most Sincere Rock Band
-
Who Was Missing From Taylor Swift’s Miami Squad?
-
Happy ‘Halloween’: The Best Horror-Movie Monsters