Afroman Makes Sad Pivot to Conservative Hip-Hop with “Hunter Got High” Diss Track
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Afroman said it himself in 2022: he needs money… which must be one of the reasons why he’s making a pivot to conservative politics with his new single “Hunter Got High,” a Hunter Biden-themed remix of “Because I Got High.”
Released via Baste Records (a “conservative music company” making its “first venture into political satire” with the single), “Hunter Got High” is, to be frank, lame. Selling itself as letting “everyone know that even Afroman is fed up with the way the Democrats are running the country,” it sees Afroman switch out the lyrics to his 2001 stoner masterpiece with tired references to the younger Biden’s many scandals and conspiracies, which are not only unfunny, but somehow manage to make a catchy tune no longer catchy.
“He was gonna get his laptop fixed, but Hunter got high/ He wasn’t gonna show all those dick pics, but then he got high,” the song starts, before packing more lazy, overdone jabs into a very long-feeling four minutes. The only fun part of the whole track, honestly, are the final lines, where Afroman briefly references his own recent drama with law enforcement.
That’s really what’s so disappointing about the new single: conservative politics aside, it lands like a soulless cash-grab, something way beneath Afroman’s capacity. His 2023 releases “Will You Help Me Repair My Door” and “Lemon Pound Cake” — both lamenting the emotional and financial damages caused by an ultimately unwarranted police raid on his home — were weird as hell, sure, but they had passion. They were funny, they alluded to America’s unjust criminal system, and there’s really something resonant about them (even if they, too, are cash-grabs).
“Hunter Got High,” though, is just hollow, and reeks of the same stiffness that makes nearly all conservative humor unbearable. Even if Afroman has complaints about the Biden administration — and surely there are few Americans with none — trying to superimpose a Hunter Biden-themed right-wing anthem onto a 20-year-old, already-waning-in-relevancy song feels out of touch at best and like a spineless attempt to grift some cash off anti-human political forces at worst. (And if you thought the track is bad, just wait until you get a look at its companion music video.)
But hey, if you think Afroman is on to something, he’s running for president this fall and you can go vote for him (at least while his new buddies in the Republican party let us, that is).
Afroman Makes Sad Pivot to Conservative Hip-Hop with “Hunter Got High” Diss Track
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