El-P Crowns Winner of Pokémon Rap Remix Contest
After El-P insulted Pokémon fans with a series of tweets poking fun at Pokémon GO players, he made amends with a rap professing his love of Pokémon and the entire Pokémon community. Then, he challenged fans to a remix contest—whoever did his favorite remix of his Instagram freestyle would win a shirt and a hoodie. The results, at last, are in. Scotland’s own Kip Cozy is the winner. You can listen to his spin below, and find some tweets from El-P about the whole process. (It wasn’t easy; as he wrote, “when i hear pokeman rappin remixes all i feel is the overwhelming desire to pokeman with my entire community.”)
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. TODAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF OUR LIVES, FOR IT IS THE DAY I ANNOUNCE THE POKEMAN RAPPIN REMIX CONTEST WINNER.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
but first, a quick word about the pokeman and what he means to our community:
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
the pokeman is about love. love and poke-ing. together, through his love, we have found each other. together we strive for goodness.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
how does a man judge the community he loves? that he is clearly a part of?
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
its not easy, friends. when i hear pokeman rappin remixes all i feel is the overwhelming desire to pokeman with my entire community.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
i want our whole community to win, and i believe it has. but like with all whole community wins, only 1 person wins.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
this win is based solely on a few things. poke-cadence, poke-rhythem, and poke volume levels.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
ok so you all did great, but i have to choose one. im sure im wrong, but just know that im also stoned and thats got to count for something.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
for his moody, strange, rhythmically capable, atmospheric approach as well as generally capable level mixing, the pokeman remix winner is:
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
all the way from Edinburgh…. that right… its our pokebrother… KID COZY! https://t.co/QGtF5DM2tJ
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
CONGRATULATIONS KID COZY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WHOLE POKEMAN RAPPIN COMMUNITY.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
kid cozy you will be contacted through your soundcloud page by my minions. they will arrange for you to pick your shirt and hoodie.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
thank you to everyone for coming together and honoring my genuine pokeman love with your efforts. seriously it made my week.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
I MEANT KIP COZY my bad sue me. https://t.co/QGtF5DM2tJ
— el-p (@therealelp) July 13, 2016
Watch El-P’s “Stay Down” video:
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