LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Afroman
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Afroman released this on an independent label in 2000. It got him signed to Universal Records, who released it the next year. The song gained a great deal of popularity when Howard Stern started playing it on his radio show.
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Members of Sigma Nu gather outside the house where Afroman was supposed to perform tonight. When the rapper advertised the event on his Web site, OSA forced the fraternity to call off the party.
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Released roughly a year before Afroman received worldwide notoriety for the title track, the Dirty Southerner released this record to an underground that welcomed him with open arms. Aside from the Grammy-nominated ...Read full review
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That episode was precisely the proverbial 'kick in the pants' Afroman needed to satisfy his burgeoning musical aspirations. Using a low-cost microphone, tape deck and mixer -- purchased by his parents to "keep him out of trouble" -- the novice rapper went from ragging on his teacher to crafting spirited tapes filled with his patented mixture of perceptive humor and straight-from-the-street sentiments.
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The next day, in Vienna, Austria, Afroman - the guy who sings "Because I Got High," was staying at the same hotel as EELS. E, aware that the people wanted a big hit song, but still not in the mood to play "Novocaine," asked Afroman if he would like to come down and sing his current hit song at the EELS concert that night. Luckily Afro was plastered and said yes.
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In "Palmdale," Afroman feels out of place as he brings a little urban lifestyle to the suburbs. But in "Mississippi," he must deal with backwards ideals, years of social decay and the Klan. Neither locale provides ideal living conditions, but Afroman sings about trying to make the best of these less-than-perfect situations.
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