d-do you got a first aid kit handy?

i love it when urban music artists spell words when they're "singing." in any other genre of music, the singer would just you know, sing the word. they can do this because in other genres it is perfectly acceptable for a syllable to take up more than one beat. but in a hip-hop tune, that's strictly prohibited.

typically, this just ends up being a good thing though, because it proves that rap artists can spell. the best is danity kane:

can you fix my h-e-a-r-t? cuz it's d-a-m-a-g-e-d.

other more sopistocated peeps spell longer words. like webbie:

i-n-d-e-p-e-n-d-e-n-t do you know what that means?

you know, webbie? i'm not sure that many people listening to your song do know what it means. i for one couldn't even figure out what he was saying the first time i heard the song. i deduced he was talking about independence by using context clues (she got her own house, she got her own car...)

but some artists in a valiant attempt to appear literate fail. and they fail big. like homeboy collaborating with fergie on her solo album. not even sure who it is. but he struggles with spelling:

t, to the a, to the s-t-e-y, girl, you TASTY.

it is tasty, right? tastey? tasty? thanks, spellcheck!