Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis
Xmas time can often lead to overindulgence, so what better way to work off some of that weight than by shaking your booty to a spot of festive hip hop? Run DMC were at the height of their fame when they dropped 'Christmas in Hollis' back in 1987 on the back of the stonking 'Raising Hell' LP from the previous year (home of 'It's Tricky', 'Walk this Way', 'My Adidas' etc) and the track indulges in a bit of good-spirited self-parody and seasonal cheer with plenty of sleigh bells, eggnog and 'ill reindeers'. Santa reciprocates with a generous shower of gifts of rope gold and tracksuits in the video clip as the band play along with some goofy humour that you suspect might be beyond many of their thuggish modern-day successors - remember folks, Xmas is the time for good will to all men and that includes the squares, suckas and punk-ass beeeeyatches out there that you've spent the previous 11 months engaged in an ongoing feud with. We're surely overdue another 'lay down your arms and have some turkey' anthem from today's rap community - come on folks, who's gonna take up the mantle?
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