Random Cover of the Week – Irish Duo Ugly Megan Covers Snoop Doggy Dogg

We had a nice little diversion last week with The Muppets, but it’s time to get back to the “white folk covering gangsa rap” genre. And this one from and Irish duo called Ugly Megan may be the best of the bunch. The fine folks at the Analogue Magazine Blog probably said it best:

Covering Snoop Dogg on nothing but an acoustic guitar and a Yamaha transcends art; it is, rather, utter genius. I can only imagine Ugly Megan pulling it off with such aplomb. Their hallmark breathy boy-girl vocals and simple melodies rework D Oh Double G to an undiscovered level of tweeness, though an unconscious tweeness at that.

Snoop Dogg + twee = genius.

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Ugly Megan on MySpace