As Kosher as They Wanna Be

1. J.A.P. Rap

2. Shake Your Tuchas

3. As Kosher as They Wanna Be

4. Accountant Suckers

5. Jokin' Jews

6. Oy! It's So Humid

7. Matchmaka' Game

8. Beggin' for a Bargain

9. Young Jews Be Proud

10. Ballad of Moisha & Irving/Irving & Moisha

As Kosher as They Wanna Be,2 Live Jews,Hot Productions,Comedy Rap,Ethnic Comedy,Novelty,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,Spoken / Comedy / Radio Shows,Spoken Word

Average customer rating:

Have you heard of Chutzpah?
What could you possibly expect?
old news
I just found this out!!!
I'm over it now...

As Kosher As They Wanna Be
2 Live Jews
Manufacturer: Hot Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Comedy & Spoken Word | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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ASIN: B000001QQI
Release Date: 1990-08-20

Tracks:

J.A.P. Rap
Shake Your Tuchas
As Kosher As They Wanna Be
Accountant Suckers
Jokin' Jews
Oui! It's So Humid
The Matchmaka' Game
Beggin' For A Bargain
Young Jews Be Proud
The Ballad Of Moisha & Irving/Irving & Moisha

Customer Reviews:

Have you heard of Chutzpah?.......2007-02-07

And I actually don't mean the kind that it takes to put out an album like this... I mean the group CHUTZPAH. Go look/listen to their albums. Eponymous by Chutzpah is great. Fun, Jewish Hip Hop with strength and a 'tude.

If you want your Jewish hip hop - straight up beautiful... find Ta-Shma's Come Listen.

If you want Jewish and classic/funny... try You Don't Have to Be Jewish.

Enjoy!

What could you possibly expect?.......2006-02-26

I'm confused by the smattering of reviewers who pan this album. If you read the other reviews you'll find that most of them confess to having owned this cd at some point, and that they are shocked and horrified to find it's still available.

I mean, what would one really expect from a parody group called "2 Live Jews" who put out a song called "Oui! It's so humid" ? Did anyone really think this was going to be a golden classic they were going to keep and cherish forever, possibly pass on to their kids...? A jewish Dark Side of the Moon or Stairway to heaven? Come on! it's a joke album and some jokes get OLD!

But -- if it made you laugh - even once - it sort of did it's job, didn't it?

I have a collection of joke and parody albums, and this one fits in just fine. It's not up there with the King of musical comedy Spike Jones, but it's still good. Do I drive around listening to it in my car? No. Do I listen to it as I sip a nice chianti? No. But it sometimes comes out at parties and it always gets a hearty laugh. If that's all you really expect from a joke album, then you should be pretty content.

The musical style is dated, yes. Rap was much younger and simpler when this was first released. But the rhymes are good and often downright clever. I'd even be willing to recommend their disco album.

old news.......2005-12-09

so there's a lot of Jewish hip hop out right now and these guys just don't hold up...This is as bad if not worse than MOT. It's just not even trying to be good. If you want to hear some good hip hop with good music, check out Matisyahu or Chutzpah.

I just found this out!!!.......2005-04-04

I happened to be reading on another web page about the guys from TLC's In a Fix, and found out that Danny (AKA Danny Paul) from the show was a writer on this CD. Sure, this is not new stuff, it's dated and people probably won't find it amusing as I did when it came out. But it was funny then and mildly humorous now. I only play it now and again for nostalgia (and to annoy my kids). Just thought I should note that the writer is still around and funny as heck - just watch In A Fix. See if you can find him doing stand up in your area, I look forward to seeing him perform someday.

I'm over it now..........2004-08-25

Back in my teenage years this album held an honored spot in my comedic music collection alongside the works of 'Weird Al' Yankovic and Ray Stevens. But as the years went by, I kinda fell out of love with this recording-- which also eventually happened with the Weird One and Mr. Stevens, but that's a couple different reviews for another time.

Anyhoo, this eventual lack of interest didn't come about because I found the songs offensive for playing off of such Jewish stereotypes as over-the-top thriftiness ("Beggin' for a Bargain"), being money-hungry (the end of "The Matchmaka' Game"), the liberal use of Yiddish terms ("Shake Your Tuchas"), incessant griping about the weather ("Oy, It's So Humid"), or anything like that. There just came a day when I took a listen to it, and didn't really find it all that funny anymore. It was likely due to the fact that my taste in comedy had shifted more towards bluer & edgier material, and the relative tameness of this album just didn't grab the laughs from me like it used to. So I moved on, and left this formerly funny collection of silly tunage behind.

Anyhoo, if you're lookin' for some comedic music that's a tad more hardcore than 'Weird Al', but not too close to the naughty croonings of Red Peters (I highly recommend Peters' "I Laughed, I Cried, I Fudged My Undies" CD, which you can find at www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001EFVKE/qid=1093410813/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-1978159-0347843?v=glance&s=music), and not even touching Joe Pesci's F-word-fest "Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just For You" (also highly recommended, available at www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000DCHN/qid=1093410767/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-1978159-0347843?v=glance&s=music), and can handle the two lead rappers taking softball pot-shots at the various Jewish stereotypes and preconceptions I mentioned in the previous paragraph, then 'As Kosher as They Wanna Be' might just be the thing you're lookin' for...

'Late