Did Gen. Larry Platt steal ‘Pants on the Ground’?
Who knew granddaddy rap was such a burgeoning sub-genre?
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Even if you don’t pay any attention to American Idol (isn’t this season 30 by now?!), chances are you’ve been exposed to the phenomenon that is “Pants on the Ground.” Whether it be through a water cooler conversation, watching The Tonight Show (formerly) with Conan O’Brien, or even football, we’ve all born witness to the genius that is General Larry Platt.
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Two weeks after his appearance on the show, Platt is back in the limelight after being accused of stealing the “hit” song. Two over-the-hill brothers from Detroit claim that the Atlanta-based Platt, 62, stole his idea from their 1996 song, “Back Pockets on the Floor.” The Green Brothers don’t specify how Platt would have heard their song nor why they waited so long to respond. But perhaps that’s beside the point, as Maurice Garland puts it:
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When did so many old folks start rapping? What radio stations are they listening to? Who’s giving them beats? Who’s letting them use their studios? Really, where is all this old man rap coming from? Its one thing to have one old head pop up out of nowhere with a rap song...but to have another pop up and accuse the other of biting his style...