You Know What Sucks?

When blogs don't update but every five months or so. I'm going to try and update once a week. Don't count on more. This is too much fun for me to really stop. Today, we are going to look at Keri Hilson (feat. Kanye and Neyo) and her song, "Knock You Down."

There is a lot we could say about this song. First, there is Kanye's freakishly obsessive art show ("I'mma take you to an art show that has freakishly large and accurate paintings of you"), the fact that Keri Hilson pretty much only sings "Love gonna knock you down" for the entire song (while falling down, for emphasis), but the most controversial moment comes from Neyo. I do hope you watched the video most of the way through, because Neyo brings up one of the most controversial pieces of hip-hop archeology: the Pimp Ship.

The idea of a Pimp Ship has always been present in hip hop's mythology. In their song "You're Gonna Get Yours," Hip Hop pioneers Public Enemy described their vision of the Pimp Ship as a Buick 98:

"Sucka to the side you know you hate my 98. You're gonna get yours!"

It is possible that the Pimp Ship is a nautical craft, as revealed in the Lonely Island's "I'm On a Boat." Of course, we can not expect Andy Samberg to have discovered the true nature of the Pimp Ship. However, it should be noted that T-Pain collaborates on that song. It is possible that T-Pain's vision of the Pimp Ship as a nautical craft, and that is a valid, if admittedly unexpected, interpretation.
"I never thought I'd be on a boat"

Others believe that the Pimp Ship is lost to history, never to be found again. However, this not deter others from looking. Tupac was last seen looking for the Pimp Ship in the wilds of Madagascar.
Pimp Ship?

Neyo departs from all of these conventions by saying not only that he was commander and chief, but also that he was "flying high." This seems to suggest that he envisions the Pump Ship seems to be a flying craft. Perhaps it is a jet, or a dirigible of some sort. Based on the information given, there is not much we can know. However, there are a few possibilities. We can assume that there were some safety measure in safe, as he was able to avoid the destruction of the "pretty little missile" that knocked him out of the sky. It was probably not Hindenberg or a dirigible of any kind. Rather, it was probably a jet of some sort.
"Flyin' High"

These theories are all based not on experience, but on preference and personality. The Pimp Ship reveals itself to each MC. So, look inside yourself and find your own Pimp Ship.