Let's hope Lil Wayne's Packers-themed remix "Green and Yellow" spawns a rainbow of imitators.
And unless you're a fan of one of the surprisingly small number of teams that fits the song's bi-color mandate – the Iowa Hawkeyes, for instance, or English football's Wolverhampton Wanderers – its resonance is blunted. But, of course, the Wiz's mega-hit's greatest Jock Jam strength is also its greatest flaw: a Jock Jam must be universal.
It's even an ode to the colors of a sports team (his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers). Danceable beat? Well, go get me another $14 Budweiser and I'll get back to you. The beat is so stupid it’s like a zombie standing around in a crowd of zombies thinking, "Man, these other zombies are really smart." The lyrics aren't just perfect for Jumbotrons – they could've been written on one. "Boom Boom Pow" makes "Whoomp There It Is" seem like a wax-winged wisp of Dickinsonian miniaturism. keeps the Jock Jam tradition alive the way Led Zeppelin kept the blues alive. But the Jock Jam isn't going to end up in the locker room laundry bin of history anytime soon. Sonic and lyrical innovations in hip-hop during the post-Timbaland/Jay-Z era have rendered the Jock Jam's simple volume-pumping, tootsie-rolling, EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!-ing pleasures somewhat déclassé these days. The golden age of the form lasted from the late Eighties to the mid Nineties – from "It Takes Two" and "Whoomp (There It Is)" through "Hip-Hop Hooray" and EMF's "Unbelievable," and the Bucketheads' "The Bomb" and Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It" (all compiled on the classic five-volume series ESPN Presents Jock Jams).
Some Jock Jams are rock jams but they usually thrive in the cheesy chewy space between the danciest dance-pop and poppiest pop-rap – they'll get it started in here, they'll pump up the jam, they'll let the dogs out, they're gonna make you sweat, they're weirdly appropriate to listen to while running a three-man weave. The Jock Jam has Seventies roots in grandma-oriented disco (the Village Peoples' "YMCA") and chant-along bubblegum rock (Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye").
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