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Klingon-Language Rapper

By John Farrier in Movies & SciFi, Music on Oct 16, 2009 at 8:42 am



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Klenginem is a German rapper who performs in the Klingon language, mostly modified Eminem songs. Here is his performance of “SuvwI’pu’ qan tu’lu’be”, which is known in English as “Without Me.”

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  1. BamaChris
    Oct 16th, 2009 at 10:18 am

    Wow.....thats all I have to say....wow

  2. eni
    Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:00 am

    He's not all that enthusiastic. But I like it :P

  3. Conflicted
    Oct 16th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    Eminem always sounds better in the original Klingon.

  4. Gail Pink
    Oct 16th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    Now. I've. Heard. Everything.

  5. ted
    Oct 16th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    That just leaves one speechless in any language.

    At least if he forgets the words, who's gonna know?

  6. glen
    Oct 16th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    Rap is dumb-dumb music; no self-respecting Klingon would listen to it. Impostor! And Eminem sounds better with a roll of dutch tape around his mouth.

  7. ddrt
    Oct 16th, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    Most hip hop music is just misunderstood, glen. There are plenty of artists out there who correctly represent the hip hop culture, for example: De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Anticon, The Pharcyde, etc. I will warn you that if you just don't like the tone, beats, sound of ethnic music you really wont like hip hop in general, however that would make you a typical bigot.
    Also, it's spelled duct tape.

  8. Ali S.
    Oct 16th, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    Great...now all I have in my head is Worf bobbing his head to this as he's flying a shuttle about!

  9. Foreigner1
    Oct 17th, 2009 at 5:13 am

    Amazing...!

    ...But what a waste of talent.... - With such capabilities, this guy could be an ultimate multilinguist if there ever was one instead of squandering his abilities on rapping in a fake language...

  10. angstrom
    Oct 17th, 2009 at 8:12 am

    Foreigner1 , how do you know he is wasting a linguistic gift? That seems presumptuous. For all you know he also speaks fluent Romulan, Vulcan and Qlargian.

  11. Larfin Jackarse
    Oct 17th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Say wtf? The intertube truly does have something for everyone.

  12. Combat Wombat
    Oct 17th, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    So what? He's translated "songs" into another language, people have been doing that for centuries. It's not a talent really, is it? It really doesn't matter that it's an invented language rather than an evolved one.

  13. Larfin Jackarse
    Oct 17th, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    ps: I am off to goog Klingon Sex Pistols and Klingon Abba (for the girlf you understand).

  14. Morz
    Oct 18th, 2009 at 5:23 am

    ddrt:
    'I will warn you that if you just don’t like the tone, beats, sound of ethnic music you really wont like hip hop in general, however that would make you a typical bigot.'

    Are you serious? So if I don't like classical music does that make me bigoted against white Europeans? What a stupid statement.

  15. JimRL
    Oct 19th, 2009 at 4:38 am

    Two things I really can't stand, Eminem & Star Trek.

    I don't think I could eat the amount I want to barf.

  16. Brian Barker
    Jan 15th, 2010 at 3:54 am

    I like neither Na'vi nor Klingon, as the future global language. Especially when you have to dress up for it :D

    We also need a future international language. One which is easy to learn, as well !

    And that's not English ! Esperanto ? Let's move forward :)

    At least Bill Shatner speaks Esperanto. Please confirm at http//www.lernu.net

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