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Handsome Boy Modeling School was a hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 collaboration between Dan the Automator
Dan the Automator

Dan "the Automator" Nakamura is a Japanese-American Hip hop production. He founded the record label 75 Ark, which was distributed by Tommy Boy Entertainment during its short existence....
 and Prince Paul, producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 of rap
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 trio De La Soul
De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop music group formed in 1987 in Amityville, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres....
.

some Boy Modeling School is a conceptual hip hop duo that parodied and acted as a commentary on vain
Vanity

In conventional parlance, vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. In many religions vanity is considered a form of self-idolatry, in which one rejects God for the sake of one's own , and thereby becomes divorced from the Divine graces of God....
, consumerist
Consumerism

Consumerism is the equation of personal happiness with Consumption and the purchase of material possessions.The term is often associated with criticisms of consumption starting with Thorstein Veblen....
, materialistic
Economic materialism

Materialism refers to how a person or group chooses to spend their factors of production, particularly money and time. Literally, a materialist is a person for whom collecting material goods is an important priority....
, and self-absorbed
Selfishness

Selfishness denotes the precedence given in thought or deed to the self, i.e., self interest or self concern. It is the act of placing one's own needs or desires above the needs or desires of others....
 members of upper class society
Upper class

The upper class is a concept in sociology that refers to the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. Members of an upper class often have great power over the allocation of resources and governmental policy in their area....
, such as supermodels and people from old money
Old Money

Old money is defined as "the inherited wealth of established upper-class families" or "a person, family, or lineage possessing inherited wealth"....
. The pair often satirized upper class snobbery and perceived beauty.

In 1999, they released the concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
 So... How's Your Girl?
So... How's Your Girl?

So... How's Your Girl? is the debut album by Handsome Boy Modeling School on Tom Silverman's independent record label, Tommy Boy Records."Holy Calamity" is a sequel to the Dr....
, which was loosely based on an episode of the Chris Elliott
Chris Elliott

Christopher Elliott is an United States comedian and actor....
 sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 Get a Life
Get a Life (TV series)

Get a Life is a television Situation comedy that was broadcast in the United States on the Fox Broadcasting Company from September 23, 1990 in television, to March 8, 1992 in television....
 entitled "The Prettiest Week of My Life." The episode also contains the origin of the name Handsome Boy Modeling School, where Chris Elliott's character enrolls to become a male model.






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Handsome Boy Modeling School was a hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 collaboration between Dan the Automator
Dan the Automator

Dan "the Automator" Nakamura is a Japanese-American Hip hop production. He founded the record label 75 Ark, which was distributed by Tommy Boy Entertainment during its short existence....
 and Prince Paul, producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 of rap
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 trio De La Soul
De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop music group formed in 1987 in Amityville, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres....
.

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Handsome Boy Modeling School is a conceptual hip hop duo that parodied and acted as a commentary on vain
Vanity

In conventional parlance, vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. In many religions vanity is considered a form of self-idolatry, in which one rejects God for the sake of one's own , and thereby becomes divorced from the Divine graces of God....
, consumerist
Consumerism

Consumerism is the equation of personal happiness with Consumption and the purchase of material possessions.The term is often associated with criticisms of consumption starting with Thorstein Veblen....
, materialistic
Economic materialism

Materialism refers to how a person or group chooses to spend their factors of production, particularly money and time. Literally, a materialist is a person for whom collecting material goods is an important priority....
, and self-absorbed
Selfishness

Selfishness denotes the precedence given in thought or deed to the self, i.e., self interest or self concern. It is the act of placing one's own needs or desires above the needs or desires of others....
 members of upper class society
Upper class

The upper class is a concept in sociology that refers to the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. Members of an upper class often have great power over the allocation of resources and governmental policy in their area....
, such as supermodels and people from old money
Old Money

Old money is defined as "the inherited wealth of established upper-class families" or "a person, family, or lineage possessing inherited wealth"....
. The pair often satirized upper class snobbery and perceived beauty.

In 1999, they released the concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
 So... How's Your Girl?
So... How's Your Girl?

So... How's Your Girl? is the debut album by Handsome Boy Modeling School on Tom Silverman's independent record label, Tommy Boy Records."Holy Calamity" is a sequel to the Dr....
, which was loosely based on an episode of the Chris Elliott
Chris Elliott

Christopher Elliott is an United States comedian and actor....
 sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 Get a Life
Get a Life (TV series)

Get a Life is a television Situation comedy that was broadcast in the United States on the Fox Broadcasting Company from September 23, 1990 in television, to March 8, 1992 in television....
 entitled "The Prettiest Week of My Life." The episode also contains the origin of the name Handsome Boy Modeling School, where Chris Elliott's character enrolls to become a male model. In the album, Dan and Paul assume the characters of Nathaniel Merriweather and Chest Rockwell, respectively. A number of guest musicians appear, including Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Teren Delvon Jones , better known as Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an alternative hip hop artist....
, J-Live
J-Live

J-Live is an Rapper, Disc Jockey, and Record producer from New York, and also the founder of Triple Threat Productions....
, Sean Lennon
Sean Lennon

Sean Taro Ono Lennon is an United States singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He is the son of musicians and peace activists John Lennon and Yoko Ono....
, Miho Hatori
Miho Hatori

is a singer, songwriter, and musician. She is primarily known as the vocalist of the New York City group Cibo Matto....
 (of Cibo Matto
Cibo Matto

Cibo Matto was a New York City-based band formed by two Japan women, Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori, in 1994. The lyrics in their songs are primarily concerned with food, possibly used as a metaphor....
), Mike D (of the Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys are an American hip hop music group from New York City consisting of Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch, and Adam Horovitz. Since around the time of the Hello Nasty album, the DJ for the group has been Mix Master Mike, who was first featured in the song "Three MC's and One DJ"....
) and Don Novello
Don Novello

Don Novello is an United States writer, film director, television producer, actor, singer, and comedian. Novello is best known for his work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1977 until 1980, and then 1985 until 1986, often as the character "Father Guido Sarducci"....
 (as comic character Father Guido Sarducci
Father Guido Sarducci

Father Guido Sarducci is a fictional character made famous by United States comedian Don Novello. Sarducci, a chain-smoking priest with tinted eyeglasses, works in the United States as gossip columnist and rock critic for the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano ....
).

Their 1999 single "The Projects" in collaboration with Trugoy, De La Soul and Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Teren Delvon Jones , better known as Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an alternative hip hop artist....
 was featured in the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)

Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 in film remake of the 1960 Rat Pack heist film Ocean's Eleven . The 2001 film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and features an ensemble cast....
.

Their second album, White People
White people

White people is a term which is usually used to refer to Human characterized, at least in part, by the light Human skin color. It often refers narrowly to people claiming ancestry exclusively from Europe....
 was released in November 2004. Some collaborators from the first album returned, and new collaborators included RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
, Cat Power
Cat Power

Cat Power is the stage name of United States singer/songwriter Charlyn "Chan" Marshall . She is known for her Minimalist music style, sparse guitar and piano playing, and breathy vocals....
, Casual
Casual (rapper)

Jon Owens , known by his stage name Casual, is an United States rapper.Born in Oakland, California, Owens is a member of the influential alternative hip hop Musical collective Hieroglyphics ....
, Alex Kapranos
Alex Kapranos

Alex Kapranos was born Alexander Paul Kapranos, March 20, 1972 in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire. He is the vocalist and a guitarist of the Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand ....
, Chester Bennington
Chester Bennington

Chester Charles Bennington is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the lead vocalist in the rock music band Linkin Park, and was previously associated with the band Grey Daze, among others....
, Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda

Michael Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. His father is a Japanese American, while his mother is of European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas descent....
, Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (musician)

Jack Hody Johnson is a Hawaiian-born singer-songwriter, musician, filmmaker, and surfer who has achieved commercial success and a dedicated following, after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales in 2001....
, Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Cedric Bixler-Zavala is the American lead singer and lyricist of The Mars Volta, and was previously the lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist of At the Drive-In, and also, the drummer of De Facto ....
, Mike Patton
Mike Patton

Michael Allan Patton is an United States singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist and video game voice actor, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Faith No More....
, El-P, Pharrell, John Oates
John Oates

John William Oates is an United States musician and record producer best known as the mustachioed half of the successful Rock music and Soul music duo Hall & Oates....
, Chino Moreno
Chino Moreno

Chino Moreno is an American musician. He is the lead singer and guitarist in Deftones and Team Sleep....
, Lord Finesse
Lord Finesse

Lord Finesse is a Hip hop music artist and producer, hailing from The Bronx, New York, best known as the leader of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew rap crew....
, Black Sheep
Black Sheep (hip hop group)

Black Sheep is an alternative hip hop duo from Queens, New York, New York, composed of Andres "Dres" Titus and William "Mista Lawnge" McLean. The duo are native New Yorkers but met as teenagers in North Carolina where both of their families relocated....
, and comedy actor Tim Meadows
Tim Meadows

Timothias Jazzmina "Tim" Meadows is an United States actor and comedian. He is most notably a popular former member of the TV show Saturday Night Live....
.

In 2006, Prince Paul announced his retirement from Handsome Boy Modeling School due to business conflicts with Dan the Automator.

Discography


Singles

  • 1999 "Magnetizing"
  • 1999 "Rock 'n' Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This)"
  • 1999 "The Projects (PJays)"
  • 2000 "Sunshine"
  • 2004 "The World's Gone Mad" (feat. Alex Kapranos
    Alex Kapranos

    Alex Kapranos was born Alexander Paul Kapranos, March 20, 1972 in Almondsbury, Gloucestershire. He is the vocalist and a guitarist of the Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand ....
    , Del The Funky Homosapien and Barrington Levy
    Barrington Levy

    Barrington Levy is a reggae and dancehall recording artist....
    )


Albums

  • So... How's Your Girl?
    So... How's Your Girl?

    So... How's Your Girl? is the debut album by Handsome Boy Modeling School on Tom Silverman's independent record label, Tommy Boy Records."Holy Calamity" is a sequel to the Dr....
     (1999)
  • White People
    White people

    White people is a term which is usually used to refer to Human characterized, at least in part, by the light Human skin color. It often refers narrowly to people claiming ancestry exclusively from Europe....
     (2004)


Remixes

  • 1999 Beastie Boys
    Beastie Boys

    Beastie Boys are an American hip hop music group from New York City consisting of Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch, and Adam Horovitz. Since around the time of the Hello Nasty album, the DJ for the group has been Mix Master Mike, who was first featured in the song "Three MC's and One DJ"....
     - "The Negotiation Limerick File"
  • 2004 Jack Johnson
    Jack Johnson (musician)

    Jack Hody Johnson is a Hawaiian-born singer-songwriter, musician, filmmaker, and surfer who has achieved commercial success and a dedicated following, after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales in 2001....
     - "Breakdown" (On "White People" Album)


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