Dunedin rapper Jon Ditty somehow ended up getting nominated for “Best Mayor” in the Reader’s Pick Best of the Bay 2020 polls, so the emcee (who’s actually won other BOTB awards in the past) ran with it.
Ditty did a faux campaign photo shoot, went on a social media blitz and even had a laugh with Dunedin’s actual mayor, Julie Ward Bujalski about the situation.
Never one to leave a song opportunity on the table, Ditty also recorded a new tune, “Idiocracy”, as part of the campaign (find out if he won on Oct. 1 when the BOTB issue hits newsstands). The production comes at the hands of Orlando producer and emcee Swamburger (of Solillaquists of Sound), but the beat was supposed to be for perennial underground hip-hop favorite Aesop Rock.
A press release says Swamburger decided to put the beat in Ditty’s hands instead. Ditty then enlisted producer and songwriter Stick Martin to help create a hook that re-samples former MTV talk show host, comedian Tom Green.
“In our nation’s current state of upheaval, uncertainty, grave lack of leadership, and devolution to a meme predicting Mike Judge’s fictional movie “Idiocracy” was, in fact, becoming a documentary, Ditty unapologetically criticizes the inaction, wrongful actions, and debilitating misdirected public concern,” the release adds. “He proclaims his unfortunate experience, in attempting to reason with others, when there is no critical thought at play—simply stated, ‘you can’t cure stupid.’”
Listen to the track below. Donate to Ditty's super PAC via patreon.com.
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This article appears in Sep 17-23, 2020.