Legacy
Over the past few years Biff Chitlin’s music has started memes, dance crazes and even inspired Jay-Z. His comically auto-tuned voice on Wendy’s “ Frosty Posse” was the catalyst for Jay Z’s “Death of Auto Tune.”
The classic booty shaking anthem for Geico’s “Sexy Grandpa” became an instant meme loved by college students across the nation. This resulted in thousands of user posted dance videos on You Tube.
In 2006 “The Muddle” for Bacardi Mojito became a worldwide favorite for DJs, and inspired many independent remixes of the song.
The classic Burger King spot “Manthem” featuring Biff’s vocal talents was put on display for a pop culture exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
read Jay Z’s reaction below
https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.9292/title.jay-z-clarifies-comments-on-auto-tune-plans-charity-work
https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.9295/title.auto-tune-responds-to-controversy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.O.A._(Death_of_Auto-Tune)
As cited on Wikipedia ” One of the partial inspirations for Jay-Z to write the song was hearing Auto-Tune being used in an advertisement for Wendy’s fast-food chain. It made him feel that what was once a trend had become a gimmick.[4]“
Song Facts reports ” Jay-Z explained to the Chicago radio station WGCI that hearing the use of Auto-Tune in an advert for Wendy’s fast-food chain, was one of the inspirations for this song. He said: “I just think in hip-hop, when a trend becomes a gimmick, it’s time to move on. I saw a Wendy’s commercial and they’re using Auto-Tune. They’re joking on it. It’s like, OK, enough of that… It was a trend, it was cool in the beginning. Some people made great music with it, now it’s time to move on.”
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/jay-z/doa-death-of-auto-tune
See user created videos on You Tube for “Sexy Grandpa Dance” below:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sexy+grandpa+dance