Last fall, Justin Timberlake appeared on the Jimmy Fallon show, and the two tickled all generations of rap lovers with their collaborative "History of Rap" (below). The video went viral, as such videos of charming and handsome boys being silly on television tend to do. Last night on the show, after insisting that that performance could never be topped, they (of course) topped it with "History of Rap (pt. 2)."
Perhaps surprisingly, given that it's a gag on a late night talk show, both performances are musically solid, in addition to being entertaining. It's so good that this marks the first ever rap performance featured on this blog. Contributing to the awesomeness is the house band, The Roots, a four-time Grammy-winning hip-hop group. Fallon earns mucho cool points for getting that contract signed back in 2009.
And just to remind you of Timberlake's pedigree, check this out. Oh, how far we've come.
Watch the first "History of Rap" video:
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