Born and raised in Ithaca and to see this as a RUclips ad, I had to come see what's up! Good jam man, love hearing the names of past stores and about grassroots 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@jpop99 that’s what he says after he says “they thought if everyone was on drugs they wouldn’t notice the music was so bad” then he says “GUESS WHAT I NOTICED
I grew up in Ithaca, and so this made me laugh.. yes, Ithaca is not LA, no one cares about cars. It's not a big city. It is a weird remote unique place.. And this rap is a good match for Ithaca. It is totally Ithaca level rap.. Odd, not terribly rhythmic or inspired language choices, but quirky and endearing nonetheless--- like the State Street Diner was at 2am.. or the Farmers market on a freezing and blustery day..... Or going to Wegmans because you are bored, and seeing people you know. No one will understand this out of the tiny fishbowl of Ithaca, but thanks for the laugh..
@@RaymondXuVlog As your life stretches many more decades, you will learn something truly funny about Ithaca.. it really doesn't change, but as you change, you see Ithaca differently, and experience it differently, because you become different. as I said, I grew up there, and came back in my thirties because my wife got into Cornell grad school. that was 20 years ago. I still try to visit every year or two, and my lens I see the town through changes, as I change.. So Ithaca is a mirror.. Your rap shows you... fundamentally...
my mood was i grew up in ithaca and then moved away. then i moved back in with my parents during covid, so this song i made in annoyance of having to be in ithaca when i returned
Don’t let this man speak for everyone. His skills are not that good at all. And have more then Northside liquors. He is on here making a fool of him self and anyone that agrees.
Green Eye- The guy apparently spent too much time fantasizing about flashy cars while he was here. He says, "The gorges are 40 miles away.” Cascadilla and Fall Creek gorges go right through town. Coy Glen gorge is over in the west side, Buttermilk Falls gorge is in the south part of town...
I lived in Ithaca once and I totally understand how you feel if you dislike Ithaca. In a way, I do sense a certain ironic fondness for Ithaca in your video. As I grow older, I now have a greater appreciation for the beauty of the Finger Lakes region where Ithaca is located.
update 2022: imma be back in ith dec 28-jan2 if u wana chill, dm me on ig raymondyxu Song is now on spotify: open.spotify.com/track/3zeoPWpFGcMYF0sqq2HsHk?si=de539bb490f84950
agree except the gorges are not 40 min away we have Buttermilk right here, treeman is just outside of the city, Ithaca falls and other smaller falls right in the city, and Taughannic fallys is 10 min out of the city
Moved here from Oakland CA and for a college town this place is flat. A friend was in the military and used to drive here back in the '90s with his brothers, said it was awesome back then. Think its the phones, need to block all tech here and bring back house parties.
Everybody I know has gotten this as an ad and that's harilious. We'll hang out and be watching TV and someone will say "hey i got that stuck in Ithaca ad again" delightful
Reluctant Ithacan here, the one that make me think hmmm is (paraphrasing) “they say Ithaca is gorges but all the gorges are like 45 mins away” that’s just not true.. several in the city limits.
This is the most Ithacan comment on the thread. Ugh. So glad I moved away. The whole "Ithaca is... " Super annoying. You know what Ithaca ISN'T? A good place to live.
I mean I get that it is satire It doesn't quite give a full picture of The atrocities in the irony that could be done with that Like ithaca's rents are so high, people can't even afford to live in subsidized housing. Or one of the reason why Ithaca is so crazy, They couldn't even find enough therapists to provide care to the needed mental health population for several months. Ithaca has a heroin problem, still there are so many people criminalizing it rather than trying to rehabilitate and reintegrate thoes who need the services in the same volume Cornell sends rejection letters. Ithaca is deficient, Because the infrastructure isn't there to sustain any sort of community. Ithaca is my home and I love it, It just sucks living there.
Rent wise I mean if it weren't for the schools idk why anyone would live in ith. On heroin yea idk anywhere in the us this is being handled well. Our town is doing a lot better than most towns in the rust belt, and so i didnt feel like it was representative to cast it as a town with a drug problem / other deaths of despair.
@@RaymondXuVlog Don't get me wrong. Ithaca is my home and I love it, hidden for all that is wrong and that is dysfunctional This place where I feel most comfortable being myself. You have a wonderful sense of humor, And you know how to appeal to the masses. I appreciate this content. Keep doing what you do man.
@@trampborn2run I feel like this song is relatively specifically about if you have lived in ithaca and a bigger city and then you vibe with the small town complaints
Why am I seeing this? I’m a Cuban born living in Miami… to me, “Ithaca” is more related to Odysseus and Greece, I had no idea there was such place in the USA. Well, I saw the whole thing and I liked it though.
Ithaca resident originally from Detroit. Definitely have had the exact conversation trying to explain where I moved to. Do I call ITH the Motown of Ugly People from now on? 😂
First year here and I've already been to the cat cafe way too many times, I love Goldie though. Only reason I havent transferred yet is cause I like my friends here lmao
Just let the Stockholm syndrome wash over you.... join us in our apathy as we insist the high density of "pretty good" restaurants on the commons makes this place fucking livable.
i heard a story about a homeless lady shitting on the side walk, getting threatened with a littering ticket by the police, then picking her own shit up with her hand and running off with it. ithaca sounds DOOOPE!
@@diegogalvan1810 why are you supposed to feel good about spending a massive amount of money and 4 years in a boring town learning skills that have no real world relevancy? That really feels like something that you're supposed to be sad about
Not completely accurate. I know at least four liquor stores: Northside Wine & Spirits (near Five Guys), Judd Falls Wine & Spirits (East Hill Plaza), Triphammer Wine & Spirits, and Liberty Liquors in Lansing
Ye i was just complaining cuz the ones that aren't Northside are small and I'm picky, specifically i like deep eddy vodka which is only available at Northside
I see you in an ad for a Markiplier fanmade animation and immediatly I was like _click_ ! This is so relatable and hilarious - mostly cause I'm from there XD Finally someone turns my opinion into a song!
@@RaymondXuVlog Since s**t hit the fan here, kinda. Though I don't wanna move either, so as long as the crime rate doesn't migrate to the suburbs I'm fine 😅👍
Omg I work at the Texas roadhouse here , this song is spot on and made my whole night I never thought I'd see an irhaca you tube ad and song like this lmao ty
@RaymondXuVlog oh I'm from Corning. I'm only an hour away, but I'm about to work at that rinky dink Chipotle in town. I'm gonna save my ass off and move to Richmond. Wish me luck!
Cant laigh enoigh st how the bar scene and music scene changed so drastically right on point about how skeevy and devoid of any live music its become and you see the same two drunk i.c. chics at every place you go now😅
My man, spending that money to put this in my ad feed. Respect.
U need to know that i feel trapped
Mannnnnnnnnnn. I co-sign this message. This was hilariously truthful. My lord
The first time I've watched a full ad. No regrets. Amazing. It hits every point
glad to know the ad hit
Born and raised in Ithaca and to see this as a RUclips ad, I had to come see what's up! Good jam man, love hearing the names of past stores and about grassroots 🤣🤣🤣🤣
GUESS WHAT I NOTICED
@@RaymondXuVlog what have you noticed
Facts
@@jpop99 that’s what he says after he says “they thought if everyone was on drugs they wouldn’t notice the music was so bad” then he says “GUESS WHAT I NOTICED
@@fodetoure1576 lmao woosh went right over my head 🥴🥴🤣
I grew up in Ithaca, and so this made me laugh.. yes, Ithaca is not LA, no one cares about cars. It's not a big city. It is a weird remote unique place..
And this rap is a good match for Ithaca. It is totally Ithaca level rap.. Odd, not terribly rhythmic or inspired language choices, but quirky and endearing nonetheless--- like the State Street Diner was at 2am.. or the Farmers market on a freezing and blustery day..... Or going to Wegmans because you are bored, and seeing people you know.
No one will understand this out of the tiny fishbowl of Ithaca, but thanks for the laugh..
I tried to make the rap match the town, yes
@@RaymondXuVlog As your life stretches many more decades, you will learn something truly funny about Ithaca.. it really doesn't change, but as you change, you see Ithaca differently, and experience it differently, because you become different. as I said, I grew up there, and came back in my thirties because my wife got into Cornell grad school. that was 20 years ago. I still try to visit every year or two, and my lens I see the town through changes, as I change..
So Ithaca is a mirror.. Your rap shows you... fundamentally...
my mood was i grew up in ithaca and then moved away. then i moved back in with my parents during covid, so this song i made in annoyance of having to be in ithaca when i returned
Don’t let this man speak for everyone. His skills are not that good at all. And have more then Northside liquors. He is on here making a fool of him self and anyone that agrees.
Green Eye- The guy apparently spent too much time fantasizing about flashy cars while he was here. He says, "The gorges are 40 miles away.” Cascadilla and Fall Creek gorges go right through town. Coy Glen gorge is over in the west side, Buttermilk Falls gorge is in the south part of town...
i love you raymond. your music has defined an entire generation
We finally got our own "hastily made Cleveland tourism video"
I lived in ithaca about 20 years so i hope i did it justice
I lived in Ithaca once and I totally understand how you feel if you dislike Ithaca. In a way, I do sense a certain ironic fondness for Ithaca in your video. As I grow older, I now have a greater appreciation for the beauty of the Finger Lakes region where Ithaca is located.
oh it is pretty for sure
I grew up there, moved away 35 years ago. This rings true.
Yea i lived in ith 16 year i know it
update 2022: imma be back in ith dec 28-jan2 if u wana chill, dm me on ig raymondyxu
Song is now on spotify: open.spotify.com/track/3zeoPWpFGcMYF0sqq2HsHk?si=de539bb490f84950
@@marcushaider9636 no
watched all 4:48 minutes lmfao - ate and left no crumbs. I approve this message
Hey amber how's it going we went to ihs together remember me
Wtf, this showed up as a paid ad for me! Best ad ever!!!!
same here
Yo me too lmao
Tops line has aged like fine wine. They're replacing one of them with another Aldi which is exactly what needed to happen imo.
yea they did that shit cuz of the song!
agree except the gorges are not 40 min away we have Buttermilk right here, treeman is just outside of the city, Ithaca falls and other smaller falls right in the city, and Taughannic fallys is 10 min out of the city
Yea my parents live up by the mall so when i was with them some of them gorges were far but it's a little bit of a reach
Hilarious! "They say Syracuse is an hour away. but it's really an hour 15!"
The mf really do be longer than an hour
Moved here from Oakland CA and for a college town this place is flat. A friend was in the military and used to drive here back in the '90s with his brothers, said it was awesome back then. Think its the phones, need to block all tech here and bring back house parties.
Everybody I know has gotten this as an ad and that's harilious. We'll hang out and be watching TV and someone will say "hey i got that stuck in Ithaca ad again" delightful
Lit im floodin everybody with them ads
The downtown Tops just closed. They said their lease was up and they're not renewing, but I believe they couldn't handle existing after this song.
I might've flamed them a lil hard
No way!
@@dckangstaff yes
"Would you like to see some magic?"
Yo this bar goin be in trapped in ithaca 2 lmao
ah yes, another treasured local perv
bahaha! This is hilarious. It's always great to poke fun at yourself. You had a vision and went for it!
Town is very easy to make fun of, all I need to do is say what happens
I was gonna skip this ad until I heard ithaca lmao
I didn't see this on an add. I looked it up because I was born and raised in Ithaca.
This is art, bro. Thanks for this! 🤣🙌
Ay i think rn 28% of people came from the ad so u in the majority
Yo! That's amazing! This is gonna hit home for SO many people...
@@claytonbrewer1538 yea ithaca is small enough where i think the complaints are going to be somewhat similar
Reluctant Ithacan here, the one that make me think hmmm is (paraphrasing) “they say Ithaca is gorges but all the gorges are like 45 mins away” that’s just not true.. several in the city limits.
Yea maybe not quite accurate, everyone always wants to go to taughannock which is hella far
Those falls are 14 minutes away from Ithaca...
@@RaymondXuVlog 9 miles
This is the most Ithacan comment on the thread. Ugh. So glad I moved away. The whole "Ithaca is... " Super annoying. You know what Ithaca ISN'T? A good place to live.
Lol. To answer the cool cars question; anything nice is gonna rust out from all the salt on the roads too quickly for it to be worth it
ya LA do got good weather tho
@@RaymondXuVlog LA got that drought though
@@Jasmine0509 LA also sucks to live in generally
Born and raised, this is the most accurate thing I’ve ever seen. 😂
Also was born and raised, so we got the same experience naturally
I mean I get that it is satire It doesn't quite give a full picture of The atrocities in the irony that could be done with that
Like ithaca's rents are so high, people can't even afford to live in subsidized housing.
Or one of the reason why Ithaca is so crazy, They couldn't even find enough therapists to provide care to the needed mental health population for several months.
Ithaca has a heroin problem, still there are so many people criminalizing it rather than trying to rehabilitate and reintegrate thoes who need the services in the same volume Cornell sends rejection letters.
Ithaca is deficient, Because the infrastructure isn't there to sustain any sort of community.
Ithaca is my home and I love it, It just sucks living there.
Rent wise I mean if it weren't for the schools idk why anyone would live in ith. On heroin yea idk anywhere in the us this is being handled well. Our town is doing a lot better than most towns in the rust belt, and so i didnt feel like it was representative to cast it as a town with a drug problem / other deaths of despair.
@@RaymondXuVlog Don't get me wrong. Ithaca is my home and I love it, hidden for all that is wrong and that is dysfunctional This place where I feel most comfortable being myself. You have a wonderful sense of humor, And you know how to appeal to the masses. I appreciate this content. Keep doing what you do man.
@@trampborn2run I feel like this song is relatively specifically about if you have lived in ithaca and a bigger city and then you vibe with the small town complaints
Haha. Love the part about Rashid. Worked there two years and he's a real perv .
Dude he made a comment anytime i went in there and there was a female in my group, glad he's gone
Stupendous homage to this special city.
Ithaca deserves this song
Why am I seeing this? I’m a Cuban born living in Miami… to me, “Ithaca” is more related to Odysseus and Greece, I had no idea there was such place in the USA. Well, I saw the whole thing and I liked it though.
All the upstate NY towns named after Greek shit idk
This reminds me of Kanye’s “my bitch ain’t no hobbit” rap from South Park
How do i run your ads on my channel??.. this is hillarious !
If ur video is good enough it runs automatically
the most relatable youtube ad i’ve ever gotten
What was the comic book at Contemporary Trends?
It was a comic book that had a cross section of a ship on the cover and it was like "the life of a pirate" or someth it was a very unique book
best ad i have ever gotten
"Every one in ithaca ugly..."🤣😅😅 loved that... you aint ithaca without the scowl...
U always recognize an ithaca face when u see one
Also grew up here and LMAO the music part is a little too accurate 😂
There's i think one band i liked at grassroots
Why did I get this ad? I moved here not long ago, what's happening?
Because i see you
( ⁰o⁰)'
I left in 2016 and never looked back beacuse of all this lmao your a legend lol.
Thx yo
please perform at slope day!
i actually will be in town for graduation
Ithaca resident originally from Detroit. Definitely have had the exact conversation trying to explain where I moved to. Do I call ITH the Motown of Ugly People from now on? 😂
EVERYONE IN ITHACA UGLY
lol whooooooo are you 😂. This thing had me cryingggggggg. We are trapped and they won’t let’s us leave!!! SOS
Yea i felt very covid trapped in town
Work of art tbh
U a work of art boi 😜
I was born and raised in Ithaca... Love this
ay shout out 607
When I heard a line towards the end I just realized I've heard my mom watching this-
Pretty sure given the view count many people in ithaca have seen this
Mad respect to see this in my ad feed.
Respect the trapped feeling
I go to IC so this is crazy this popped up as a YT ad. Super funny. More Ithaca diss tracks and stuff PLEASE
ay i went to kendal day once
@@RaymondXuVlog Well at least one of us has
I remember i drank some punch out of a bathtub 10/10
@@RaymondXuVlog That sounds fun
Damn slaps. Stoked on the follow up svante diss track 👀
nah svante cool but ith boring
I got this as an ad XD amazing
No u are amazing
Somebody got the hello kitty Porsche 🤷♂️ also shameless plug for the finger lakes curling club🥌
Tf is the club
Lol there is a Pikachu car too. Lol 😁 there are hella tesla cars here though.
@@Jasmine0509 Yea i never seen the Pikachu car, i believe it though
@@RaymondXuVlog I just took a pic of it. It is parked in the commons now 6/17/22 10:58am across from the pizza place that sells El Salvadorian food.
@@Jasmine0509 Ok i already said i believe you
aye bruh this just came up as an ad and im glad it did
First year here and I've already been to the cat cafe way too many times, I love Goldie though. Only reason I havent transferred yet is cause I like my friends here lmao
u can make friends anywhere dont trap yourself
The grassroots roast 💀😂
I've been 4 times lol
The funniest
Just let the Stockholm syndrome wash over you.... join us in our apathy as we insist the high density of "pretty good" restaurants on the commons makes this place fucking livable.
Hey at least there's a kohl's
Why didn’t you rant about Ithaca Traffic you need to make a song about that route 13 is always busy and the roads that cross the river are confusing.
Ithaca has some of the least traffic I've seen in any city I've lived
i heard a story about a homeless lady shitting on the side walk, getting threatened with a littering ticket by the police, then picking her own shit up with her hand and running off with it. ithaca sounds DOOOPE!
Damn that sounds made up
@@RaymondXuVlog it was a cop that told me soooo…🤷🏼♂️
cop lying fam
tbh i think i heard of this lady before from a firefighter
yeahhhhh... checks out lol
This is pretty clever. Our business is located in Ithaca - come shoot a music video at our manufacturing plant.
Lmao whats it look like in the plant
Biggest mistake of my life was agreeing to come to university here, your video does a p solid job of explaining exactly what I mean
Would u say that u felt "trapped"
@@RaymondXuVlog yes i still feel that way and I have another year to go ;-;
@@diegogalvan1810 dont worry at least you're supporting the college industrial complex
@@RaymondXuVlog that doesn't make me feel any better when I walk away with 200K debt
@@diegogalvan1810 why are you supposed to feel good about spending a massive amount of money and 4 years in a boring town learning skills that have no real world relevancy? That really feels like something that you're supposed to be sad about
Can totally relate. I have to tell people I am in the middle of nyc and Toronto :D
It's not a region close to well known things
Not completely accurate. I know at least four liquor stores: Northside Wine & Spirits (near Five Guys), Judd Falls Wine & Spirits (East Hill Plaza), Triphammer Wine & Spirits, and Liberty Liquors in Lansing
Ye i was just complaining cuz the ones that aren't Northside are small and I'm picky, specifically i like deep eddy vodka which is only available at Northside
@@RaymondXuVlog why is northside on the southside? why???
@@ailiicat yea idk... that's their only store too, not a chain
Weird seeing someone roast your town. With the right eye ithaca isn't too bad. It often feels like there's nothing to do.
This is a song about how i am bored in ithaca
As someone who works at Mitsuba... trust me, it was for the better that the old restaurant isn't here anymore 🤣
Really? What have you heard? My parents are kinda friends with the old Kyushu owner
This is strangely genius. I live outside of ithaca but go down there for groceries and the such. this was quite funny. 😄
this is big brain rap
MHmm mHmm Mhmm I love living in Ithaca!! Best part is recognizing everywhere. Love the song and the lyrics are on point!!!
mHmm
I've been living here a few years (two years as a student and the past half a year working) and this made me laugh, loved this!
Yes my g
I love this 😂😂 you killed it bro
Thanks yo
2:02 Cornell students: how can they be cream of the crop when they don't know how to cross a fucking street?
Gottem
Lmao i literally go to Ithaca College and saw this ad, nice job man. This is hilarious
Only the truth
This is exactly what my life was missing!
I'm convinced this video is the reason one of the TOPS closed
Tops could not take this slander
lmao I think I hooked with you one time at barton, now this ad shows up on my yt. lol I fuck with it
you know a mf like me loves a good hook
That’s funny asfff I live near Dryden but every time I go to Ithaca it’s always a hard time to get places
I'm literally a freshman who left Miami for Cornell and ong this is facts
you have probably been able to tell at this point that ithaca and miami are kinda different
"c h i l l r a s h e e d" 💀✋🏼
He do need to
yo, as an ithacrud resident, you are sooo on point! subbed!
Thanks
Greenstar, the only place in the world you can buy a 25 dollar roasting chicken AND be harshly judged for it. Ithaca.
I see you in an ad for a Markiplier fanmade animation and immediatly I was like _click_ ! This is so relatable and hilarious - mostly cause I'm from there XD
Finally someone turns my opinion into a song!
Do you feel trapped
@@RaymondXuVlog Since s**t hit the fan here, kinda. Though I don't wanna move either, so as long as the crime rate doesn't migrate to the suburbs I'm fine 😅👍
man ith got like the lowest goddam crime those who think that the crime is the issue dont know wassup
@@RaymondXuVlog I'm guessing you moved *before* Cuomo got rid of the Pay Cash Bail (later on followed by the Police Reform)?
@@CuriousHaunterTube24 ya
DIS DOPE GOOD, BOI! LOL 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣
Did even your cat laugh at this
Omg I work at the Texas roadhouse here , this song is spot on and made my whole night I never thought I'd see an irhaca you tube ad and song like this lmao ty
ay u also trapped
@@RaymondXuVlog lol yes
can you please make one about how bad Cortland New York is??? I'll help out with places that suck 100% (literally the whole town sucks)
Sorry, cortland is actually kinda cool
@@RaymondXuVlog huge rip. idk what makes cortland cool to others I guess.
lmaooo i came here bc of an ad
It was my ad
LMAO!! I lived in Ithaca for years!! This is so true!! Haha!
Tru
I go to IC, and saw this as an ad, I had to click...
It’s iffy out here in ifthaca 😂
This reminds of "Mr Wu's a Window Cleaner Now"
i dont know what that is is that like a famous video or someth
I'm from Ithace this man needs friends.
I indeed felt alone in ith
What a lovely historical documentary #ithacaisfarfromgorges
I mean it's aight
2:03 I asked myself this every time I went back to Ithaca. Shout out to my 2022 peeps tho!!
We do be north
You should move to McLean, not to far away(20 min), but much different.
Drove thru mclean, im sorry u live in mclean
Understandable
The tax evasion is such a deep cut 😂
Ik only place i could find it was a fb post about it, the original article wasnt even around anymore. My fam was friends with their fam 😔
Just because you went to LA for a while doesn't give you the right to bash where other people settle and make there home.
Isn't it a compliment that ithacans don't over spend on cars
This is my new favorite thing ❤️
Yes
Got out of Ithaca like 7 years ago, couldn't be happier. Honestly true about Grassroots, once the 🍄 wear off it's p trash.
They're just doing drugs in their tents
About to start another job here... again. I really gotta get out of upstate.
You'll make it out of ithaca one day
@RaymondXuVlog oh I'm from Corning. I'm only an hour away, but I'm about to work at that rinky dink Chipotle in town. I'm gonna save my ass off and move to Richmond. Wish me luck!
🙏🙏🙏
Now only gonna be one Tops at the end of May 2022
nooooooooo they got the best boxed + processed food in town
this needs a genius lyrics page
Sure i can do a lyrics explained
it needs a genius video
@@Frick1eFrackle yes
why you hating my home town :(
because im trapped
Ithaca.....10 square miles surrounded by reality
I dont think Ralph Nader is the default Ithaca political opinion. Give me my money back
dang good ear for the background vocal
Amazing video!!
!!
Cant laigh enoigh st how the bar scene and music scene changed so drastically right on point about how skeevy and devoid of any live music its become and you see the same two drunk i.c. chics at every place you go now😅
Dance club situation tuff
It's going Ithaca-viral! Which is not that viral because it's a small isolated town. :-D
Yea i feel like a very high fraction of ithacans have now seen this...