Video: The Lonely Island feat Akon: "I Just Had Sex"

The Lonely Island done did it again. This time with the help of an almost giddy Akon. That's right, "I Just Had Sex" is looking to be the Berkeley comedy crew's most popular Digital Short to date, eclipsing even "Dick In A Box" and "I'm On A Boat." Given the satirical bent of their music it's easy for some to dismiss them as imitators, but with 14 million youtube views in less than a week, they are by far the most popular Bay Area rappers in the world at present. That's because, though they're funny, their songs are actually good. And in this case, it has filled a void of sorts. Face it, there has never before been a celebratory sex song that you're almost obligated to cue up after breaking off a PYT.

Even better, it is not telling the chauvinistic tale of a glorified gang bang or an expert deep dicking. It is actually refreshingly self-deprecating. Jorma raps "She kept looking at her watch," and Andy confesses that he "cried the whole time." But Akon reassures them both, that it "Doesn't matter, (you) had sex." Regardless of how well they performed the act, I think that we can all agree that having sex with Jessica Alba in a chain and turtle neck sweater sounds a bit like winning the lottery. 

From a societal perspective though, this is also significant. Not too many decades ago, networks were not even allowed to show a double bed on television because it alluded to the fact that two people slept together and therefore potentially had sex. Now we have a carnal and comedic anthem blaring out to mainstream American audiences via a major media network. To pull this off you need some serious juice and Grade-A swag. Let's raise our glasses to The Lonely Island for securing a corporate platform and using it to shift socio-cultural norms. That's some real vanguard Bay Area shit. Thank you gentlemen.