Hip Hop Skits

So what genius thought it was a good idea to throw a bunch of inside jokes throughout the course of an album? My guess would be Prince Paul and De La Soul on 3 Feet High And Rising back in 1989, an album that would have been perfect otherwise.

These inside jokes I refer to of course are hip hop skits. These monstrosities have plagued the genre for decades now, and at this point in time, are probably the only hurdle left for hip hop being fully understood and taken seriously. They're long, obscene, and just about always unfunny - like most inside jokes. Even if these skits were funny, they have no place on an LP. I mean how many times can you listen Biggie asking a girl to blow him? It would seem that those who insist on including them on their albums are giving everyone permission to skip over them after their initial listen (which is already pretty generous on the listener's part). That's pretty ridiculous though, and disrespectful to the artform, being that an album should feature absolutely nothing that is meant to be skipped over (that goes for secret song gaps too - another idiotic invention from the CD era). Of course a sense of humor is essential to the nature of hip hop, but the skits need to be phased out. I think everyone would benefit from it.