Neil Cicierega remixes the hell out of Aaron Carter’s “That’s How I Beat Shaq”

The release of any Neil Cicierega track is always a cause for celebration. From “Crocodile Chop” to “Fly Away,” Cicierega has consistently plumbed the depths of the shameful, collective pop past to create gleeful new remixes and mashups that work equally well as parody, deconstruction, and high-end trolling. “That’s How I Beat Shaq,” an exuberant faux-rap ditty from Aaron Carter’s once-loved, now-forgotten 2000 album, Aaron’s Party (Come Get It), is just the kind of exquisitely embarrassing musical detritus that’s perfect for the patented Cicierega treatment. Carter’s original recording, featuring guest vocals from Shaquille O’Neal himself, is a story-song vaguely in the mold of “I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson” and tells the unlikely tale of how the tiny, frail, 13-year-old pop singer somehow dominates the 7’1”, 324-pound Shaq during a game of pickup basketball. (Warning: The song’s ending is a major copout.)