The commercial, which features chocolate-frosted cupcakes singing a harmony, was released on YouTube with the title 'Hip Hop'. Along with that title, the cupcakes featured exaggerated lips and eyes and more hummed a melody – that was decidedly un-hip hop.
'If you're going to call them hip-hop cupcakes, then shouldn't at least one of them at least do a verse?' a blogger wrote on the Racialicious blog wrote.
In a press release, the company said it wanted to inspire creativity in its new commercial."
