Rap Movies - OzPCTrader
In the early 1980s, a film was released that had a profound effect on the history of hip-hop. It seemed unlikely to have any resonance in the rap world -- its director was best known for his self-referential artsiness, the cast featured no prominent roles for African-Americans, and its soundtrack featured off-kilter poppy gloss that was the furthest thing from hard. Its star, a short-statured veteran actor in a colorful and ill-fitting suit, didn't seem like the sort of figure who would become an icon to a coming generation of gangstas. But that's exactly the way it played out, and American culture would never be the same.
The movie, of course, was Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
An entire generation of rappers dissected the film with the precision of the most tenacious deconstructionists. Sampled dialogue from it showed up everywhere. MCs named themselves after the characters both minor and major. The visual style of the movie became required for anyone working in the gangsta rap subgenre for the next 15 years -- the blocky, "wacky" lettering used in Big Adventure's poster art appeared everywhere, and hardly an album was reseased from 1986 to 2000 by a would-be thug-lifer that didn't feature a red-and-white Radio Flyer bike in its graphic design. The Geto Boys -- the hardest of the hard in a medium full of hard men -- virtually built their careers and public personae around Pee Wee's Big Adventure, from their lead rapper Mr. Pee Wee's nom du rap to ambitious concept songs like "Mind Playin' Tricks On Me (I Play Tricks Back)". P.W. Herman's "I'm a loner...a rebel" became the most sampled bit of dialogue in the history of rap music; its only serious competition was from "I know you are, but what am I?", from the same movie.
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Rebirth DVD
Baller Blockin'
Wailing Souls - Classic Jamaican Flava: CD/DVD Jewel Case
Freaky Tales - The Movie (X) VHS
Caribbean Explosion
La Leyenda
Laws Of Success
Venom Live From Russia
Booz's Booty Review - Vol. 1
Rap Dreams
Rackaz - CD/DVD
What A Freak Wants
Booties On Duty
Heavy Hittaz
100 Favela, 100 Favela - 100% Favela
411 On The Independent Music Mov, 411 On The Independent Music Movement
50 Cent, 50 Cent - 50 Cent - The New Breed
Afro Reggae, Afro Reggae - Afro Reggae: Nenhum Motivo Explica A Guerra
Bass Mekanik, Bass Mekanik - Bass Mekanik - Faster Harder Louder
Boney M, Boney M - Magic Of Boney M
Capleton, Capleton - Capleton - Live In San Francisco
Captain SaveEm, Captain Save'Em - Freaky Tales:Movie
Chi-Towns Original Players, Chi-Town's Original Players
Dancehall Draft Picks, Dancehall Draft Picks - Dancehall Draft Picks 2007
Demolition Men, Demolition Men
DJ Quik, DJ Quik - DJ Quik: Visualism
DJ Shadow, DJ Shadow - Scratch
Dmx, Dmx - DMX - Angel
Dupri, Jermaine, Dupri, Jermaine - American Rap Stars
Eastern Conference All Stars, Eastern Conference All Stars
Freshest Kids: History Of B-Boy, Freshest Kids: History Of B-Boy - Freshest Kids: A History Of The B-Boy
Hollow Tip, Hollow Tip - Hollow Tip: Mercenary Life
Hood 2 Hood: Blockumentary 1, Hood 2 Hood: Blockumentary 1 - Hood 2 Hood - The Blockumentary
Ice-T / Smg, Ice-T / Smg - Ice-T And SMG: The Repossession Live
Insane Clown Posse, Insane Clown Posse - Big Money Hustlas
Inventos, Inventos - Eli Jacobs Fantauzzi - Inventos: Hip Hop Cubano
Juvenile / UTP, Juvenile / UTP - Juvenile & Utp: Live From St. Louis
Krush, DJ, Krush, DJ - History Of DJ Krush
Mac Dre, Mac Dre - Treal T.V.
Mistah F.A.B., Mistah F.A.B. - Mistah F.A.B. - The Freestyle King
Pick Up The Mic, Pick Up The Mic
Public Enemy, Public Enemy - Public Enemy - Live From House Of Blues
Shakur, Tupac, Shakur, Tupac - Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel UMD
Snoop Dogg, Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg - Puff Puff Pass Tour
Stones Throw 101, Stones Throw 101
Swamp, DJ, Swamp, DJ - DJ Swamp - Collective Works
This Is How We Eat, This Is How We Eat
Threat, Threat
Twiztid, Twiztid - Twiztid - Born Twiztid: The Movie
Various, Various - Banned 2 - Part 2: The Movie
West, Kanye, West, Kanye - Kanye West - Late Orchestration Live At Abbey Road
Wildest Craziest Parties and Eve, Wildest Craziest Parties and Events - Wildest Craziest Parties And Events
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