Rappin'

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Infobox film Rappin' is a 1985 American film directed by Joel Silberg, written by Adam Friedman and Robert J. Litz, produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus and starring Mario Van Peebles. The film is a sequel to Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, and is also known as Breakdance 3. Although it features Ice-T (who featured in Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo), Rappin' has a plot unconnected to the previous two films and features different lead characters and locations. It is also considered to be a companion piece to the documentary Breakin' 'n' Enterin'.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

PlotEdit

Rappin' John Hood (Van Peebles), an ex-convict, attempts to save his neighborhood from developers and hoodlums. Around the same time, one of the hoodlums' girlfriend, Dixie, persuades him to audition for a rap recording contract. Their interactions develop into a relationship.

CastEdit

Mario Van Peebles as John Hood
Rutanya Alda as Cecilia
Eyde Byrde as Grandma
Rony Clanton as Cedric
Charles Grant as Duane
Melvin Plowden as "Fats"
Jessie Daniels, Antoine Lundy, Stevie D. Lundy, Charles Nelson, Trisco Pearson as The Force M.D.s
Richie Abanes as Richie
Harry Goz as Thorndike
Kadeem Hardison as "Moon"
Eriq La Salle as "Ice"
Leo O'Brien as Allan
Thomas Ross as Thomas
Joe Schad as Burton
Tasia Valenza as Dixie
Claudja Barry as herself
Eugene Wilde as himself
Richy Givens as Gangster

ProductionEdit

Mario Van Peebles' raps were overdubbed by Master Gee of the Sugarhill Gang, who also wrote one part,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and whose brother Leo plays the role of Allan. The film was filmed in and around Pittsburgh.

Ice-T's small role is uncredited and he reportedly provided the rhymes, including the hero's climactic lines, "Can't stop / Won't stop / Climbing that mountain 'till we reach the top!"Template:Citation needed Two verses of his 1985 single, Killers, feature mid-way through the film. Brothers Evil E and Hen-Gee, both of whom would go on to work with Ice-T, feature in the film.

Featured songsEdit

Born to Love - Claudja Barry
Rappin' – Lovebug Starski
Snack Attack – Melvin Plowden, Mario Van Peebles, Eriq La Salle, Kadeem Hardison, Richie Abanes
The Fight Rap – Lovebug Starski
Neighborhood Walk – Mario Van Peebles
Itchin' for a Scratch – The Force M.D.'s
Flame in the Fire – Warren Mills
Call Me – D. Terrell
If You Want To (FU12) – Lajuan Carter
Golly Gee – Tuff, Inc.
First Love Never Dies – Eugene Wilde, Joanna Gardner

ReceptionEdit

The film earned $2.9 million at the US box office.<ref name="yule">Andrew Yule, Hollywood a Go-Go: The True Story of the Cannon Film Empire, Sphere Books, 1987 p111</ref>

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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