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{{short description|1985 film directed by Joel Silberg}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Rappin'
| image          = Rappin film poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Joel Silberg]]
| producer       = [[Menahem Golan]]<br/>[[Yoram Globus]]
| writer         = Adam Friedman<br/>[[Robert J. Litz]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mario Van Peebles]]
* [[Tasia Valenza]]
* Charles Flohe
* Melvin Plowden
}}
| music          = Michael Linn
| cinematography = David Gurfinkel
| editing        = Marcus Manton
| distributor    = [[Cannon Films]]
| released       = {{Film date|1985|05|10}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| gross          = $2,864,844<ref>{{Mojo title|rappin}}</ref>
}}
'''''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<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' 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>{{cite book |last1=Piskor |first1=Ed |title=Hip Hop Family Tree Vol.4 |date=2016 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle |page=62}}</ref>

==Plot==
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.

==Cast==
* [[Mario Van Peebles]] as John Hood 
* [[Rutanya Alda]] as Cecilia 
* Eyde Byrde as Grandma 
* Rony Clanton as Cedric
* [[Charles Grant (actor)|Charles Grant]] as Duane
* Melvin Plowden as "Fats"
* [[Jessie Daniels (R&B singer)|Jessie Daniels]], [[Antoine "T.C.D." Lundy|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 (actor)|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

==Production==
Mario Van Peebles' raps were overdubbed by [[Master Gee (musician)|Master Gee]] of the [[Sugarhill Gang]], who also wrote one part,<ref>{{cite web|title=Accept No Substitutes – The Original Master Gee|url=http://www.thafoundation.com/mastergee.htm|work=www.thafoundation.com|accessdate=6 February 2014|author=JayQuan|year=2005}}</ref> and whose brother [[Leo O'Brien (actor)|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!"{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} 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 songs==
* 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

==Reception==
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>

== See also ==
* [[List of hood films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0089883}}
* [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C04EFDE153BF932A25756C0A963948260 New York Times review]
* [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/24016 The AV Club review]
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|rappin}}

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[[Category:1980s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Joel Silberg]]
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