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>

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 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

Production

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 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

External links

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