JerryvonKramer Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Don't know if anyone here listens to hip-hop, but GZA / Genius from the Wu-Tang Clan definitely used to watch 70s WWF. Here he is in Shadowboxin where we get the line: I slayed MC's back in the rec room era My style broke motherfuckin backs like Ken Patera Then years later on the song The plan was drawing blood and displayed it graphically Direct order, hit the border, then slaughter Horrific torture, by prolific authors Shape and mold MC's, like I'm playing the skelly top It's getting 'hot in here' like the single that Nelly dropped So take ya clothes off, the track is so soft A little vodka turn 'em into Ivan Koloff I always find it greatly amusing when guys like that randomly turn up in pop culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 I've been meaning to start a thread of wrestling references in hip hop for a long time. Maybe this can be the catch all? There are definitely a lot of similarities. Hip hop definitely has a sense of kayfabe, and the performers live their gimmicks around the clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 I always loved that Jay Z dropped a Luger reference in Can't Knock the Hustle: I'm making short term goals, wonder whether foes just put away the leathers and put ice on the gold chilly with enough bail money to free a big Willy high stakes, I got more at stake than Philly shopping sprees, coping three, deuce fever I guess its fully loaded, ah yes, bouncing in the lex luger, tires smoke like Buddha 50 g's to the crap shooter Until learning that a producer also went by the name Lex Luger. So crushing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boondocks Kernoodle Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 the performers live their gimmicks around the clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 This should've been in the OP: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeplastictrees Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Artist: JR Writer Song: Get Em Verse: Camron Im Hulk Hogan Randy Savage Bob Backlund Paul Akin Ha Ha. Who Dey Think They Car Jackin Dumpin And I Dump Slump Den. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Here's 50 of them -- http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/08/the-...rences/#gallery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 "Ted DiBiase fucking with a stripper/Bitch pay me stacks, I'm the cocaine dealer" Lil B, "Jerry Rice" That one is for you, Jerry. Also, this is so great: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted October 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Ha ha, just been looking for any other instances that a rapper name dropped DiBiase, and apparently, some chap called Jay Rock says this on the song "2 Raw": Just me and my posse Strapped up boy you gotta know the ropes like Ted DiBiase What an awful rhyme! That's not the only one though: Lupe Fiasco, "The One" In high school I was voted the most Ted DiBiase-est Also the most slept on, cause my Ted DiBiase-ness What the flying fuck? Is he saying DiBiase is slept on? Or is that an oblique reference to the Million Dollar Dream? There's more: The Roots, "Ain't Sayin' Nothing New" Dig what I'm sayin yo? D-I-C-E Shove a mic in your mouth, like Ted DiBiase At least this one works, shows off a nice bit of wrestling knowledge. Big Pun ft. Donnell Jones, “It's So Hard” Poppin’ shit like a Nazi Iced out like Dibiase --------------------- It makes sense why wrestling and rap would make such easy bedfellows. Both are impossibly cartoonish macho worlds where men show off their masculinity and try to best each other through a mixture of toughness and braggadocio. Wrestlers cut promos bigging themselves up while denegrating their opponents, while rappers do the same through diss verses. Wu-Tang definitely have a 70s wrestling thing going on though. Method Man name checks Bob Backlund several times and RZA mentions Wahoo McDaniel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstar Sleeze Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 You know I have always been surprised that Heavy Metal did not have more of these connections (I guess we have Chris Jericho going for us). I live in a sort of a heavy metal bubble when I comes to music, but heavy metal is deeply entrenched in kayfabe. Each sub-genre has its own way of defining masculinity. If you are into glam/sleaze/hair, it is all about who could have the wildest outfits, the most outrageous solos and thus most importantly who could bang the most chicks. Thrash/Death was all about who could have the toughest, most brutal riffs and therefore be the toughest man. In power metal, it has always been about who is the most pure metal (i.e. who most sticks to the Judas Priest style of metal most correctly) and sings about things such as slaying dragons and being as tough as steel. Finally Black Metal, which is the most steeped in carny bullshit, is all about who can worship Satan the best. Black metal is my least favorite sub-genre, but I love listening to them give interviews because they are always supposed to be "shoot", but it always revolves around how Satan leads to empowerment. It is hilarious stuff listening to them work. I think that what really grunge really killed in the American Hard Rock/Heavy Metal scene was this sense of carny-ism and outrageous larger than life bullshit. Anyways, point being I always thought Heavy Metal and Wrestling went hand in hand that was why I was such a fan of both. I definitely see your point about hip hop and I never thought about that way. I LOVE that Ken Patera has been name-dropped in a song. So if anybody knows of some wrestling name-drops in heavy metal songs, give me a holler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWOOD Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 I always loved that Jay Z dropped a Luger reference in Can't Knock the Hustle: I'm making short term goals, wonder whether foes just put away the leathers and put ice on the gold chilly with enough bail money to free a big Willy high stakes, I got more at stake than Philly shopping sprees, coping three, deuce fever I guess its fully loaded, ah yes, bouncing in the lex luger, tires smoke like Buddha 50 g's to the crap shooter Until learning that a producer also went by the name Lex Luger. So crushing. Lex Luger the producer is only 21 years old and was 3 when that song came out so I doubt it is a refrence to him. It probably is a refrence to the total package, referring to the total package of a Lexus I guess. One of my favorite rap lines was from a lesser known LL Cool J song called Fugetabowit where he says "Out of my fucking mind and they won't let me back in because I was down before the hype like Dusty Rhodes, Bob Backlund, Bruno Sammartino, Stan Stasiak, now I'm rockin' Stone Cold on my favorite maniacs. The top rooster pluckin' chickens when they cluckin', the WWWF stands for "women, when we fuckin'?" Fugetabowit." Theres also Juelz Santana's 2004 mention of Austin when he said "Do more more street talkin' than Stone Cold Steve Austin" and hilariously and softly said "What?" in the back ground ad libs right after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evidence Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 The rap group O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz) had a song called Dirtiest Players In The Game with these lyrics First of all, Alcatraz I master my craft Got the Power to Bomb that ass like I'm Kevin Nash Cuz every game the same, ni**as is tryin to blow If this was wrestling, we'd be NWO The same shit, they started out havin the bullshit fights Like we had the bullshit shows rockin the bullshit mics Ras Kass - Soul On Ice Remix "While we want to be NWA they create the NWO" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Oh come on, 2 months and no one mentions this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpchicago23 Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Pusha T had a song called Ric Flair too. And Wale name dropped Bret in this one......When Bret Hart meet Brett Farve A sharp shooter well exceeding any figure four You see my figure more or less six or more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeTogo Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 First post here, but I couldn't pass up the chance to mention Action Bronson. In addition to to being a fat white guy who kinda sounds like Ghostface Killah, he peppers his music with wrestling references. These two tracks should be of particular interest to y'all: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbaugh Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 The rap group O.G.C. (Originoo Gunn Clappaz) had a song called Dirtiest Players In The Game with these lyrics First of all, Alcatraz I master my craft Got the Power to Bomb that ass like I'm Kevin Nash Cuz every game the same, ni**as is tryin to blow If this was wrestling, we'd be NWO The same shit, they started out havin the bullshit fights Like we had the bullshit shows rockin the bullshit mics The OGC sub-group Heltah Skeltah have an entire album (Magnum Force) where they riff on the NWO and drop wrestling lines constantly. It is a shitty album but worth a listen for that alone. Redman has a lyric on the Blackout album that goes "One arm slam you like Nikolai Volkoff" Andre on the first Outkast album "southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" has the line "then I drop 'bows like Dusty Rhodes" But my favorite has always been the Gza with the Ken Patera line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Q. Murder Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Doom on the Madvillain album, I'm sure he has others too but I can't think of them right now. Lookie here, it's just the way the cookie tear Prepare to get hurt and mangled like Kurt Angle rookie year Lil’ Wayne: But I aint stuntin’ these hoes, I been pimpin’ since Hulk Hogan was NWO. Yeah–I’m wild, Drizzy tough & the kid vicious. The three horsemen, we just need Sid Vicious.” Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire: (sorry had to put it in ) Where’s your bitch? Hand her off I’ma piledrive the pussy like Paul Orndorff Got to love the RapGenius deal on that one: ''He’s wanting to know where your girl is located, so he can pile-drive that pussy, much like the wrestler Paul Orndorff’s signature move'' Also: I DDT the pussy, I’m Jake the Snake to you. I put ‘em in the coffin, I’m the Undertaker too There's a theme developing here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NitroFan Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I cant remember the specifics of the references but the czarface (inspectah deck and 7l/esoteric) album has quite a few references and on one song play part of a road warriors promo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 First post here, but I couldn't pass up the chance to mention Action Bronson. In addition to to being a fat white guy who kinda sounds like Ghostface Killah, he peppers his music with wrestling references. These two tracks should be of particular interest to y'all: Here's a new one by Bronson, probably his best wrestling-themed rap so far: "The Rockers" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 Was listening to Outkast's Stankonia the other day, and that line in Snappin & Trappin caught my attention : "Show y'all soldier ass niggaz, I'm Murder City's Sergeant Slaughter". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Q. Murder Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Yeah Czarface have quite a few references (and it's a great album overall) No Kia, these women be blowin up my Nokia Double axe-handle, Randy Savage, oh yeah I'm sickly, flow quarantined by the CDC Heads nod, pressure on your neck like a DDT There's also an excerpt from a Piper (I think) promo at the end of this song: Where he goes on about using ''guys like you'' for medical experiments. Anyone know this promo? Sounds like it would've drawn a million dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 If anyone would like all the rap samples from the Titans shows in one long MP3, just let me know and I'll upload them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Q. Murder Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Pusha T name drops Flair again on his new album, also found this talking about his previous usage of Flair: Pusha T says if wrestling legend “Nature Boy” Ric Flair didn’t mind spending on dames, why the hell should he? On his new song “What Dreams Are Made Of,” the lyrical grappler tells XXLMag.com he wanted to give his fans a round of “supreme baller shit talking.” “Sell that pussy to me./ I’d rather buy it baby./Look at your purse, you need the help./ You can’t deny it baby,” he raps on the chorus. “I don’t want it free baby,” Pusha laughed on the phone yesterday. “I don’t. Flair didn’t want it free.” Pusha says he’s been a fan of Flair since the National Wrestling Association days in the 1980s. One of Flair’s patented boast worthy interviews is used at the top of “What Dreams Are Made Of.” “I loved wrestling,” Pusha explained. “I was a fan of Dusty Rhodes. My dad sat me down and was like ‘Yo, why you like him? Look at him! He has that big tumor on him. He looks disgusting. You supposed to like [Flair].’ I was like, ‘Why dad? He’s the bad guy.’ My dad said ‘who’s cleaner? Who’s fresher?’ Essentially he was saying ‘You don’t wanna muse Dusty Rhodes buddy.’ Ever since then I have been a Ric Flair fanatic. “I felt the song was fitting,” he added, further delving on why he chose to the almost-20-time World Heavyweight Champion on his record. “The hook spoke in level of arrogance. I was trying to match a Pusha arrogance of what Flair would do. That’s why I put him at the top.” I like a lot of the sentiments in that article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lust Hogan Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 On "Triumph" by Wu-Tang Clan RZA says, "Perpendicular to the square, we stand gold like Flair..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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