I've touched on this topic before, but I have to say that I really miss the early days of hip hop. You know, back before Biggy and TuPac and guns and stuff. A simpler time, when advertising executives still thought it was a good idea to combine rap with cartoon characters from the 1950s to sell cereal.
Quick side note: I had no idea that fruity pebbles were supposed to have different flavors. I just thought it was supposed to taste like scratchy little flakes of sugar.
Second quick side note: I could totally go for some fruity pebbles right now.
But rap music wasn't just used to sell breakfast cereal. Oh no. Hollywood would never let that sweet promotional action go by without getting a taste.
Early readers of the blog might remember the fine work of MC Hammer in The Addams Family and Vanilla Ice in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, but I just found another promotional rap video the other day.
Starring Tom Hanks (author's note: yes, the one with the oscars and the myspace page).
And Dan Ackroyd.
And a bunch of dudes in goat costumes.
And you better believe that there's a dance routine that's about to happen.
Author's note: I originally found this on cracked.com, I think. God my memory is terrible.
Dragnet was awesome.
I'm still not sure how I feel about that rap video, but the movie was solid without a doubt.
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