A History of Hip-Hop Songs About the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[Blitty]

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"Turtle Power" -- Partners in Kryme, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Best Line: "Raphael: He's the leader of the group/ Transformed from the norm by the nuclear goop"

Worst Line: "They didn't say they'd be there in half an hour/ 'Cuz they displayed -- Turtle Power!"

This is essentially a 1980s party rap about the Turtles. It also helpfully recounts most of the plot of the first film, so you don't even have to go see the movie! (It made $201 million, so you probably did anyway.) This was actually Partners in Kryme's first single, hitting No. 13 on the Hot 100 -- and No. 1 in the UK. But it's a bold decision to make your first radio single as a hip-hop duo about a children's movie. The move did not pay off for Partners in Kryme.

(Note: I don't care that the "best line" is not accurate. Leonardo's the leader of the group, obviously, but any rhyme that includes the word "goop" is automatically great.)

 

[Blitty]

These turtles accomplished what sharknado dreams about.

 

[Blitty]

 

[bacon]

was with one girl in highschool, she had a teenage mutant ninja turtle fetish, it would always have to be on when we went at it, really weirded me out. She was all about Splinter. I think she works at Spencers now.

 

[Blitty]

 

[Mudcat]

The whole TMNT phenomenon has bypassed me so far. It's weird. With this head full of useless knowledge that I carry around every day, there is startlingly little about the TMNT's.

Wouldn't know Splinter if he jumped out of my soup.

 

[Blitty]

He's a rat that talks like Yoda.


Muddy, how vast is your knowledge of hip hop? Do you consider it of value at all or just nonsense?

 

[Mudcat]

Who me?

To be honest, I'm not even sure what exactly hip hop means. Sometimes I hear something described as hip hop and I would have guessed it was pop or rap or something else.

Fair to say it is not an all-time great topic for me. All I generally strive for in my Jeopardy dreaming ways is surface knowledge. I have some of that with hip hop, but it's not great. Less than rock, opera, show tunes, country - less than most music.

As far as value, it's just another kind of music I don't listen to much. I don't have a lot of curmudgeonly feelings about it like, "Damn those kids and their loud music and their good-time parties."




People like different things. I have figured that out. As far as Jeopardy, it doesn't come up particularly often but sometimes ---> I still try to pick up what I can.

 

[bacon]

hip hop is a way for people so show that they are stupid without verbally announcing it

 

[Mudcat]

Hopefully I will catch the new TMNT movie at some point. Get a little bit up-to-speed on that mythology.

 

[Blitty]

I think there is a lot of ignorance from many people concerning Hip Hop.

It has a strong foundation that has been tarnished in the mainstream. You have to weed through a lot of garbage but there are gems to be found.

People that are familiar with the history usually respect it.

I think that the genre/lifestyle got stuck with a crappy name 'Hip Hop'. Tough to take it serious with that name

 

[bacon]

That was not geared towards you Blitty, but as a whole I find hip hop listeners to be fucktards. When you stereotype there will always be some who break the mold.

 

[Blitty]

That was not geared towards you Blitty, but as a whole I find hip hop listeners to be fucktards.

Ignorant, bacon. Pretty much the same as saying you find people that drink gin or like mountain biking are fucktards.

Is there a specific decade or style of the music you are referring to?

 

[bacon]

Nope. Ignorance confirmed. Also soccer is stupid and boring.

 

[Blitty]

Also, a lot of the shows we watch are mainly hip hop/rap soundtracks and themes.

i.e. The Wire.

Seems like you would miss out on a small things when you are uneducated about the history.

 

[bacon]

it's just stupid is my point

 

[Blitty]

I'm no ambassador or anything but think that there was some brilliant things happening in the underground during the 90's.

 

[Blitty]

it's just stupid is my point

Welp, I doubt we will see eye to eye considering you like Sons of Anarchy and all.. weeeeeeeeeeee