Unnecessary Rap in Movies

[PyroChamber]

This may sound dumb, but does anyone remember when they would always play some rap music (usually during the end credits) in a movie where I didn't really seem necessary to have it?

 

[cabel]

The song at the end of TMNT

the 98 degrees song at the end of Mulan (not rap but it was still out of place)

all of teen witch

 

[Rac]

Not rap but Troy and Stardust had imo very unfitting end credits songs. The original Gabriel Yared Troy-score had VERY fitting end credits song. Yared's score was anyways better than Horner's, so I don't really understand why they rejected it.

 

[TNC9852002]

This may sound dumb, but does anyone remember when they would always play some rap music (usually during the end credits) in a movie where I didn't really seem necessary to have it?

Specific genres aside, I don't think it's about that. It's usually the song itself that's not fitting for the movie. Rap is too broad to single out, among all other genres.

Sometimes the songs or the rhythm of the songs just don't blend well with the tone of the movie.

-TNC

 

[hitmanyr2k]

Not rap but Troy and Stardust had imo very unfitting end credits songs. The original Gabriel Yared Troy-score had VERY fitting end credits song. Yared's score was anyways better than Horner's, so I don't really understand why they rejected it.

I'm not sure how you figure "Remember" by Josh Groban didn't fit in with the ending credits of Troy. The song basically goes hand in hand with the theme of Achilles' character.

 

[Zephyr Alexian]

-TNC

That's awesome. Old womanizin' Bob.
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Pyro, One example I can think of is American Gangster. That's a 70's flick and I remember thinking about how unnecessary Jay-z's 'Heart of the City' part was in the trailer. That's about the only one though. The problem isn't one genre. Seriously, there are a lot of genre choices and/or musical selections that screw a trailer. Scores also. It's nothing more than bandwagonism, but rap didn't cause it and it certainly isn't the problem.

 

[PyroChamber]

What about Addams Family and it's sequel? I remember watching the end credits to Addams Family Values and wondering "why are these songs playing?".

 

[odiin]

You fool. Rap is NEVER unnecesarry in any movie! Just thing of how much better if something like Citizen Kane would have been had Kris Kross lent it's *****in' tunes to the soundtrack.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

What about Addams Family and it's sequel? I remember watching the end credits to Addams Family Values and wondering "why are these songs playing?".

THEY SAY WHAT THEY WANNA SAY...THEY LIVE HOW THEY WANNA LIVE....THE ADDAMS FAMILY!

Masterpiece.

 

[BizarroAids]

I wouldn't narrow it down to just rap. But I do feel there are some movies that have end songs that just don't fit.

My example is:

The Prestige- I love this movie, one of my top 10. And the song during the end credits just didn't feel right to go with the movie, or with Nolans style of usually playing scores during them. That's just me.

 

[Warhammer]

Yeah, the title should just be changed to unnecessary music, in general. One thing that will always come to mind is Avril Lavigne playing during the end credits of Eragon. As if the movie wasn't already bad enough, but when people probably left the theater, hearing Avril instead of a piece of the score was like salt in a wound.

 

[Ratcrawler]

Indeed, that was pretty great.

Off the top of my head "Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta" in Office sPace. But it was so out of place, it was awesome.

 

[Mr.Webs]

Robert Downey Jr. is actually a great singer, but, his song Broken should NOT have been used in the credits for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

 

[PyroChamber]

Yeah, the title should just be changed to unnecessary music, in general. One thing that will always come to mind is Avril Lavigne playing during the end credits of Eragon. As if the movie wasn't already bad enough, but when people probably left the theater, hearing Avril instead of a piece of the score was like salt in a wound.

I know I should have made it just any genre of music, but I was watching Date Movie (don't ask) and that's why rap was the first thing that came to mind.

 

[Warhammer]

I know I should have made it just any genre of music, but I was watching Date Movie (don't ask) and that's why rap was the first thing that came to mind.

Ask Friedberg and Seltzer. They thought it'd be funny to play Pitbull throughout and at the end of the movie because of how random it is.

It sure was funny wasn't it?

 

[Timstuff]

All rap in movies is unnecessary.

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

I agree. Unless its a movie about rap.

 

[Rac]

Then the movie is unnecessary.

 

[KenK]

Robert Downey Jr. is actually a great singer, but, his song Broken should NOT have been used in the credits for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Yeah, I was like, "was this a romantic comedy and no one told me?" Great song, but I agree, no ways should it have been at the end of KKBB.

The song at the end of TMNT

I actually kinda like that one. it's jam-packed with clever references to the TMNT comics, the old school cartoon from 80s, even the soundract to the live action movie!

 

[scifiwolf]

I find that rap, in its current form, is unnecessary all together.

 

[zeptron]

I actually kinda like that one. it's jam-packed with clever references to the TMNT comics, the old school cartoon from 80s, even the soundract to the live action movie!

One thing they messed up in that song was saying Raphael was the leader.

 

[Rishi]

Then the movie is unnecessary.

har har har

 

[Timstuff]

Then the movie is unnecessary.

lololololololololololololololololololololol

 

[KenK]

One thing they messed up in that song was saying Raphael was the leader.

Are we talking about "T.U.R.T.L.E. Power" from the first live-action movie, or "Shellshock" from the CGI movie, as it's more often than not referred to by acronym? I was referring to the latter.

 

[GhostPoet]

I hate mainstream rap. It's a complete lie. I do like non-mainstream though, quite a bit!

Having said that...I think only certain movies really fit with rap. Street movies or gang movies specifically. Since that's what the liars like to rap about.