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INTEREST: Jaden Smith is Ballin' Like Goku in New Hip-Hop Track




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Gyt Kaliba



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:12 pm Reply with quote
Literally all I can think of when reading this is this, which I...honestly never thought would be relevant again, but here we are.
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Beansprout Midget



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:26 pm Reply with quote
So this is the song playing over those NBA commercials? I thought I misheard it the first time; guess I was right.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:53 pm Reply with quote
Bringing anime to mainstreams! <3
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:41 am Reply with quote
Is there a master list of rap and hip hop songs that reference anime? Because I honestly didn't know Childish Gambino or Chance the Rapper referenced anime in their music!
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:17 am Reply with quote
The Genius link at the bottom has a pretty extensive list of just Dragon Ball references in rap songs but I'm not sure if anyone's tried to track down all anime references.
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jdnation



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:32 pm Reply with quote
Agent355 wrote:
Is there a master list of rap and hip hop songs that reference anime? Because I honestly didn't know Childish Gambino or Chance the Rapper referenced anime in their music!


Lupe Fiasco also references anime and video games. "Lupe stay Lupe like Lupin the IIIrd" etc.

Lupin's a real gangsta!

Not like these mainstream DBZ references. Razz Real rappers got a larger library of classy anime to choose from.
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HK16



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 11:03 pm Reply with quote
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The track includes the line "I'm ballin', I feel like I'm Goku"


But it doesn't include the line "I did what I'm suppose to. While you was locked up, ninja's had you draggin' ballz like Goku."
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