Favorite Rapper / Actor

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  • MurdockMurdock 542 Posts
    bassie said:
    Murdock said:
    I like Ludacris...

    Yea, me too....but it's hard to overlook his participation in the stinking pile known as Crash.
    k.


    Unless, you've refused to watch it ... like me

  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Nas was only in Seagal's Ticker for about 5 minutes but even in that short time frame he managed to pull off a death scene that was both touching and real.

    As far as other rappers who have collaborated with the leathery giant:

    Ja Rule does an OK job in Half Past Dead, Karupt not so much.
    Treach does a rather decent job of carrying any scene involving dialogue in Today You Die
    I, hand on heart, think DMX is decent in Exit Wounds.

    I think there's more but recalling them involves going to a dark place I'd prefer not to visit.

  • SLurgSLurg 446 Posts
    Nathalie Portman ?
    Also I think Mos Def and Drake were wannabe actors before they tried to have a career as rappers.

  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    Ice-T wins just on the strength of "Surviving The Game"

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Duderonomy said:
    Marky Mark was a rappeur?
    Really?

    I implore you to find and listen to Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - So What Chu Sayin, the b-side to the Good Vibrations 12".

    You will never be the same.

  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    sweatshop said:
    Mos Def
    I rides for the movie version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and he had a huge role, so YES.

  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    rootlesscosmo said:
    Grandfather said:
    when mc eiht was like "who gots some chips on the petro?" in Menace II Society, it was like i was there and he was asking me for my chips.

    based purely on my foggy memory (and enduring love for this "film") I have to say I think he says 'snaps.'

    please to correct me if im wrong.

    I was looking for a clip on youtube but I can only find the entire movie in 10 parts. I dont really feel like putting that much research into it but I very well could be wrong. It might be 'snaps'

  • JamalJamal 410 Posts
    definitly mos def, and yes he was an actor before being an mc (at least a known one) he was in a very dramatic movie and also a tv show..

    Dude was killing it in 16 blocks.

    Ice cube was definetly dope in Boys in the Hood.

    Tupac wasnt bad either in his movies.

  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    LL in H2O!!!!

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts

  • HollafameHollafame 844 Posts
    Haha...was waiting for that

  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    batmon said:
    rootlesscosmo said:
    Controller_7 said:
    All the rappers in Menace were good/appropriate.

    agreed.

    to be fair, though, if we're talmbout mere cameos (and not 2nd career/multiple roles over years) we need consider Krush Groove, Who's the man, etc...

    there's only a few dudes who have really made 2nd careers out of acting (Ice-T, Cube, Marky Mark, the Onyx guy).

    cameo-wise let's not forget Lord Lamar in Sopranos.

    Jamar.


    haha I'm gonna leave my typo as-is because it's funny to me.

  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    2pac is the only one mentioned here so far who IMO was an un-ironic, stand-alone actor without any reference to his rap career.

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    rootlesscosmo said:
    2pac is the only one mentioned here so far who IMO was an un-ironic, stand-alone actor without any reference to his rap career.

    ??? Mark Wahlberg, dude. If anything, he desperately doesn't want anyone talking about his rap career.

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    rootlesscosmo said:
    batmon said:
    rootlesscosmo said:
    Controller_7 said:
    All the rappers in Menace were good/appropriate.

    agreed.

    to be fair, though, if we're talmbout mere cameos (and not 2nd career/multiple roles over years) we need consider Krush Groove, Who's the man, etc...

    there's only a few dudes who have really made 2nd careers out of acting (Ice-T, Cube, Marky Mark, the Onyx guy).

    cameo-wise let's not forget Lord Lamar in Sopranos.

    Jamar.


    haha I'm gonna leave my typo as-is because it's funny to me.


    Lord Lamar!!!!

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    DB_Cooper said:
    Duderonomy said:
    Marky Mark was a rappeur?
    Really?

    I implore you to find and listen to Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - So What Chu Sayin, the b-side to the Good Vibrations 12".

    You will never be the same.

    I couldn't rest until this was found and heard. BASK IN THE GLORY:


  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    love the bells.

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Nothing quite like that '91 Golden Age boom bap.

  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    Lord Jamar was good in Oz

  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    DB_Cooper said:
    rootlesscosmo said:
    2pac is the only one mentioned here so far who IMO was an un-ironic, stand-alone actor without any reference to his rap career.

    ??? Mark Wahlberg, dude. If anything, he desperately doesn't want anyone talking about his rap career.

    no; you misunderstand me.

    I mean, even if he had never been a rapper, 2pac is the only dude mentioned in here who was/is a legit actor. I think that's what I mean.

    the others to whatever extent kind of trade on their rap personas IMO. definitely cube, and to a lesser extent Ice T.

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    rootlesscosmo said:
    DB_Cooper said:
    rootlesscosmo said:
    2pac is the only one mentioned here so far who IMO was an un-ironic, stand-alone actor without any reference to his rap career.

    ??? Mark Wahlberg, dude. If anything, he desperately doesn't want anyone talking about his rap career.

    no; you misunderstand me.

    I mean, even if he had never been a rapper, 2pac is the only dude mentioned in here who was/is a legit actor. I think that's what I mean.

    the others to whatever extent kind of trade on their rap personas IMO. definitely cube, and to a lesser extent Ice T.

    Ah. Gotcha. Yeah, without the rap, he would have just been Donnie Wahlberg's brother.

  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
    batmon said:
    rootlesscosmo said:
    batmon said:
    rootlesscosmo said:
    Controller_7 said:
    All the rappers in Menace were good/appropriate.

    agreed.

    to be fair, though, if we're talmbout mere cameos (and not 2nd career/multiple roles over years) we need consider Krush Groove, Who's the man, etc...

    there's only a few dudes who have really made 2nd careers out of acting (Ice-T, Cube, Marky Mark, the Onyx guy).

    cameo-wise let's not forget Lord Lamar in Sopranos.

    Jamar.


    haha I'm gonna leave my typo as-is because it's funny to me.


    Lord Lamar!!!!

    AKA Tasty Taste


  • HollafameHollafame 844 Posts

  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    "Yo, we got some hats now, muh-fuckers."

  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
    rootlesscosmo said:
    "Yo, we got some hats now, muh-fuckers."

    "And if you notice, I ain't said shit for a couple minutes now."


  • El PrezEl Prez NE Ohio 1,141 Posts
    rootlesscosmo said:
    DB_Cooper said:
    rootlesscosmo said:
    2pac is the only one mentioned here so far who IMO was an un-ironic, stand-alone actor without any reference to his rap career.

    ??? Mark Wahlberg, dude. If anything, he desperately doesn't want anyone talking about his rap career.

    no; you misunderstand me.

    I mean, even if he had never been a rapper, 2pac is the only dude mentioned in here who was/is a legit actor. I think that's what I mean.

    the others to whatever extent kind of trade on their rap personas IMO. definitely cube, and to a lesser extent Ice T.

    What would call what 2pac did in Juice?

  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    sweatshop said:
    rootlesscosmo said:
    DB_Cooper said:
    rootlesscosmo said:
    2pac is the only one mentioned here so far who IMO was an un-ironic, stand-alone actor without any reference to his rap career.

    ??? Mark Wahlberg, dude. If anything, he desperately doesn't want anyone talking about his rap career.

    no; you misunderstand me.

    I mean, even if he had never been a rapper, 2pac is the only dude mentioned in here who was/is a legit actor. I think that's what I mean.

    the others to whatever extent kind of trade on their rap personas IMO. definitely cube, and to a lesser extent Ice T.

    What would call what 2pac did in Juice?

    he's a steet kid who played a street kid.

    I don't see a lot of the Cali earnest rapping Pac in Bishop's NY crazy knucklehead character.

    but that's not really my point: I think with Cube it's sorta either Cube playing Cube (Boyz n the Hood) or Cube playing a family man which is only interesting/funny because it's Cube doing it. Ice T is a passable cop on TV but he's not fucking with Pac for range, acting chops, etc.

    Pac was is the only notable un-ironic, stand-alone actor in here.

    my opinion of course.

  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    what about rappin auteurs? master p vs 50?
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