Rappin'

In Rappin', Mario Van Peebles is John Hood, a con who when released from jail goes back to his neighborhood to find his girl shacked up with a nasty gang-leader named Duane (Charles Flohe). Duane is on the take with a corrupt contractor who plans to tear down Hood's neighborhood and he and his gang ...more

From the same director as Breakin' and Lambada comes Rappin' - a rare rap musical set in the hard streets of Pittsburgh (!) that features the stellar, tongue-tied stylings of Mario Van Peebles, Kadeem Hardison, and Eriq La Salle. A classic Cannon release from 1985, Rappin' is basically a straight urban drama that's highlighted by some of the most ridiculous rap songs this side of Body Rock, though this tale isn't quite the nonstop laffer that the latter "masterpiece of cheese cinema" from the ...more