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This pancocojams post provides information about the 1984 Hip Hop/Country Rap) song "Rappin Duke".
A YouTube video of that song is included in this post along with the lyrics for that song.
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Thanks to the Shawn Brown for this song. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "RAPPIN DUKE"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappin%27_Duke
" "Rappin' Duke" is a 1984 hip-hop novelty song by Shawn Brown performing as the Rappin' Duke.[1] It is the sixth track on Brown's 1985 album ¿Que Pasa?.[2] The concept of the song is that actor John Wayne (a.k.a. the Duke) is rhyming[3] (Wayne had died in 1979).
The track debuted on a San Diego radio station in 1984, becoming widely played locally and eventually peaking at 73 on the 1985 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Billboard chart; and also charting on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales for 1985. The song's success led to Brown opening in 1985 and 1986 for such artists as Bobby Brown and Stevie Wonder.[4]
"Rappin' Duke"'s lyrics parody the hip hop bragging style popular at the time, wherein the rapper boasts of his/her seniority and superior rhymes and flow in his/her performance. The song uses the hip hop vernacular to make numerous pop cultural references from contemporary hip hop musicians such as Kurtis Blow and Run-DMC, to parodying the opening of Chaka Khan's 1984 hit "I Feel for You", replacing references to Khan with Aretha Franklin.[4] The lyrics also reference The Beverly Hillbillies TV theme song "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", while also alluding to Ronald Reagan's presidency. The song's constant refrain is "duh-ha, duh-ha", a parody of Wayne's distinctive laughter, sung to the music's slow beat.[4]
The video opens with an African-American cowboy alternately walking and back-sliding onscreen with a boombox propped on his shoulder, obscuring his face. He is replaced by various images from old cowboy movies: gun battles, rope tricks, and the like, as well as other assorted images vaguely connected with the song lyrics. Halfway through the song, the cowboy — his facial features always hidden — reappears poolside, together with a trio of swimsuit-clad women. He shows them a few tricks, including moonwalking in his cowboy boots, and then ends up in the pool with the girls. The video fades out with the cowboy staggering into the sunset.”...
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"Duke" was a nickname for White American actor John Wayne.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Shawn Brown - Rappin Duke
Phil Drew, Oct 8, 2011
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LYRICS: RAPPIN DUKE
(Shawn Brown)
[Verse 1]
So you think you're bad, with your rap
Well I'll tell ya pilgrim I started the crap
When you were in diapers and wetting the sheets
I was at the Ponderosa rapping to the beat
[Hook]
Da haahh, da haahh
Da ha-hahh ha-hahh haahh
[Verse 2]
Sure I rustled some cattle and tended the sheep
But my main concern was rapping to the beat
I don't bother nobody I'm a real nice guy, kinda
Laid back like a, dead fly
[Hook x2]
[Verse 3]
I'm talkin, here and now
Later for the cattle and rustlin the cow
If I had a chance to do a repeat
You can bet your sweet dippy I'd be rappin to the beat
[Hook]
[Verse 4]
Que pasa amigos? Not a *pasa* I see
Two hundred punks well what ya gonna do?
I got two six shooters that'll see me through
That's, twelve dead...
And a hundred and eighty-eight pallbearers
[Hook]
[Bridge 1]
What I do on your grave won't pass for flowers either
[Verse 5]
Now Kurtis Blow, Run-D.M.C
You haven't heard of rap, til ya heard it from me
I'm the baddest rapper in history
And there'll be no more, after me
[Hook]
[Verse 6]
Meanwhile, back at the ranch
Santa Barbara that is
Swimmin pools, and movie stars
Well the first thing ya know ol' Ron's the President
The kinfolk said, "Ron move away from there"
Said, "In The White House is where you wanna be"
So he loaded up the Lincoln and he moved to D.C
[Hook x2]
[Verse 7]
Now ya see me in my movies, doin my thing
But deep in my heart, I've wanted to sing
"Wayyyy dowwwn, upon the swannnny riverrrrrr
Farrrr, farrr awayyy
Titwillow, titwillow, titwillow"
I don't think, that's your style
But I'll tell ya pilgrim, I'm versatile
Aretha Franklin, Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin let me rock ya let me rock ya Aretha Franklin
Let me rock ya Aretha Franklin that's all I wanna do
Aretha Franklinnnnnn
[Hook x2]
[Verse 8]
I'm feeelin the groove now pilgrim
Party, over here
Party, over there
There's nothin to it, the way we do it
Woop woop!
East coast, West coast
Texas
[Verse 9]
Every time I put on pants
I tell ya pilgrim I wanna dance
I put a quarter, in the juke'
Then I commence, to doin the Duke
[Hook x2]
[Verse 10]
It's pretty easy, if you can see
Just move your arms kinda freely
Do a pause, and take a step
And just make sure the beat is kept
[Hook]
[Verse 11]
I was at the Ponderosa rapping to the beat
Tryin to cool off from the desert heat
I discovered somethin, really neat
The Duke has moves, with his feet
[Hook 2]
Da haahh...da haahh
Da haahh...da haahh
[Bridge]
I won plenty of ladies, with my charms
But they like me the most for the moves of my arms
Woahhh...woahhh
[Verse 12]
I'm gonna rap, in the East
Gonna rap, in the West
I'll show ya pilgrim, who's the best
Nothin to it, the way we do it
Skiddely-be-bop, we-bop, Scooby Doo
Guess what America we love you
[Hook 3]
Da hahhhh, da hahhhh, da hahhhh
Da haahh, da haahh
Da ha-hahh ha-hahh haahh
Da haahh, da haahh
Da ha-hahh ha-hahh haahh
[Hook 4]
Everybody
Da haahh, da haahh
Da ha-hahh ha-hahh haahh
Da haahh, da haahh
Da ha-hahh ha-hahh haahh
Da haahh, da haahh
Da ha-hahh ha-hahh haahh
RAPPIN DUKE track info
Release Date
1984
Samples: I Feel For You by Chaka Khan (Ft. Grandmaster Melle Mel & Stevie Wonder)
Sampled In Short Side by Too $hort
Interpolates: The Ballad Of Jed Clampett by Earl Scruggs
Interpolated By: Juicy by The Notorious B.I.G.
Source: https://genius.com/Rappin-duke-rappin-duke-lyrics https://genius.com/Rappin-duke-rappin-duke-lyrics
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