All-New TMNT Gets All-New Ninja Rap

[PsychicTaco115]

I'm surprised of all the negativity, I actually kind of liked it

Doesn't mean the TMNT movie is going to be any good but I try to separate the soundtrack from the source material

 

[Eryc Duhart]

The biggest problem with the whole thing is that it sounds serious, like this would somehow garner respect. I can't say for sure that the other 90's film soundtracks didn't also see their dopey songs as "legit," but they at least were of an era that was full of enough ridiculous stuff that they can be enjoyed as cheesy and fun. For now, this is just embarrassing - the only way it would "work" is if it were originally meant to go to Weird Al Yankovic.

To be fair, you have to take the source material and it's universe seriously first. Then apply your lyrical chops to making that sound as cool as possible. My favorite hip hop songs are the ones that aren't about general rap fare. It's things like the Anarchy Reigns soundtrack or stuff from MC Lars. Hell, get MegaRan to do a song about TMNT and I'm pretty sure it would've been hella dope.

 

[vid87]

The biggest problem with the whole thing is that it sounds serious, like this would somehow garner respect. I can't say for sure that the other 90's film soundtracks didn't also see their dopey songs as "legit," but they at least were of an era that was full of enough ridiculous stuff that they can be enjoyed as cheesy and fun. For now, this is just embarrassing - the only way it would "work" is if it were originally meant to go to Weird Al Yankovic.

To be fair, you have to take the source material and it's universe seriously first. Then apply your lyrical chops to making that sound as cool as possible.

It's kind've a conundrum when one tries to take this "seriously", similar to Power Rangers - does taking it seriously "ruin" the cheesy charm that made it popular and suck the fun out? I will say that I'd be interested if finding a balance - fun yet believable - were possible, but we are in fact talking about, among so many other things, reptiles ingesting baked bread, cheese, and tomato sauce; if their anatomy is still somewhat reptilian, is doing that on a regular basis wrecking havoc on their digestive system (I'm not an animal expert but I'd imagine it'd still cause some problems)? In any case, I think the whole "brothers" thing is about the most meaningful subject the series has to offer so it's nice the song at least touched on it.

 

[Fsyco]

Oh god, this is just another case of marketing going get some guys to do that rap-hop thing all the kids are into!

With these assholes is easy to see why no one on the outside respects the genre. For once I wish there were good rappers handling these projects, Lupe Fiasco, Ab-Soul, hell, Hopsin if he could tone it down for something marketable.

I used to be neutral about rap. Then all my rock stations got replaced by them with the announcement as to why being "everyone hates rock music". All that's left is indie hipster crap that tries to replicate Radiohead. That's why I'm npot keen on it.

Really? That's kind of odd, considering that there's a whole lot of pop stations selling themselves entirely on not playing rap and cutting rappers out of songs. I haven't actually listened to real radio stations in years, though, so what do I know?

I'm surprised of all the negativity, I actually kind of liked it

Doesn't mean the TMNT movie is going to be any good but I try to separate the soundtrack from the source material

Same here. I thought it was okay. It's catchy enough, and at least mentions TMNT things in the song. I'm amazed nobody but me has brought up the Chris Brown/Lil-Wayne tie-in song for Transformers 1 (see my above post). "I Can Transform Ya" was a genuinely awful, unlistenable song, and was even worse as a Transformers theme (since the lyrics were all about how Wayne and Brown buy you things and then you dispense sex).