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Famidrive-16
06-16-2010, 10:44 PM
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=126064


SEM: Do you have any retrospective words to say about the sometimes misunderstood DK Rap?

Grant Kirkhope: Aaaaarrrggghhhh.... Don't mention the DK Rap... it wasn't my fault honest! Blame George Andreas the game designer — it was all his idea. I still get made fun off at Big Huge Games about the DK Rap. What can I say, it was supposed to be a joke — you know, monkeys rapping about pineapples and bananas — and it wasn't supposed to be a serious attempt at rap music. Oddly enough, Nintendo still used it on Super Smash Brothers and had it re-mixed by some Japanese DJ... weird! I think my tombstone will read, "here lies the body of Grant Kirkhope, he wrote the DK Rap, may God have mercy on his soul". Heh!

lol
DigitalSpace
06-17-2010, 08:51 AM
walnuts, peanuts,
pineapple smells
grapes, melons, oranges,
and coconut shells
Vectorman0
06-17-2010, 09:17 AM
His coco-nut gun shoots in spurts
If he shoots ya, it's gon-na hurt
PentiumMMX
06-17-2010, 10:23 AM
He may move slow, he can't jump high
but this Kong's one hell of a guy
Enigmus
06-17-2010, 10:31 AM
He may move slow, he can't jump high
but this Kong's one hell of a guy

OH YOU SWORE IN A NINTENDO GAME LET'S ALL FREAK OUT NOW. [/sarcasm]
mobiusclimber
06-17-2010, 01:21 PM
...it was supposed to be a joke — you know, monkeys rapping...

http://ryanexplainsitall.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/thats-racist.gif
XYXZYZ
06-17-2010, 01:32 PM
The fun is back! Oh yessirree! It's the 2600 from...


Oh, nevermind.
Enigmus
06-17-2010, 01:57 PM
The fun is back! Oh yessirree! It's the 2600 from...


Oh, nevermind.

Only 50 dollars!

ONLY 50 DOLLARS?!

Well, isn't that nice?

The fun is back, oh, yes sirree, it's the 2600-

wait, was that an Atari commercial or a thirty second spot full of racism?

Also, 2600 sux git NE5 lolololol [/sarcasm]
Aussie2B
06-17-2010, 09:25 PM
As stupid as it is, I like the DK Rap in concept. I think a lot of the people who claimed it was out of place failed to realize that it's actually a reference to the intro of the original DKC. DKC3 has the Kongs playing music thing going on too, but if I recall correctly, DKC2 doesn't. DK64 did a really nice job of including lots of subtle references to the old games.
Rickstilwell1
06-17-2010, 10:51 PM
As stupid as it is, I like the DK Rap in concept. I think a lot of the people who claimed it was out of place failed to realize that it's actually a reference to the intro of the original DKC. DKC3 has the Kongs playing music thing going on too, but if I recall correctly, DKC2 doesn't. DK64 did a really nice job of including lots of subtle references to the old games.

Well you still have in DKC2 where Diddy sings to his boombox at the end of levels and Dixie plays her guitar.