Wrestling References in Hip-Hop

[chazraps]

My first article for Mostly Junk Food went up today, it's on wrestling references in rap songs over the past year.

Thought you would digs - www.mostlyjunkfood.com/sweet-chin-music-2-the-mega-powers-explode-5-more-wrestling-references-in-hip-hop/

[Squirrel Master]

I've always found rap references to wrestling to be witty, especially as done by the Wu Tang Clan.

[Madagascar Fred]

Three 6 Mafia mentioned Jerry Lawler (they're from Memphis) and Roddy Piper

Million $ Man Ted DiBiase is referenced alot (with all the bling-bling talk and whatnot)

[Dean-o]

Cam'ron name dropped Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Bob Backlund in a song a few years back.

[bubbles]

"Lookie here, it's just the way the cookie tear
Prepare to get hurt and mangled like Kurt Angle rookie year"

Madvillain - Great Day

[Ultimo Chocula]

I come off like the clothes on a hooker
And I can fly like Jimmy Superfly Snuka

[agent817]

"Call me the Bob Backlund, I'll break backs on hoes that look like Toni Braxton..."
-Redman, "Part II"

[Urethra Franklin]

XV references Bret Hart on "UFC" from his "Zero Heroes" mixtape.

[Nacho STAYS Hyped]

"I slayed MC's back in the rec room era, my style broke mother****ing backs like Ken Patera."

[tmoney404]

But I'm giving it foundation when I write lyrics, the anvil Neidhart minus the bright knickers maybe not quite the star but my hearts in it when Bret Hart meet Brett Favre, a sharp shooter well exceeding any figure four. - Wale

Poppin' **** like a Nazi, iced out like Dibiase - Big Pun

[Trout Stratus]

"..need a few weeks before you can compete with Razor Ramon flow o' so sharp"
"...The cycle is Shawn Michaels (heartbreak), And yeah I like you but not enough to wife you"
Asher Roth, Lark in My Go Kart and Be By Myself

[rapidfire187]

There were a few wrestling references on Method Man and Redman's Blackout album. I know they mentioned Steve Austin.

"i turned on wrestling and Goldberg was like 'Chino, that's a big n***a'" - Chino XL

I remember Chino making an Austin reference on the same album but I can't remember the line.

Oh and I heard "throwin bows like Dusty Rhodes" on the radio once but don't know what song it was.

[The Line]

don't know if he's actually referencing the wrestler or just using the name because it sounds cool.

"I'm Sergeant Slaughter, I keep my shit cooked to order in order
to satisfy my people in Georgia and cross the water
And, across the border the esse's are gettin smarter
They got flour for tortillas and lettuce for enchiladas"
-Big Boi "Shutterbug"

[Squirrel Master]

We have this little fool in our neighborhood who is always rapping with his headphones, rambling on about "Ya buggin', bizzuggin', Hacksaw Jim Duggan!"

[mrtuesday]

Pretty much any ICP song.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

Jan 29, 2012 3:44:28 GMT -5 Dean-o said:

Cam'ron name dropped Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Bob Backlund in a song a few years back.

It was the "Get 'Em Daddy" remix, it's one of the songs I came to post.

"Do mo and mo shit talkin' than Stone Cold Steve Austin" - Juelz Santana - S.A.N.T.A.N.A.

"My style broke motherf***in' backs like Ken Patera" - GZA - Shadowboxing

"Plus, wrestle the topic from a different Kurt Angle" - Talib Kweli - In The Mood


Oh and Chaz, you forgot "What Dreams Are Made Of" from the Fear of God 2 tape from Pusha T. It has Ric Flair in the Intro and Outro.

[drjayphd (feat. Pitbull)]

Gravediggaz, "Pass the Shovel". (A bonus track from their first album, left off the American release. Probably sitting on the cutting room floor right next to the title's original title, Niggamortis.) RZA? Take it away.

I wanna go where the buffaloes roam
Chop off ya head while I'm puffing on a bone
Yo I got a stack I'm never slacking when I mackin'
Styles go back to the days of Bob Backlund
Catch 'em in a suplex, oh no who's next
To get wrecked? Pass the shovel and step

[rapidfire187]

Feb 1, 2012 17:24:30 GMT -5 mrtuesday said:

Pretty much any ICP song.

"what is a juggalo? A hulkamaniac. He powerbombs motherf***ers into thumbtacks. People like him til they find out he's unstable, he Sabu'd ya momma through a coffee table"

"I'll put Zach Gowen in a figure four in front of the liquor store"

And my favorite

"I once was a wrestler, I wrestled the best. I got kicked out though, I had a knife in my spandex. I stabbed Tony Schiavone, the commentator guy. Before the match, I went to shake his hand but I stabbed him in the eye. I stabbed Norman Smiley in the middle of a match. He was like 'what are you doing?' I said, 'f***ing relax'. I stabbed him again and again, I jumped out and ran. Everybody chased me, catch me if you can."

Yea, ICP are without a doubt the kings of wrestling references. Anybody can reference Hulk Hogan or Steve Austin, but it's awesome as a fan to hear more obscure wrestlers like Sabu and Norman Smiley get a shout out.

[chazraps]

Feb 1, 2012 18:22:18 GMT -5 rapidfire187 said:

Yea, ICP are without a doubt the kings of wrestling references. Anybody can reference Hulk Hogan or Steve Austin, but it's awesome as a fan to hear more obscure wrestlers like Sabu and Norman Smiley get a shout out.

Actually, I think in one year Action Bronson has them beat. Check out the song I put in the link in the first post.

[________ has left the building]

A vast number of Southern and East Coast rappers talk about wrestling.