The Cartoon Episode I Can't Stop Watching
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Long before I had kids and the web had some nonsensical deals on hotel rooms, I found myself and my wife in a basic, quaint hotel room in Stowe, Vermont. I can’t remember where the link originated but I opened up an episode of 1981’s Spider'-Man expecting to find a solitary Metal Finger sample.
Instead, I found the most inexplicable sample source in hip-hop history. While many records have been pillaged by producers, this was an episode of a cartoon that was repeatedly and creatively utilized the legendary supervillain.
1:58 Beef Rap
2:54 Beef Rap, that beat!
4:00 Hoe Cakes
4:15 Beef Rap
5:38 Lickupon (the opening lick)
6:50 Hoe Cakes
0:20 Hoe Cakes
1:23 Beef Rap
4:55 Beef Rap
5:43 Viktor Vaughn’s “Overture”
7:41 Viktor Vaughn’s G.M.C, ”
0:01 Viktor Vaughn’s “Never Dead”
0:06 Viktor Vaughn’s “A Dead Mouse”
0:33 Viktor Vaughn’s “A Modern Day Mugging”
0:50 Viktor Vaughn’s “The Drop”
0:52 Viktor Vaughn’s “Lactose and Lecithin”
1:02 Viktor Vaughn’s “Lactose and Lecithin”
1:11 Viktor Vaughn’s “Popsnot”
1:48 Deep Friend Frenz
I know you all will let me know what I missed. It’s amazing that this episode was the backbone for “Vaudeville Villain,” an album I consider a straight 100/100. The album alternates between clever funny lyricism and adherence to the album’s broader themes, the stories of a scientist turned supervillain who migrated to NYC to create his own dark, mysterious, crimeworld. I once had a friend, a very clever one, kindle a connection by expressing his love VV before admitting he hadn’t really paid attention to the lyrics. This album is the among a top few albums that are worth your attention and a casual read on Genius.
Go see why Lactose and Lecithin is the most brilliant work about a sale of feux drug distribution. Read how a young Vik reverses time to get his stolen video game back in Never Dead. Enjoy the beautifully morose, mystic lyricism of A Dead Mouse. And breakdown the racial humor Vik espouses on Rae Dawn. Rae Dawn, whose father is Tommy Chong and a hip-hop icon who starred in Beat Street thus equates to “a triple shot of [cognac] yac and a chaser of bong water.” DOOM!