Kool A.D.'s verse includes the line, "Like Don King playing Donkey Kong Country at his cousin's house". It is never officially released due to the unlicensed use of the music, though it is an underground hit in 1999 and led to a deal by Rawkus Records. and various sound effects from the game, such as the jump, lose a life, jump, or sliding down the flag sound effects. The song samples the underground and overworld song from Super Mario Bros. This rap song features the line " Donkey Kong in the flesh like the ape loose".Ĭocoa Brovaz Super Brooklyn The instrumental to this song samples "Aquatic Ambience," the music for the underwater levels in Donkey Kong Country.
Gambino has a line in this song that goes, "balls like Bowser". coin effect sound is looped throughout the track's instrumental.Ĭhildish Gambino American Royalty On the song " Boys" by Charli XCX, a modified version of the Super Mario Bros. In Chamillionaire's " Game Gonna Cost a Fee" it is mentioned that "I ride with bananas and shells like Mario and Luigi", " bananas" and " shells" referring (respectively) to banana clips and shotgun shells. Rapper Chamillionaire's nick name is Koopa or King Koopa, and occasionally in songs he introduces himself as such. theme can be heard.ĭuring one of the verses, Cardi B sings "'Bout my coins like Mario!" Later in the song, the New Super Mario Bros. The song is based the Donkey Kong arcade game and features many of the game's sound effects as well as some of the in-game music.Ĭaps & Jones Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah The song was later released as a single in May 1982, though it was not as successful as the album nor the "Pac-Man Fever" single release. The song debuted in the 1982 album Pac-Man Fever. The song features the coin and power-up sound effects from Super Mario Bros.īuckner & Garcia Do the Donkey Kong The song title mentions Donkey Kong's name, and the phrase itself is repeated throughout the chorus. This was followed by a sample of Mario grunting from Super Mario 64.īig Sean has a line in the first verse in the song in which he recalls, "Remember when you used to though and hit the Mario Kart / And you always picked the princess."īlood On The Dance Floor It's On Like Donkey Kong On the song "Ashley", featuring singer Miguel, Big Sean in the second verse says the following lines: "It's been weird since I went out west and did an album with no I.D and ain't came back since". The song, by hip-hop duo, Bad Meets Evil (composed of Eminem and Royce da 5'9"), references Mario in the line "Me and visions on 'shrooms, call us the Mario Brothers". In the music video for South Korean boy band B1A4's Japanese single What's Going On? Why?, member Gongchan's set is directly based on the Super Mario series.īad Meets Evil I'm On Everything The song "STUPID" by Ashnikko, featuring Yung Baby Tate, features Ashnikko saying the line, "I'm sweet, then I'm sour, I'm big boss Bowser".Īsther Roth Lark On My Go-Kart Īsther Roth raps, "Mario Kart skills are outrageous," in this song from his second album.ī1A4 What's Going On? Why? This song, by underground rapper, Apathy, features the line " I'm like Donkey Kong, I got you niggas dodgin' my barrels". 3 theme by Taller Para Niños.Īpathy Can't Leave Rap Alone
The song can be listened to here.Īllison Super Mario Bros. Additionally, the album's poster features several references to the Donkey Kong franchise, such as an eponymous Crystal Coconut from Donkey Kong 64, the skeletal remains of a gorilla wearing a tie, a floating DK Coin, and several Klomps from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, as well as generic Donkey Kong motifs such as bananas and barrels, including a TNT Barrel.Īlex Day I Hate Mario Kart Wii įrom Alex Day's 117% Complete single, Alex Day describes his hatred for Mario Kart Wii and explains what happens as the race he is playing is progressing. One of the album's tracks is a cover of " Pirate Scorn" from the Donkey Kong Country television series. The title of Alestorm's sixth studio album, Curse of the Crystal Coconut, is inspired by the Donkey Kong franchise. The poster for Alestorm's Curse of the Crystal Coconut The instrumental to this track from their debut album incorporates a sound clip of Yoshi dying from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. 58.1 Thank You Mario But Our Princess in Another CastleĪ$AP Ferg's debut mixtape includes this song, with the line, "And I click like Donkey Kong when I hit this long".Ī$AP Mob Young Nigga Living.51 Logan Whitehurst & The Junior Science Club.