Banana Ice - Revision history

Saix: formatting

2020-06-23T18:44:14Z

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	[[Image:BananaIce1.jpg\|right\|283px\|thumb\|Shitamachi literally means "lower part of town", not to be confused with [[Gaasuu Kurobikari Science Laboratory\|Downtown.]]]]		[[Image:BananaIce1.jpg\|right\|283px\|thumb\|Shitamachi literally means "lower part of town", not to be confused with [[Gaasuu Kurobikari Science Laboratory\|Downtown.]]]]

	'''Banana Ice''' ~~(real~~ name Harumi ~~Kudo,~~ 工藤玄実) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" under the name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''' (下町兄弟 ''{{w\|Yamanote and Shitamachi\|Shitamachi}} ~~Brothaz''~~)		'''Banana Ice''' is the stage name of '''Harumi Kudō''' (工藤玄実 ''Kudō Harumi''), a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'', "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]", under the name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''' (下町兄弟, "{{w\|Yamanote and Shitamachi\|Shitamachi}} Brothers")

	Banana Ice was relatively popular in Japan during the '90s; he even sang the theme song for the Japanese dub of ''Donkey Kong Country'' and also provided the voice for Funky Kong.		Banana Ice was relatively popular in Japan during the '90s; he even sang the theme song for the Japanese dub of ''Donkey Kong Country'' and also provided the voice for Funky Kong.

	So far as his rap career is concerned, Banana Ice released several albums under the Shibaura Records label, beginning with "RAPP!!" in 1992. In 1999, he released a compilation album titled "Rap Rapper Rappest" and has continued to release new songs and albums as recently as 2009. Banana Ice briefly gained some controversial notoriety amongst rap fans around the world with the song "Imitation + Imitation = Imitation", wherein he condemned "B-Boys" (Japanese rappers who tan their skin and wear dreadlocks in an attempt to emulate African-American artists) as denigrating black people and their struggle while simultaneously ignoring social issues within Japan itself.		So far as his rap career is concerned, Banana Ice released several albums under the Shibaura Records label, beginning with ''RAPP!!'' in 1992. In 1999, he released a compilation album titled ''Rap Rapper Rappest'' and has continued to release new songs and albums as recently as 2009. Banana Ice briefly gained some controversial notoriety amongst rap fans around the world with the song "Imitation + Imitation = Imitation", wherein he condemned "B-Boys" (Japanese rappers who tan their skin and wear dreadlocks in an attempt to emulate African-American artists) as denigrating black people and their struggle while simultaneously ignoring social issues within Japan itself.

	==Roles==		==Roles==

Star Spangled Sam: Removed the weird out of context quote and better worded the explanation of his notoriety so as not to make him sound like a Japanese nationalist

2020-06-23T18:01:28Z

Removed the weird out of context quote and better worded the explanation of his notoriety so as not to make him sound like a Japanese nationalist

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	[[Image:BananaIce1.jpg\|right\|283px\|thumb\|~~''Whoah! Whoah! I love~~ to ~~dream of coffee!''~~]]		[[Image:BananaIce1.jpg\|right\|283px\|thumb\|Shitamachi literally means "lower part of town", not to be confused with [[Gaasuu Kurobikari Science Laboratory\|Downtown.]]]]

	'''Banana Ice''' (real name Harumi Kudo, 工藤玄実) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" under the name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''' (下町兄弟 ''{{w\|Yamanote and Shitamachi\|Shitamachi}} Brothaz'')		'''Banana Ice''' (real name Harumi Kudo, 工藤玄実) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" under the name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''' (下町兄弟 ''{{w\|Yamanote and Shitamachi\|Shitamachi}} Brothaz'')

	~~{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}~~

	Banana Ice was relatively popular in Japan during the '90s; he even sang the theme song for the Japanese dub of ''Donkey Kong Country'' and also provided the voice for Funky Kong.		Banana Ice was relatively popular in Japan during the '90s; he even sang the theme song for the Japanese dub of ''Donkey Kong Country'' and also provided the voice for Funky Kong.

	So far as his rap career is concerned, Banana Ice released several albums under the Shibaura Records label, beginning with "RAPP!!" in 1992. In 1999, he released a compilation album titled "Rap Rapper Rappest" and has continued to release new songs and albums as recently as 2009. Banana Ice briefly gained some controversial notoriety amongst rap fans around the world with the song "Imitation + Imitation = Imitation", wherein he condemned ~~all~~ "B-Boys" (Japanese rappers who tan their skin and wear dreadlocks in an attempt to ~~look black~~) as ~~phonies~~ and ~~cultural traitors~~.		So far as his rap career is concerned, Banana Ice released several albums under the Shibaura Records label, beginning with "RAPP!!" in 1992. In 1999, he released a compilation album titled "Rap Rapper Rappest" and has continued to release new songs and albums as recently as 2009. Banana Ice briefly gained some controversial notoriety amongst rap fans around the world with the song "Imitation + Imitation = Imitation", wherein he condemned "B-Boys" (Japanese rappers who tan their skin and wear dreadlocks in an attempt to emulate African-American artists) as denigrating black people and their struggle while simultaneously ignoring social issues within Japan itself.

	==Roles==		==Roles==

Cyberlink420 at 18:51, 10 August 2018

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	[[Image:BananaIce1.jpg\|right\|283px\|thumb\|''Whoah! Whoah! I love to dream of coffee!'']]		[[Image:BananaIce1.jpg\|right\|283px\|thumb\|''Whoah! Whoah! I love to dream of coffee!'']]

	'''Banana Ice''' (real name Harumi Kudo, 工藤玄実) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" under the name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''' (下町兄弟 ''~~[[wikipedia:~~Yamanote and Shitamachi\|Shitamachi]] Brothaz'')		'''Banana Ice''' (real name Harumi Kudo, 工藤玄実) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" under the name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''' (下町兄弟 ''{{w\|Yamanote and Shitamachi\|Shitamachi}} Brothaz'')

	{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}		{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.bananaice.net/ Banana Ice.net]		*[http://www.bananaice.net/ Banana Ice.net]
	*[[w:ja:BANANA ICE\|Banana Ice at Japanese Wikipedia]]		*{{w\|lang=ja\|BANANA ICE\|Banana Ice at Japanese Wikipedia}}
	*[http://www.academia.edu/242174/Thinking_out_of_the_Bronx_Rap_and_Hip-Hop_as_Modes_of_Protest_Outside_Black_America Scholarly essay citing the cultural impact of Banana Ice]		*[http://www.academia.edu/242174/Thinking_out_of_the_Bronx_Rap_and_Hip-Hop_as_Modes_of_Protest_Outside_Black_America Scholarly essay citing the cultural impact of Banana Ice]
	*[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/summary/v015/15.3condry.html Another scholarly essay about Banana Ice. Seriously]		*[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/summary/v015/15.3condry.html Another scholarly essay about Banana Ice. Seriously]

Cyberlink420 at 17:39, 26 April 2018

2018-04-26T17:39:08Z

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.bananaice.net/ Banana Ice.net]		*[http://www.bananaice.net/ Banana Ice.net]
	*[~~http~~://ja~~.wikipedia.org/wiki/BANANA_ICE~~ Banana Ice at Japanese Wikipedia]		*[[w:ja:BANANA ICE\|Banana Ice at Japanese Wikipedia]]
	*[http://www.academia.edu/242174/Thinking_out_of_the_Bronx_Rap_and_Hip-Hop_as_Modes_of_Protest_Outside_Black_America Scholarly essay citing the cultural impact of Banana Ice]		*[http://www.academia.edu/242174/Thinking_out_of_the_Bronx_Rap_and_Hip-Hop_as_Modes_of_Protest_Outside_Black_America Scholarly essay citing the cultural impact of Banana Ice]
	*[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/summary/v015/15.3condry.html Another scholarly essay about Banana Ice. Seriously]		*[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/summary/v015/15.3condry.html Another scholarly essay about Banana Ice. Seriously]

DrSpengler at 20:48, 12 August 2013

2013-08-12T20:48:49Z

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	[[Image:BananaIce1.jpg\|right\|283px\|thumb\|Whoah! Whoah! I love to dream of coffee!]]		[[Image:BananaIce1.jpg\|right\|283px\|thumb\|''Whoah! Whoah! I love to dream of coffee!'']]

	'''Banana Ice''' (real name Harumi Kudo, 工藤玄実) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" under the name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''' (下町兄弟 ''[[wikipedia:Yamanote and Shitamachi\|Shitamachi]] Brothaz'')		'''Banana Ice''' (real name Harumi Kudo, 工藤玄実) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" under the name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''' (下町兄弟 ''[[wikipedia:Yamanote and Shitamachi\|Shitamachi]] Brothaz'')

Evan1975 at 18:20, 29 June 2013

2013-06-29T18:20:01Z

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	'''Banana Ice''' (real name ~~'''Shitamachi Kyōdai'''~~, ~~下町兄弟~~) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]".		'''Banana Ice''' (real name Harumi Kudo, 工藤玄実) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" under the name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''' (下町兄弟 ''[[wikipedia:Yamanote and Shitamachi\|Shitamachi]] Brothaz'')

	{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}		{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}

DrSpengler at 13:50, 15 March 2013

2013-03-15T13:50:06Z

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	'''Banana Ice''' (real name Shitamachi Kyōdai, 下町兄弟) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]".		'''Banana Ice''' (real name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''', 下町兄弟) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]".

	{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}		{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}

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2013-03-06T02:41:47Z

External links

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.bananaice.net/ Banana Ice.net]		*[http://www.bananaice.net/ Banana Ice.net]
	*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/BANANA_ICE Banana Ice at Japanese ~~Wwikipedia~~]		*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/BANANA_ICE Banana Ice at Japanese Wikipedia]
	*[http://www.academia.edu/242174/Thinking_out_of_the_Bronx_Rap_and_Hip-Hop_as_Modes_of_Protest_Outside_Black_America Scholarly essay citing the cultural impact of Banana Ice]		*[http://www.academia.edu/242174/Thinking_out_of_the_Bronx_Rap_and_Hip-Hop_as_Modes_of_Protest_Outside_Black_America Scholarly essay citing the cultural impact of Banana Ice]
	*[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/summary/v015/15.3condry.html Another scholarly essay about Banana Ice. Seriously]		*[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/summary/v015/15.3condry.html Another scholarly essay about Banana Ice. Seriously]

DrSpengler at 19:25, 5 March 2013

2013-03-05T19:25:17Z

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	So far as his rap career is concerned, Banana Ice released several albums under the Shibaura Records label, beginning with "RAPP!!" in 1992. In 1999, he released a compilation album titled "Rap Rapper Rappest" and has continued to release new songs and albums as recently as 2009. Banana Ice briefly gained some controversial notoriety amongst rap fans around the world with the song "Imitation + Imitation = Imitation", wherein he condemned all "B-Boys" (Japanese rappers who tan their skin and wear dreadlocks in an attempt to look black) as phonies and cultural traitors.		So far as his rap career is concerned, Banana Ice released several albums under the Shibaura Records label, beginning with "RAPP!!" in 1992. In 1999, he released a compilation album titled "Rap Rapper Rappest" and has continued to release new songs and albums as recently as 2009. Banana Ice briefly gained some controversial notoriety amongst rap fans around the world with the song "Imitation + Imitation = Imitation", wherein he condemned all "B-Boys" (Japanese rappers who tan their skin and wear dreadlocks in an attempt to look black) as phonies and cultural traitors.

			==Roles==
			===''Beast Wars''===

			*[[Narrator\|Opening narration]]

	==External links==		==External links==

Abates at 18:57, 29 January 2013

2013-01-29T18:57:54Z

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	Banana Ice was relatively popular in Japan during the '90s; he even sang the theme song for the Japanese dub of ''Donkey Kong Country'' and also provided the voice for Funky Kong.		Banana Ice was relatively popular in Japan during the '90s; he even sang the theme song for the Japanese dub of ''Donkey Kong Country'' and also provided the voice for Funky Kong.

	So far as his rap career is concerned, Banana Ice released several albums under the Shibaura Records ~~lable~~, beginning with "RAPP!!" in 1992. In 1999, he released a compilation album titled "Rap Rapper Rappest" and has continued to release new songs and albums as recently as 2009. Banana Ice briefly gained some controversial notoriety amongst rap fans around the world with the song "Imitation + Imitation = Imitation", wherein he condemned all "B-Boys" (Japanese rappers who tan their skin and wear dreadlocks in an attempt to look black) as phonies and cultural traitors.		So far as his rap career is concerned, Banana Ice released several albums under the Shibaura Records label, beginning with "RAPP!!" in 1992. In 1999, he released a compilation album titled "Rap Rapper Rappest" and has continued to release new songs and albums as recently as 2009. Banana Ice briefly gained some controversial notoriety amongst rap fans around the world with the song "Imitation + Imitation = Imitation", wherein he condemned all "B-Boys" (Japanese rappers who tan their skin and wear dreadlocks in an attempt to look black) as phonies and cultural traitors.

	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.bananaice.net/ Banana Ice.net]		*[http://www.bananaice.net/ Banana Ice.net]
	*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/BANANA_ICE Banana Ice at Japanese ~~wikipedia~~]		*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/BANANA_ICE Banana Ice at Japanese Wwikipedia]
	*[http://www.academia.edu/242174/Thinking_out_of_the_Bronx_Rap_and_Hip-Hop_as_Modes_of_Protest_Outside_Black_America Scholarly essay citing the cultural impact of Banana Ice]		*[http://www.academia.edu/242174/Thinking_out_of_the_Bronx_Rap_and_Hip-Hop_as_Modes_of_Protest_Outside_Black_America Scholarly essay citing the cultural impact of Banana Ice]
	*[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/summary/v015/15.3condry.html Another scholarly essay about Banana Ice. Seriously]		*[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/summary/v015/15.3condry.html Another scholarly essay about Banana Ice. Seriously]

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	'''Banana Ice''' (real name ~~'''Shitamachi Kyōdai'''~~, ~~下町兄弟~~) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]".		'''Banana Ice''' (real name Harumi Kudo, 工藤玄実) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]" under the name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''' (下町兄弟 ''[[wikipedia:Yamanote and Shitamachi\|Shitamachi]] Brothaz'')

	{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}		{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}

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	'''Banana Ice''' (real name Shitamachi Kyōdai, 下町兄弟) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]".		'''Banana Ice''' (real name '''Shitamachi Kyōdai''', 下町兄弟) is a Japanese rap artist. He sang the [[Japanese themes\|theme song]] for the Japanese dub of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]'': "[[War War! Stop It\|WAR WAR! STOP IT]]".

	{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}		{{quote\|Your parents, your grandparents are Japanese; You can never be the black person you want to be;}}