Mountain Home, AR
that is all, thoughts?
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Quoted from FlippyD:Perhaps a ... Boutique ... manufacturer will do it.
Could be PB...no NOT Pinball Brothers... but rather Paul's Boutique.
I’ve mentioned adding some hip-hop/rap pins to the lineup in some previous threads, even throwing out the Beasties.
Soon you will be told that pinball is a niche market, with rap fans being an even smaller niche within the pinball buying market. “People that actually buy pins won’t buy a rap pin.”
I’m a pinball buyer that was born in the 70’s. It’s time to realize that time has progressed all the way into 2022, and the buying market includes those of us that grew up listening to more Beasties than Beatles.
I would purchase Beastie Boys and place it right next to my Wu-Tang pin and Iron Maiden if I were so lucky 
Check out my post and let me know your thoughts.
We are overdue for a hip-hop-themed pin!!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/a-wu-tang-clan-pin-would-be-epic
As much as I love the Beasties I think that RUN DMC truly deserves the honor of being the first Hip Hop themed pin.
Gaborone
Auckland
So many perfect quotes to entice operators to buy…
Players will love sure shot ball.
You’ll make more coin than Ali baba and the forty thieves
Players be dropping coin like Galileo dropped an orange
Ok. These are terrible… but I would be in on a beastie boy or instantly…. Make the whole pin 70s cop show vibe like the sabotage video.
Squamish, BC
I mean, if Rush gets a pinball machine. Any band can at this point. Knowing stern we might get a Michael Buble Christmas album pin in June.
I'd take a look at a Beastie Boys pin. I'm not against it. I think Pearl Jam or Nirvana or just a general grunge Rock pin makes more sense though.
Sorry Atari_Daze forgot to use thread search option.... I would also look at a Nirvana pin but courtney would want a ton of money for it I bet!!!!
+1 for a rap pin, also born in the 70's love punk and rap, would love to see a classic rap pin, Run, BB, Public Enemy, Wu, but I really think it should be Run the Jewels, would be huge and those guys have pinball in their videos and are stellar marketers.
If it was up to me I'd do an Aesop Rock pin, best rapper to ever walk the earth, most unique lyrics in rap, so many possibilities, never happen, but a guy can dream.
B
Quoted from Palmer:I’d love a BB pin. I actually have a retheme/recode I’m working on but it will be awhile before I have anything to share. I don’t think there will ever be a BB pin. MCA’s will asked that they would not use BB likeness, art or music in any advertising. Also no new BB music.
if true that's a bummer
Quoted from jgentry:I mean, if Rush gets a pinball machine. Any band can at this point. Knowing stern we might get a Michael Buble Christmas album pin in June.
I'd take a look at a Beastie Boys pin. I'm not against it. I think Pearl Jam or Nirvana or just a general grunge Rock pin makes more sense though.
agree
Super tough license to get.
That’s why you rarely hear it in movies or commercials.
I don’t think any pinball company has the sway to land the license…Unless one of the surviving members is a huge pinball fan…but I think we would have heard of that by now.
Yes, please! So much content to pull from, including instrumental-only tracks from The Mix Up album would do great. Sabotage multiball with the video playing on the display would be killer. I’d take this theme over the rumored Foo Fighters any day of the week (and I’m a FF fan).
Would Love a Sabatage Multiball!!!
Since we're dreaming here.
Would love a Jane's Addiction pin.
OR, how about the best of the 80's and 90's music pin? Why label it to one band only?
Give me some oingo boingo why we're at it.
Im not against one being made either way but wasn’t Adam Yauch (MCA) really against licensing their music for commercial purposes.
Quoted from YZRider926:Im not against one being made either way but wasn’t Adam Yauch (MCA) really against licensing their music for commercial purposes.
Yes, in a huge way.
That being said one of their songs popped up in Real Steel the robot fighting movie that was not exactly a masterpiece of cinema. So they can't be THAT picky.
You don't see a lot of Beastie Boys crap out there though so you'd think it would be unlikely.
Quoted from Porkfritter:I've always been in for
Snoop Dog's: Pin and Juice
with custom call outs. . . .
Yup, I could see pot leafs everywhere......
It would be tough to license, especially with all the samples that they used. But hey, they had four songs in Rock Band, so who knows.
perhaps Culture Club would tickle your fancy????
I prefer Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?
eta: but seriously I actually didn't mind some of his music
Quoted from CrazyLevi:That being said one of their songs popped up in Real Steel the robot fighting movie that was not exactly a masterpiece of cinema. So they can't be THAT picky.
Also…..
“Shake your rump” was featured in the movie “Tag”
Quoted from Billygrippo:Also…..
“Shake your rump” was featured in the movie “Tag”
shake your rump is a great song imo
The lifespan of a rap career seems to be a bit different than those in rock. A lot of rock bands and artists continue to play and jam well into the upper years of their lives, while rap seems to only hold onto a few of the OGs that may continue to perform here or there (ie Snoop, Ice Cube, Jay Z, etc) while most get pushed to the side for the next new thing. I would think that some of these rap artists would not mind putting their brand and IP out there for a few more minutes of fortune and fame.
I'm sure a [insert rap artist here] license would be cheaper to obtain than a Led Zeplin licence...
But let's be real, there are only a select number of artists/acts that could be popular enough with more mass appeal to be considered (in no order):
Beastie Boys
Run-DMC
Wu-Tang
Snoop
NWA (and solo acts of Cube, Dre)
2Pac
Biggie
Jay Z
Eminem
DMX
Outkast
A Tribe Called Quest
Missy Elliot (Supa duppa fly)
Public Enemy
LL Cool J
The Neptunes (produced songs)
Lil Jon (produced songs)
Def Jam (as a label)
Big names, but not for pins: MC Hammer, Salt N Pepa, Drake, Kanye, Cardi B
And if we're changing up from the rock genre, why not add Parliment Funkadelic to the list. P-Funk and Bootsy jams on a pin!
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