12 Years a Slave<\/em><\/h5>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/xenonpictures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DolemintAltoidsADCLEAN.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”PULL QUOTE” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”Changa One||||” text_font_size=”18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||0|” custom_padding=”||0|” custom_css_main_element=”margin-bottom: 3px !important;” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]\u201cHis influence touched three generations\u00a0–often inappropriately\u201d
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NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO<\/h4>\n
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DOLEMITE in POP CULTURE<\/h2>\n
On A Tribe Called Quest<\/strong>‘s 2016 “Whateva Will Be” Dolemite’s famous line “Girls, this muthehfucker’s got rhythm” is sampled.<\/p>\nAccording to some sources, Rudy Ray Moore is<\/strong> (along with Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins) the most sampled artist in Rap history.<\/strong> These include albums by Eazy-E, Snoop Dogg, NWA, The\u00a0Beastie Boys, Busta Rhymes, Big Daddy Kane, and on\u00a0Dr. Dre’s seminal “The Chronic”<\/strong><\/p>\nIn an episode of Matt Groening’s animated series \u201cFuturama\u201d<\/strong> the\u00a0robot Bender explains that his composition is 40% Dolemite, which\u00a0he describes as \u201c…that righteous black mineral that don\u2019t cop when out\u00a0there\u2019s heat all about \u201d<\/p>\nIn the Jim Jarmusch film<\/strong> Broken Flowers (2005), Bill Murray<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0character is discussing with his neighbor\u2019s daughter who her father\u00a0might be, guessing Dolemite<\/strong> as a possibility. (continued below)
\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/xenonpictures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/veststudio_whitefade311_C18.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”PULL QUOTE” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”Changa One||||” text_font_size=”34″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||0|” custom_padding=”||0|” custom_css_main_element=”margin-bottom: 3px !important;” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]\u201c\u2019Stead of them kickin\u2019 US in the ass, I\u2019m kickin\u2019 THEM in the ass.\u201d
\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”PULL QUOTE ATTRIB” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”Droid Sans||||” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”right” custom_margin=”0|||” custom_padding=”0|||” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nRudy Ray Moore on his amazing success with independent films for Black audiences<\/h4>\n
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His two 1970 releases, Eat Out More Often and This Pussy Belongs to Me, charted concurrently on the Billboard R&B Top 50, a record industry first. One of Moore\u2019s best-known monikers (along with \u201cKing of the Party Records\u201d and \u201cHigh Sheriff of Hell\u201d) is the well-deserved \u201cGodfather of Rap\u201d. His early party records feature what he called \u201ctoasts\u201d\u2014rhyming, over-the-top folk tales like \u201cThe Signifying Monkey\u201d and \u201cShine and the Great Titanic\u201d\u2014recited\u00a0against a musical background, creating some of the first rap records ever made.
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Snoop Dogg\u2019s \u201cNuthin\u2019 but a \u2018G\u2019 Thang\u201d features the line \u201cpimpin\u2019 hos and clockin\u2019 a grip like my name was Dolemite….\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nFrom \u201cUzi (Pinky Ring)\u201d by Wu-Tang Clan<\/strong>: \u201cSuperbad, who am I? Dolemite Classic!\u201d<\/p>\nFrom \u201cDown\u201d by 311: \u201cLightning strikes, we be in that violent force of light\/Guaranteed to turn it out as bad as Dolemite\u201d.<\/p>\n
From \u201cJam on Revenge\u201d by Newcleus: \u201cWhen I was a little baby boy, my momma gave me a brand new toy: 2 turntables with a mike, and I learned to rap like Dolemite\u201d.<\/p>\n
Big Daddy Kane<\/strong>\u2019s album Taste of Chocolate contains the track, \u201c\u201cBig Daddy vs. Dolemite\u201d, in which Dolemite beats Kane in a rap battle.<\/p>\n(continued below)\u00a0<\/span>
\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/xenonpictures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Images.jpg” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”500ms” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”fade_in” sticky=”on” always_center_on_mobile=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”PT Sans||||” text_font_size=”16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]Rudy Ray Moore kicked down the door for every rapper today,<\/strong> making him an object of reverence for younger artists. Says Snoop Dogg, \u201cIf he wasn\u2019t here there wouldn\u2019t be no rap community\u2026we\u00a0should cherish every moment we spend with Rudy Ray Moore.\u201d Says Layzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, \u201cWe can\u2019t get away from him because he is our roots.\u201d Proving that there is some justice in the world, Moore\u2019s early R&B recordings were compiled on the 1991 release “Hully Gully Fever”, which became an instant classic.
\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”BILLBOARD” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”Changa One||||” text_font_size=”18″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||0|” custom_padding=”||0|” custom_css_main_element=”margin-bottom: 3px !important;” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]His two self released 1970 releases, Eat Out More Often and\u00a0This Pussy Belongs to Me, charted concurrently on the\u00a0Billboard R&B Top 50, a record industry first.
\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”PT Sans||||” text_font_size=”16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]As seminal as his records are, Moore\u2019s true influence can be seen in his movies, which are prime examples of Blaxploitation, giving back the \u201cstreet cred\u201d to a genre that had been diluted by major studio productions like Shaft and Superfly. By the early 1970s, Moore was not content being a successful comedian, and decided to seek film stardom. Using the money he made from sales of his albums and from ceaseless touring on the \u201cChit\u2019lin\u2019 Circuit\u201d, he went on to produce his first film, Dolemite (1975), which was deemed \u201cThe Citizen Kane of blaxploitation\u201d by The New York Times. He said of that time, \u201cI would never have got on the screen unless I put myself on it\u201d. Always ahead of the curve, Moore knew what the public wanted years before of the film industry did\u2014Dolemite grossed $5,200,000 (modern equivalent: $26,000,000) in its first three months.<\/p>\nDolemite presented audiences with an empowered and fearless black action hero, irresistible to woman and a scourge to the enemies of his people. Said Moore, \u201c\u2019Stead of them kickin\u2019 me in the ass, I\u2019m kickin\u2019 them in the ass.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the many highlights of the film are Moore\u2019s outrageous insults, such as \u201cyou born insecure, ratsoup-eatin\u2019 motherf**ker\u201d, which have appeared as samples on records by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and N.W.A; and his eye-popping fashion sense, which included wildly colorful suits, animal prints and wide-brimmed hats, giving birth to the \u201cpimp chic\u201d look. The film also introduced Moore\u2019s discoveries, singer James Ingram and actor Ernie Hudson. Since then, screenings of Dolemite continue to sell out in places like Montreal and Seattle, while Xenon Pictures has sold over one million units since the company\u2019s inception (some video-store owners admitted having to constantly reorder Dolemite because it was their most stolen title).
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DOLEMITE in POP CULTURE<\/h2>\n
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The video for Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard\u2019s \u201cBaby I Got Your Money\u201d uses clips from Dolemite, eventually integrating ODB\u2019s visage onto some of the characters.<\/p>\n
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\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”PT Sans||||” text_font_size=”16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]The follow-up films to Dolemite, The Human Tornado, Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil’s Son-inLaw and Disco Godfather, are also heralded as classics of the genre. According to actor\/rapper Ice-T, \u201cThese are some of the maddest films of all time\u2014as a black actor, he\u2019s the greatest.\u201d Screenwriter John Ridley stated, \u201cDisco Godfather\u2026has a permanent home in my DVD collection. If you appreciate what Rudy was all about, you can\u2019t help but appreciate the film.\u201d As further proof of the enduring impact of these films, director Quentin Tarantino chose The Human Tornado to be screened at his 2007 Grindhouse Festival in Los Angeles, while \u201cTonight Show\u201d host Jay Leno regularly uses clips from the film on his show.<\/p>\n
Moore\u2019s audacity and ambition, on both a business and a creative level, earned him an ever-expanding audience over the years, and a presence in both mainstream and underground culture. His image has been used in advertisements for Altoids, while he\u2019s also name-checked by the likes of the Wu-Tang Clan. His sold-out shows attracted youthful crowds that enthusiastically adored his bold humor, lining up at his appearances for merchandise and autographs. Dozens of websites run by iconoclasts of all ages, often selling merchandise with bootlegged images, are dedicated exclusively to Rudy. His films are among Xenon Pictures\u2019 bestselling titles, and the current explosion of interest in exploitation cinema, evidenced by the Tarantino\/Rodriguez release Grindhouse, pushed Moore farther into the spotlight. However, success never meant selling out. When Xenon Pictures negotiated with Miramax in 2001 to offer him sizable deal for the use of the Dolemite character, Moore refused it because he could not \u201cbow down to the man\u201d.<\/p>\n
Wherever there was a venue that wanted him, Rudy Ray Moore was there\u2014and many did, right up until the end. His 80th birthday was celebrated at conventions and theaters across the country, with Moore appearing at every one. Tireless, eccentrically visionary, and a true survivor, Rudy Ray Moore was an American original.<\/p>\n
The entertainment maverick died on October 19, 2008 in Ohio of complications from pneumonia. According to a Xenon Pictures spokesman, he had been in declining health over the last several years, suffering a stroke in 2006, along with chronic diabetes and kidney problems.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis influence touched three generations\u2014often inappropriately and unapologetically\u2014 and we miss him already.\u201d<\/strong>
\n \u2014Defamer<\/strong><\/h2>\nMoore remained unstoppable, even in the face of his failing health, and was seen in Las Vegas a few months before his passing, riding his motorized scooter, wearing a sequined blazer and playing poker. He is survived by two siblings, his 95-year-old mother, and \u2018play-daughter\u2019 Yvette \u201cRusty\u201d Wesson, who was at his bedside at the time of his death. According to Wesson, Moore\u2019s final words were, \u201cDolemite\u2019s damned day has finally arrived\u2014I\u2019m officially out of here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Upon his passing, Moore was celebrated in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Guardian (U.K.), Rolling\u00a0Stone, EbonyJet, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and on hundreds of entertainment blogs and fan sites around the world. Among the more notable was the obituary that appeared on The Onion A.V. Club website, which received over 100 comments quoting Moore\u2019s films and routines.<\/p>\n
On December 2, 2008, Grindhouse Releasing and Xenon Pictures hosted a tribute to Moore at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles. The sellout event kicked off with a video retrospective of his life and work followed by screenings of Dolemite and its hit sequel, The Human Tornado. The video also included a salute from fans at a recent tribute held in London.<\/p>\n
During the intermission, the audience was treated to a panel discussion and Q&A session moderated by Grindhouse Releasing\u2019s Brian Quinn. The panel included many original cast and crew members from Moore\u2019s films, including actor\/writer Jerry Jones (Dolemite, The Human Tornado), director Jamaa Fanaka (Penitentiary series, Soul Vengeance) and actor Sy Richardson (Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil\u2019s Son-in-law, \u201cPushing Daisies\u201d). Celebrities present at the event included Chris Parnell (\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d), Diedrich Bader (\u201cThe Drew Carey Show\u201d), and actor\/singer\/wrestling promoter Johnny Legend. It was a celebratory and loving tribute, filled with funny stories and outrageous anecdotes shared among friends and devotees of the one and only Rudy Ray Moore.
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\n-The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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