This past Sunday, T-Pain launched a new effort as part of his mission to be labeled as the perfect entertainer. While he’s finishing up his latest album, RevolveR, which is expected to be released this summer, he made the debut of his hour-long cartoon special, Freaknik: The Musical. A unique concept, Freaknik: The Musical cast enlists some of today’s hottest rappers to take you on a lyrical journey to get to a spring break tradition that has been dormant for quite some time now. Let’s find out whether T-Pain succeeds in his latest venture or not with our Freaknik: The Musical review.
“Freaknik” was a 2-day concert that once featured the hottest artists in music. For 2 days, people would come from all over to party, vibe and of course “Freak”. After its wild turnout and some misfortune, in 1999 the legendary event came to an end. That is where the cartoon, which aired on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming Sunday night begins.
Four young adults embark on a journey to resurrect “Freaknik” in Atlanta and enter in a battle of the “Trillist” competition. The winner of this competition would receive a lifetime coupon for “money, clothes, and hoes.” Along the way, the main Freaknik: The Musical cast voicing these four characters – Cee-Lo, Young Cash, DJ Pooh, and Rick Ross – make a handful of stops including a frat house where they meet their homo-thug counterparts, have an encounter with the cops, and lose their map because the driver is a weed man who smokes his own supply (“we don’t need no map, the ganja will get us there,” he says).
Along the way they meet Snoop Dogg, Lil’ Wayne who plays a character named “Trap Jesus,” plus the ghost of Freaknik played by T-Pain (in autotune of course).
There is a legion of people who are against Freaknik who try to stop the event from taking place. Oprah, Al Sharpton, Bill Cosby, and Jessie Jackson, all voiced by different stars, are part of this legion.
T-Pain’s Freaknik cartoon is straight what the title suggests and does have a lot of ethnicity, with a star-studded cast of funny people. If you can tolerate The Boondocks and The PJs, Freaknik: The Musical will have you laughing until it’s over. Furthermore, if T-Pain’s Freaknik is a sign of cartoons to come from the artist, then the creative mind will just keep getting better and better. Still, the cartoon doesn’t blow viewers away, but might be a step in the right direction.
Freaknik: The Musical cartoon review
This cartoon special receives a PAR
Rating System:
P… Horrible
PA… Tolerable
PAR… Good
PARL… Excellent
PARLÉ… Classic
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