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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Freaknik: The Musical is not a movie, TV show, or a special. It has nothing that belongs in the category of special. It runs in the category of an annoying, atrociously bad film, combined with low grade animation, and even worse, bad lyrics that are hardly understandable because of the terrible syncing process and the chaos usually corresponding the song. It can't be to complicated for a special, which it isn't. Its just a loud show that has an excuse to say "the n word".T-Pain is a decent rapper, sometimes his songs are a little graphic, but for the most part he is tolerable, but his musical talents are wasted in this mess. He plays "The Ghost of Freaknik Past" in which he brings life to a dead party that took place in Atlanta a number of years ago. To me the celebration should have stayed dead, even in a cartoon, the show is still abysmal.In the mean time, four amateur rappers try to make their way across the state to get to the rap battle being held at Freaknik. Cee-Lo, Rick Ro$$, DJ Pooh, and Young Money get into the usual mishaps while on the road. They find a wild house party, they try to avoid a group that is ironically trying to whipe Freaknik out (too being ironic Al Sharptoin, Oprah, and Bill Cosby resemble the people against Freaknik), and they need to win the Rap Battle so they get some money to pay their rent and finally get the respect they "seemingly" deserve from their family, friends, and the culture around them.The show is cheesy and poorly animated to a new degree of awful. The colors are putrid and only black, brown, puke green, and gray hit the screen. It's as miserable as a foggy day. The unkempt society of this show is motley and unappealing to the eye. Aside from the number of problems this show has, the music is what counts. The song by the "Sweet Tea Mafia" is tolerable and doesn't cause harm to the ears, but other songs like T-Pain's "Freaknik's Back" and "Save You" are rushed and failed experiences clearly identifying that this show was a procrastinated mess that doesn't deserve recognition.I've always admired Adult Swim for their clever lineup of shows, humorous bumps, and cool advertisements among the network. Though for every bump Adult Swim put up for this garbage made me just die a little inside. To quote Ally Sheedy's line in The Breakfast Club and as well seen in The 82nd Academy Awards "When you get older your heart dies." To add mine to the cult classics of movie quotations, "Whenever I see an ad for Freaknik my heart dies." Starring: T-Pain, Andy Samberg, Bill Hader, Rick Ro$$, Lil Wayne, Young Cash, Sophia Fresh, Snoop Dogg, DJ Pooh, Kelis, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Cee-Lo, Lil Jon, Big Boi, Kel Mitchell, Affion Crockett, Charlie Murphy, DJ Drama, Mack Maine, Mike Jones, and Carl Jones. Directed by: Chris Prynoski and Jacob Escobedo.

Freaknik Is Great. Good Tunes, Funny one liners, and an all around wild n' out attitude. One Person had stated that Freaknik was an ALIEN and not a ghost. If you listen to the Obama character and others in the show, they call Freaknik The Ghost with the Most. His spirit was brought back to "fix" spring break and cause all around funkyness to a dreary nation.At the End when the aliens come for Freaknik, they're not taking him "back home"(being that his home is ATLANTA), but to another galaxy in which his positive attitude could help the bored, mundane inhabitants of this galaxy. But all in all, I thoroughly enjoyed Freaknik. Weed Helps too.

I'm not really sure where to start with this. I know that Adult Swim tends to play towards the lowest common denominator, but this is ridiculous; never has the bar been set lower. Take some gangsta stylings, add in a rap battle that ends in a Dragon Ball Z power-up, make sure that the n-word gets dropped on a regular basis, and throw in "weed=good" and "all we want is bling and bitches" messages, and that pretty much sums up the movie. You see committee movies in Hollywood all the time; this was a movie produced by a gangsta-wannabes.It's mildly homophobic (you have a group of ostensibly gay rappers that provide the counterpoint to the show's group of up-and-comers), and women are relegated to pure sex objects; with the exception of the leader of the 10%-ers, the only women in the show are literally nothing but sex objects; heck, one of the rewards for winning the contest is a lifetime of ho's, and one of the numbers shows Freaknik going around transforming women into big-busted bra and Daisy Duke-wearing ho's. The sole intelligent woman was portrayed as a hungry shrew that wanted nothing but control.The portrayal of the men wasn't much better. Cops are evil, drugs and alcohol are good, and gang credos rule. All that matters for them is getting drunk, laid, and high. I know that young men see fame as a way to getting sex and drugs, but they usually learn something about whats important on the way up; in this show, it wasn't about how the music was important, but how it was a way to money and getting laid. There was nothing solid about any of the male characters; sort of fitting that that a ghost was the lead, I think...I know that this was supposed to be "light-hearted" and in the vein of the House Party movies, but it just came off as offensive. I think if you wanted proof that the civil rights movement is dead, and not in a good way, this show would be it...

((This post DOES contain Spoilers, however, there is no deep plot to this musical, and any spoilers end up being mild clarifications. Still, you have been warned))Freaknik: The Musical is a hip-hop infused animation that deals purely with fun, comedy, and great music from the hip-hop genre. Adultswim indeed strikes gold again with this astonishing release.First, the most obvious boon to this animation is the amazing line-up of Rap superstars. T-Pain, whom does the voice over for the main character of the film "Freaknik". The character Freaknik is a extra-terrestrial "like" being whom embodies the spirit of fun, Hip-Hop, and things of the like.(SPOILER: Freaknik is not a "Spirit" as he's been labeled in most reviews. He is an ALIEN. This becomes obvious when a "mothership" full of odd creatures descends from space and takes Freaknik back home to a different Galaxy.)Other superstars include; Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Cee-Lo, Dj Pooh, and much more. Even non rap stars such as Charlie Murphy, Andy Samberg, and Bill Hader do work on this musical as well. The "plot" of this musical is simple. Freaknik returns after more than 10 years of absence, turns Atlanta into one giant spring break party, throws a contest for "Trillest" rap group ever. The reward being unlimited Cash, Clothes, and Ho's.Small time rap group, "Sweet Tea Mob", begin the voyage to Atlanta in order to rise out of poverty and into fame. Of course, their journey isn't easy.Evil racist council "The Boule" tries to thwart Freaknik. Ultimately leading into Al Sharpton (Charlie Murphy) being transformed into some comedic robot/cyborg.The plot, while very simple, flows smoothly and transitions everything nicely. The animation is lively, and unique. However, I must say that the soundtrack is what raises this feature far above average. If you watch this film, and you own a home theater system, crank it up. In my personal opinion, the only downside of this feature is the seemingly short running time of 60 minutes. In my opinion, they could have done so much more. This is the only reason I'm not giving it a 10. Ultimately, this is a MUST SEE for anyone even slightly interested in the genre. Amazing. 9 out of 10.