King Louie
King Louie is a fictional character in Disney's 1967 animated musical adaptation of The Jungle Book. He is voiced by Louis Prima in the original film and currently Jim Cummings. Initially, the producers considered Louis Armstrong for the role, but to avoid the likely controversy that would surround casting a black person to voice an ape, they instead chose Prima.
Conception and creation
As the Disney movie is "inspired by" rather than "based on" the Kipling stories, the character King Louie does not appear in Rudyard Kipling's original book, as orangutans are not native to India. Also, Kipling insists that the Bandar-log, or monkeys, have no king, or any effective leadership. In the book, Mowgli is abducted by a band of nameless and leaderless Bandar-log (monkeys), but the rest of the scene plays out very differently from Disney's version.
Bill Peet's original story for the film did not feature King Louie, but did have a bigger Bandar without a tail, who was perhaps meant to be their king. Peet left the Disney company due to a dispute he had with Walt Disney regarding the contents of his script, so his ultimate vision for the king of the Bandar-log remains unknown. Development of the story continued following Peet's departure, with his darker story giving way to a new emphasis on lightheartedness and jazzy tunes. In this company milieu King Louie eventually came into being, given life through the voice and personality of popular performer Louis Prima. Personality was also given to Louie by Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, and John Lounsbery, three of Disney's Nine Old Men who animated the character. Kahl animated Louie's interaction with Mowgli, Thomas his solo song and dance portions, while Lounsbery animated his memorable scat duet with a disguised Baloo.
King Louie (rapper)
Louis King Johnson Jr., better known by his stage name King L or King Louie (born December 27, 1987) is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He was signed to the record label October Very Own Epic Records.Spin Magazine attributed King Louie as being one of the Chicago rappers who made Chicago the "hottest hip-hop" scene in 2012.
Life and music career
King Louie was born Louis King Johnson Jr. in the Eastside of Chicago, Illinois on December 27, 1987. He attended Hyde Park Academy High School for a while before graduating from alternative school. After attending high school, King Louie began building a following through one-on-one mixtapes. He would hand out CDs at bus stops and parties. King Louie released his debut mixtape entitled Boss Shit in September 2007, and the next year released his second mixtape Cloud 9 on December 2009.
However, his career was put on hold after he was hit by a car. He was hospitalized with both of his legs broken with various other injuries and had to learn to walk again after his injuries were healed. He later returned to music, releasing a series of mixtapes that he made available online. Songs from his releases received regular air time, including his song "Too Cool" which was placed in regular rotation at WGCI-FM. To promote his mixtapes, King Louie launched a series of music videos on YouTube. His first video was for the song I'm Arrogant which was the lead track from his 2010 mixtape Man Up, Band Up. He released additional music videos and quickly grew a large following. It was his promotional methods on YouTube that helped him be one of the newer Chicago rappers to get noticed nationally.
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King Louie
ALBUMS
- Attack of the One Man Bands! released: 2007
- Lost Deep Soul Treasures, Volume 4 released: 2001
- Techno Mancer III released: 1993
- Techno Mancer 3 released: 1993
- Driving 88 released:
Attack of the One Man Bands!
Released 2007- I Know I'm Gonna Die Tonight (But I Don't Care)
- Been Tellin' Lies
- Jackass Blues
- Milwaukee Blue
- If You Love Me
- You Can't Fool Me
- Walkin' and A-Steppin' in the Fire
- Howlin'
- Stay Out and Down
- Troublin' Time
- Mole
- I Fuckin' Suck (In G Major)
- Train on the Island
- Long Gone, Dead and Done
- Wild Party
- Introducing Chuck Violence
- Lust
- Rhythm & Soul
- Walked All Night
- Preacher's Daughter
- Que Viva La Chava
- Lying in State
- Too Much Bad in My Blood (To Be Good)
- When You're Far Away
- I'm Buried Alive
- Drinking Every Night
- Purgatory Rock
- Kyleeee
Lost Deep Soul Treasures, Volume 4
Released 2001- My World
- I'm Like a Fish
- Just the Touch
- Lonely Intruder
- We Try Harder
- I Have a Whole Lot to Be Thankful For
- I No Longer Believe in Miracles
- Try Love
- Letter of Regret
- Hard Headed Woman
- It's All Over Now
- I Love My Man
- I Come a Long Way
- Sometimes You Win
- You're My Bad Habit
- Without Your Love I'll Be Nothing
- Tenderness
- Since You've Been Gone
- You Don't Know
- I've Been Down So Long
- Two of a Kind
- Try Me
- Did You Tell Him
Techno Mancer III
Released 1993- I Can't Stop (Mellow Club Mix)
- The Work Out (Instr.)
- Jungle Keys (Tribal King Mix)
- Virtual Reality (Odyssey Mix)
- Happy Strings
- Dispute (You're Such A Baby)(Original Underground Mix)
- Forever Mine (Full Vocal Mix)
- Paradise Place (Paradise Trance Mix)
- Beyond The Point (Trancy Mix)
- Ultra Terra (Muffy Mix)
- Cruising (At Night Mix)
- Zero G (Club Mix)
- The Apple (A Star Is Born Mix)
- Piece Of Mine
Techno Mancer 3
Released 1993- I Can't Stop (Mellow club mix)
- The Work Out (instrumental)
- Jungle Keys (Tribal King mix)
- Virtual Reality (Odyssey mix)
- Happy Strings
- Dispute (You're Such a Baby) (original Underground mix)
- Forever Mine (Full vocal mix)
- Paradise Place (Paradise Trance mix)
- Beyond the Point (Trancy mix)
- Ultra Terra (Muffy mix)
- Cruising (At Night mix)
- Zero-G (club mix)
- The Apple (A Star Is Born mix)
- Piece of Mine
King Louie
ALBUMS
- Tony released: 2014
- Drilluminati 2 released: 2013
- Jeep Music released: 2013
- Drilluminati released: 2012
- Showtime released: 2012
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877 Cash Now
by: King LouieWoke up on band ave, took a band bath
I told a joke, and my band laughed
Had sex with a band bitch, I'm rich and my badn rich
Broke shit we can't stand it
Won't smoke if we can't hear it
30's turned him to a spirit, loud pack got me dumb high
Idiots spend on stupid bands, on stupid shit
Don't give a fuck about a shit stupid bitch
In a drop top, that's a stupid whip
Standing up, get stupid chips, we stupid rich
Told your baby mama just do the dish
Nike shit, told you once, I could buy a hit
Big guns, get a riot hit
Young nigga and fat, anti diet shit
With a bitch ass fat in that highlit
That might be your hoe, tell the prez my phone walk
Call from mordor
877 cash now, 877 cash now, 877 cash now
877 cash now, 877 cash now, 877 cash now
These motherfucking bands on my motherfucking pants, bands
It don't make no sense so I recall in the safe, ah
Got that 30 on me cause it's gonna be too safe
Vision that more up with the ace that's mase
Causing robbers with the cash, me and money going fast
You can catch us on a high speed chase
Me I'm straight she chase, in a ... lace
And the mown with lace, and her friend won't face
So I told her bitch bake, go on tell me how she taste
Go for these bitches harder than the taste
Girls going wild, yeah I got it on tape
Banana clips cause I be going ape
30 in the clip, adi on ape
Love the money fast, tell them broke niggas waste
Them niggas going mad like broke is a tray
Niggas broke like bread, I want more syrup than steak
And more foreign bitches, just to fuck all day
And did I mention, I'm raekwon in the safe
877 cash now, 877 cash now, 877 cash now
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