Back before Will Smith was alternating between award-bait films and science fiction films of varying quality, before he was even The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, he released a track with DJ Jazzy Jeff called "A Nightmare on My Street". A love letter to the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series, the song tells the story of how The Fresh Prince finds himself menaced by Elm Street baddie, Freddy Krueger.
One of the things that always appealed to me about what is a song that modern-day Will Smith would likely be happy if the world forgot is how it blends Elm Street's haunting music with a hip hop beat.
The weakest thing in the song is that their "Freddy" voice sounds nothing like Robert Englund. In a perfect world, this song would have been an official collaboration with the Elm Street series, and the song and video would have both featured Englund in his career-defining role.
The video for this song is a super low budget, as were all the DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince videos of the time, features a "Freddy" that looks to be some sort of cross between Frankenstein's Monster and The Terminator, and has a disclaimer to make it extra clear that it is not in any way connected to the film series.
We all know what it is about though.
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