"Stop, Drop and Roll" is a song by New Zealand hip hop artist

Mareko Mark Sagapolutele (born 15 June 1981), best known by his stage name Mareko, is a New Zealand hip hop recording artist from South Auckland. Career Mareko's career began as a member of the Deceptikonz, a South Auckland rap crew. The group won ...

featuring the

Deceptikonz The Deceptikonz are a New Zealand hip hop group formed in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa in 1996 which consists of Savage, Devolo, Alphrisk and Mareko. Their debut album was ''Elimination'' released in 2002. History The group's debu ...

. The single was released in 2003 and hit No. 6 on the New Zealand charts. The music video for the song was directed by Sophie Findlay and is a "humorous take" on various army films like ''

Full Metal Jacket ''Full Metal Jacket'' is a 1987 war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay he co-wrote with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical novel '' The Short-Timers''. It stars ...

''. In it, Mareko (playing the Commanding Officer) and his troops (the Deceptikonz) bark orders and harass recruits.

Track listings

#"Stop, Drop & Roll" #"Stop, Drop & Roll (Instrumental)" #"Stop, Drop & Roll (41:30 Remix)" (featuring Deceptikonz,

Scribe A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of Printing press, automatic printing. The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as ...

& Flowz) #"Stop, Drop & Roll" (Video)

References

2003 songs 2003 singles Mareko songs Song articles with missing songwriters {{2000s-NewZealand-single-stub