Kareem J. Grimes. In Tamra Davis' spot-on satire CB4, a group of wannabe rappers (Chris Rock, Allen Payne, Deezer D) seek help from hilariously intimidating goon Gusto (Charlie Murphy). 91 min Cast: Warren Beatty, Don Cheadle, Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Sean Astin, Amiri Baraka. 7,294 Cube plays Craig, who's experiencing a long weekend after getting fired from his job, allegedly for stealing boxes. Eschewing multiple elements in favor of breakdancing's intoxicating effects on youth culture, the film also showcased that hip-hop wasn't simply a New York-based art form - utilizing a Los Angeles backdrop to great effect. Michael Rosenbaum, Votes: Sharissa. This is a love story, devoting equal time to Dre and Sydneys mutual love of hip-hop and each other. Ben Stiller, Allen Payne, | 1,340 Films like Boyz n the Hood and Menace II Society educated many about the unforgiving backgrounds and the fatalistic worldviews that inspired some of musics most memorable lines. Cast: Shawn Wayans, Vivica A. Director: Halle Berry, Jamal Woolard, 9,987 Found this one while compiling this list. Trading a predictable point of view audiences had come to expect when presented a South Central backdrop, Famuyiwa instead decided to hone in on a diverse group of friends who had bonded over a so-called "Golden Age" of hip-hop from the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and the Native Tongues. R R Faking it until you make it worksuntil, of course, you make it and your past returns to haunt you. Never seen it, don't much care, looks bad, maybe I'm wrong and willing to admit that if so, but for now no comment. F. Gary Grays flick had to cut a lot of corners to make the grand scope of N.W.As story fit into a film (how did Ice Cube link up with the East Coasts the Bomb Squad for his debut? A young man from the South Bronx dreams of making it as a rapper, until a run-in with local thugs forces him to hide in Puerto Rico with the father he never knew. It's a truly big movement! (Is this ever confirmed? Stars: Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records, BMF: The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Drug Empire, Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives. In How High, Silas (Method Man) and Jamal (Redman) gain acceptance to Harvard University after smoking weed laced with the ashes of Silas deceased friend, Ivory (Chuck Davis). Haven't seen it, so no comment, but it sounds intriguing. $5.87M. Bokeem Woodbine, | Gross: Jade Scott Yorker, | | A 20 minute Tone N Twerk Dance Workout. | Stars: Also known as Planet Brooklyn, alternate title, starring Ishmael Butler in the lead, otherwise known as Butterfly from Digable Planets. The portrayal of Notorious BIG by Jamal Woolard felt spot on, or at least as much as you could expect it to be, and I had no problem with how they presented his career highlights. Comedy. Refusing to simply call it a life, he goes against all logic and decides he wants to be a rapper in his 30s. 91 min Starring Kid 'n Play and Martin Lawrence. More of a romance drama action type movie about interracial relationships than about HipHop. $38.68M. That said, it covers some early taboos about white people being into HipHop. Director: What I can say is I liked the concept, but it didn't draw me in, and the cast is an unbalanced mixed bag of artists, some I like, most I dislike. Romany Malco, A white, hip-hop loving teen falls in love with a black girl. Stars: Documentary, Biography, History. Loon, Votes: Dale Resteghini | Gross: Director: Royale Watkins, In between, he receives humbling guidance from Thomas Shep Shepherd (Leon Robinson), who abandoned his own youth basketball aspirations following a tragedy. Syd Garon, David Edwards, Stars: s Suga Pop Stomp. | Cast: Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, Kim Basinger. | Directed by Michel Gondry - who had only recently released his critically acclaimed film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Dave Chappelle's Block Party is the perfect blend of music and humor. This is a great movie, if you can manage to ignore about two-thirds of it.". Director: Stars: Anyway, his pothead friend Smokey (Chris Tucker) has a remedy for the situation: get high, because it's Friday and there's nothing better to do. 19. Dr. Dre . Boyz n the Hood (1991) R | 112 min | Crime, Drama 7.8 Rate 76 Metascore $1.69M. Still, Beans damn near liquefying people with his punches is just as funny (perhaps more) as Harts obnoxious humor. Jenni Rivera, | Gross: It came out at a time when I was 15 and HipHop was the only thing I cared about. Eminems early days (particularly the dues he paid on the underground circuit) have long been a focal point of his music, as well a source of inspiration. Drama, Musical. This harrowing tale of life in New Orleans Magnolia projects is an obvious crew showcase that relies on street tale stereotypes to advance the plot, but its amusing to revisit because of the music and serves as reminder of how things were within the camp at that time. Dr. Dre Says Older Artists Hating on Current State of Rap Sound Like Somebodys F*cking Grandfather, Taylor Swifts Speak Now Re-Recording Debuts Atop Billboard 200, for Biggest Week of 2023, DDG Responds to Failed Rapper Label After Song About Halle Bailey Goes Viral: Its Just Music, Jay-Z's Shawn Carter Foundation Raises $20 Million at Black-Tie NYC Gala, Lil Baby Cancels Several Tour Dates Without Explanation, Fans Suspect Low Ticket Sales, Cardi B Comforts Grieving Fan Who Posted Video of Her Crying to "Tomorrow 2": 'He in Heaven Turning Up! Joseph Simmons, This move was a sensation in the 1980's and remains popular today. 88 min Stars: is a film every true hip-hop fan has seen at least once. | Tangi Miller, Brian Burnam, 87 min Starring the Fat Boys and Kurtis Blow, this sounds like a cross between the Warriors and Krush Groove and that's all I need to say. | Gross: Based on his humble beginnings in the Detroit area, 8 Mile provided a slightly less twisted look into how he balanced a frustrating working class lifestyle with a gift that burned inside of him. These names are widely recognized as some of the best old school rappers. Comedy, Herbert and Henry (Jerod and Jamal Mixon) are twin brothers who dream of becoming the biggest rap stars in the game. 109 min 108 min s Buddha Stretch. More a commentary on pop culture stereotypes on a TV platform than a music one, but with The Roots as the TV band, plus the Mau Maus HipHop crew, consisting of Mos Def, Canibus, MC Serch, etc, fits this movie on the list. Director: Buckethead. Director: They were so cool and unapologetic, they were wild women and the first ever female rap group. The plot isnt that important, because this is a movie about dancing. During an era where cameos were novel due to the element of surprise, Whos the Man? Toni Winzy-Cutno. Eric Meza Each newsletter contains an unsubscribe link. Documentary, Biography, Crime, TV-14 Robert Townsend I was unable to find it online, but did manage to find several clips. PG-13 That's the beauty of dance, it evolves from one move to another. Action, Music. It's informative, never preachy, and seems to have no agenda other than to explore the spontaneity in hip-hop and its connections to past traditions reflected in jazz music and church. If you're a fan of rap music, you should have at minimum a base knowledge in old school rap. Ishmael Butler, Rah Digga. Bowlegged Lou, Votes: Thats not a slight, though: Eminem became the first hip-hop artist to win an Oscar, winning Best Original Song for Lose Yourself., Cast: Christopher Kid Reid, Christopher Play Martin, Robin Harris, Martin Lawrence. | Released 10 years after the Crown Heights riots, Brooklyn Babylon uses that racial tension as an obstacle to Sol and Sarahs relationship, fashioning them a modern day Solomon and Sheba. | Gross: Although fictionalized, the film features prominent fixtures of the early days of Nee York City hip-hop culture in prominent roles - including Lee Quiones, Fab Five Freddy, Lady Pink, the Rock Steady Crew, The Cold Crush Brothers, Queen Lisa Lee of Zulu Nation, and Grandmaster Flash. | Gross: I never seen it, but from the description it's more about Reggaeton than HipHop. Menace II Society is the example many point to when discussing the idea of exploiting urban trauma. That Do the Right Thing holds up so well almost 30 years later is both a testament to Spikes brilliance and an unfortunate indication of how much progress there is left for us to make. 1,045 I'm a huge fan of old-school hip-hop music and have wanted for some time to put down some kind of ranking of my favorite songs from that era. The hardest group you've never heard of is back. . "Children's Story" is a song recorded by British-American hip hop artist Slick Rick. For example, New Jack City's crack-addicted Pookie and the skinny, Jheri curl-wearing kid pestering the great Isaac Hayes for a single rib in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Director: 1. s Marcio Ratinho Robocop. Pretty good movie about Graffiti. Though hip-hop doesn't take itself too seriously (well, some artists do), it occasionally needs a good lampooning. The same thing that tore a group of generally good-natured teenagers apart is what made Nas' I Gave You Power so compelling. Stars: | Dustin Fasching. 84 min Behind The Scenes: Brazilian Warrior Workout. | Cast: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Ice-T. As one of the original hip-hop films, Breakin highlights a young jazz dancers quest to inject much-needed life into her style. An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest. Hip-hop meets horror in this twisted tale directed by Kamal Ahmed (The Jerky Boys). Elijah Kelley. Right around the end of the '90s and the early aughts, success in hip-hop allowed rappers to explore the world of film. Play plans to host a party at his house while his parents are gone, but Kid's strict father (Robin Harris, in one of his final roles) forbids him to attend after getting into a fight at school with a trio of bullies (Full Force's Paul Anthony George, Lucien Bowlegged Lou George Jr., and Brian B-Fine George). Cast: Omar Epps, Ice Cube, Jennifer Connelly, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport, Laurence Fishburne Higher Learning is in many ways a spiritual cousin of Boyz n the Hood, but we've now left the hood. Director: R That said, any criticism/praise I give it should be taken with a grain of salt. The battles, which feature rhymes written by the Juice Crews Craig G, are the films strongest moments. By 2005, southern hip-hop had finally corralled the respect it deserved, so director and writer Craig Brewer took audiences down into the trenches of Memphis with Hustle & Flow. Mario Van Peebles, How to Freestyle Dance. A teenage rapper must use his musical talent to battle his nemesis and win the girl of his dreams. Sticky Fingaz $15.10M. Kimberly Deauna Adams, This Netflix biopic seeks to uncover the details of Roxannes story by focusing on Lolita Shant Gooden, a teen with prodigious rap talent trying to exist within a cycle of abuse. | Christopher Reid, Jerod Mixon, $11.30M. Director: Jamal Mixon, Comedy, Music. | | $116.72M. | Gross: | 2Pac turned in the films best performance, and a few of his songs (Pain, Holler If Ya Hear Me, and Pour Out a Little Liquor) are played during keys points in the film. Mekhi Phifer, Now that hip-hop is officially the most popular genre in America, perhaps hip-hop-inspired films will reach the same level of inescapability as superhero flicks. Years later, Hustle & Flows dive into the Memphis rap scene remains enjoyable for the recording of Whoop That Trick alone. Artie Mandelberg 's Straight Outta Compton; and the idea that an image needs to be sold to the public is a faulty idea that still plagues hip-hop to this day. Adolfo Quinones, Omar Benson Miller, Votes: Melle Mel title track comes to mind, as does the Treacherous 3 featuring Doug E Fresh Santa's Rap. 107 min Released just after Def Jam Recordings got off the ground, Krush Groove gave audiences a fly-on-the-wall look at the labels early days. s Buddha Stretch & Mr. Wiggles (2 different versions) ( FraGue doing the Smurf) Steve Martin ( Link doing it ). Nicole Ari Parker, Votes: I like Damon Wayans, but his movie career is pretty hit or miss. Director: Friends since childhood, a magazine editor and a hip-hop record executive stumble into romantic territory. Though exaggerated for comedic purposes, the film plays up hip-hops ridiculousness with pinpoint accuracy. Drama, Music. | The Wacky Dee character is a blatant reference to MC Hammer; CB4's hit single Straight Outta Locash is a parody of N.W.A. Artists ranging from Nas to Black Star have sampled segments of the film, and Fab 5 Freddy explains that Wild Style was the most efficient way to explain all that hip-hop encompasses: I wanted to show that for a culture to be complete, it should combine music, dance, and a visual art. How many will it continue to inspire? New Jack City begins in the mid-'80s, right around the time that crack hit New York City hard. Deejaying, emceeing, bboying and graffiti writing. $19.28M. R Influential hip hop related films. In one of the most pivotal moments in the documentary, Phife prepares to get a new kidney from his wife, and receives a "good luck" message from Q-Tip. Tom'ya Bowden. $1.47M. Jim Fletcher, If, at any time, you have specific questions or concerns about the accessibility of any particular webpage on this Website, please contact us at [email protected], +49 (0)30 235 908 500. Lane Garrison, It focuses on the impact that Scarface had on a generation of impressionable youths who lacked positive examples. House Party's strongest scenes take place at the party, particularly the dance off, which has been duplicated at parties and school talent shows for the past 23 years. They just keep getting worse like the American Pie straight-to-DVD movies and I feel the need to draw a line somewhere. $36.84M. Chris Rock, Instructional videos http://www.iDanc. R | By the middle of the previous decade, 50 Cent had become the biggest rapper in the world. Note the cringeworthy hilarity of N.W.As reactions to listening to ex-member Ice Cube tear into them on No Vaseline. O'Shea Jackson Jr., who plays his father, and Jason Mitchells Eazy-E are resonating presences as well. In 2002, Beanie Sigel became a leading man, essentially playing himself in State Property. But theres a bitterness that borders it all when you realize Bed-Stuys gentrification problem is far worse than scuffed Jordans, and there have been more Radio Raheems since the films release. 8,740 A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper. I do remember it had a solid cast, but turned out to be a disappointing jumbled up mess of a movie. 96 min Director: | If you do encounter an accessibility issue, please be sure to specify the web page and nature of the issue in your email and/or phone call, and we will make all reasonable efforts to make that page or the information contained therein accessible for you. $0.98M. That said, it's to you to determine the best old school rap. With nothing but footage from a security tape, two detectives try to solve a bank robbery by interrogating the one surviving crew member. R Pretty awful movie about an aspiring HipHop artist and his manager and the crimes they commit in order to afford recording a demo, and some other stuff, I guess. So here are 5 hip hop dance moves from the 90s that you need to know: 1. Susie Coelho, Votes: After having steered the ship on Brown Sugar, Rick Famuyiwa returned to the genre with his teenage-focused Dope. Sonja Sohn, Cast: Beanie Sigel, Kevin Hart, Stacey Dash, Michael Rapaport, Memphis Bleek, Noreaga, Myxt Matanza, Jay-Z, Damon Dash. I always hated 'best-movie-ever' and 'worst-movie-ever' comic book guy extremist types, but this truly was one of the worst movies I ever seen, easy, bottom 10 for sure. They are some of American pop cultures biggest hallmarks, even the ones that have not yet been recognized by the United States Library of Congress like the former was. In addition to being 2Pac's breakthrough performance, Juice featured cameos from Queen Latifah, EMPD, Doctor Dr, Ed Lover, Fab 5 Freddy, and Special Ed. Also, I believe Half Time by Nas made its debut in this movie. Cheryl 'Salt' James, Votes: Whether you love DJing or you're still paralyzed by 2Pac's icy glare, Juice remains one of those films you have to stop and watch whenever it's on. 4,774 50 Cent, Create playlist. Director: Lawrence Wilson, Votes: Naturally, this opens lanes for more hip-hop-inspired stories to make their way to a wide audience. Rusty Cundieff s Link BK Bounce (Brooklyn Bounce, Criss Cross). Although the film tries to make the argument that the characters cruelties are the result of their institutionalization, you cant deny the fact that these young men are ultimately capable of making their own choices. Action, Drama, A tribute to graffiti art and the city where it all began. | If not for the contributions of these artists, old school rap, and thus, good rap music would cease to exist. While we strive to make the Website as accessible as possible some issues can be encountered by different assistive technology as the range of assistive technology is wide and varied. Never heard of it until compiling this list, probably because it was made for TV, but from what I can tell the story loosely follows the East coast West coast beef. Malik Barnhardt, | Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc 48 titles 1. That speaks to the versatility and eclectic roots of hip-hop dance more than anything else. The films plot is the last thing viewers care about. Johnson, John Witherspoon. 109 min Cast: Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, DJ Qualls, Chris Ludacris Bridges, Juicy J. Pras Michel, Flash forward a few years to when police officer Scotty Appleton (Ice-T) volunteers to go undercover to learn more about the violent CMB gang who operate out of an apartment complex turned drug factory, led by the ruthless Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes).
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