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i saw it in theatres, but it wasnt that memorable, so i can barely remember....i thought it was alright tho, but not a modern day boyz n the hood like some was claimin
Quote from: Sccit on December 19, 2015, 05:52:50 PMi saw it in theatres, but it wasnt that memorable, so i can barely remember....i thought it was alright tho, but not a modern day boyz n the hood like some was claimin I watched it because I heard it was suppose to be good, but obviously the guy who wrote this shit doesn't know jack shit outside of what he researched on the internet.
it's produced by Pharrell's company and you got Diddy's son (Al B. Sure's birth son) in it, so yeah it's eastcoastish...I liked the movie, thought it was interesting, funny and I enjoyed the cameos (not Tyga, but Casey Veggies, Vince Staples, Ricky Harris. ASAP was funny in it too).The movie is not a hood movie ala Boyz N The Hood, it's a lighthearted comedy trying to somehow convey a deeper message about racial and social stereotypes.I liked the scene in which the main person glorifies the 90's and mentions It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, The Blueprint and another album and the character played by ASAP reacts by saying "hold on, It Takes a Nation came out in 88 and the Blueprint in 01, they didn't even come out in the 90's" lol cause that's exactly what I told myself as the hero was saying it.The dichotomy between the music they like and the music they create is credible IMO, you got Punk Rock banks heavily influenced by rap and other genres, and you got conscious rappers who grew up on senseless Gangsta Rap as well (Lupe Fiasco on Spice 1 for example) and rappers who grew up listening to Rock. There has been crossovers between the hip hop culture and other cultures for a minute now, that's why you have skaters listening to alternative rap and shit.Plus the alternative west coast scene in the 90's-00's was sometimes confused for East Coast music. Project Blowed, Dilated People, the Pharcyde, Souls of Mischief, Hieroglyphics, etc. Don't get me wrong, they repped Cali for the most part and were down with some from the more traditional west coast scene but the following they gained was the same people listening to ATCQ, Native Tongues, Digable Planets, etc. My point is that the lines are blurred between styles nowadays, everybody has ties with various genres, look at Aloe Blacc. The Coup is a good example as well : communists affiliated with Gangsta Rappers (Spice 1, E-40, etc.) who dabbled in G-Funk, Rock and alternative music. Strong Arm Steady is also a good example : gangsta yet touring with Talib Kweli and catering to various crowds (alternative hip hop scene, west coast gangsta scene, etc.)And it also serves the message of the film, you can be from Inglewood, black and make punk rock music and get into Harvard. I'm not saying it's socially accurate, but from what I know and what I see, it's not totally unbelievable. The movie does not try to be realistic, that's a fantasy more or less, and I liked it that way7/10