What exactly was "Murder was the case"?

[R-Tistic]

I vaguely remember seein a video tape or somethin for Murder was the case back when the soundtrack dropped, and I vaguely remember it bein a 20 minute mini-movie...but I could be trippin because I was in 4th/5th grade when that dropped. But what was it? I always saw it bein promoted as a soundtrack, but I never really knew if there was a real movie for it. I just remember the cover for the album that had the (1974-1994) or somethin like that on it.

[R-Tistic]

Interesting...I just searched it on Google, and it showed that it was movie that was 50 minutes long. I guess it followed the storyline to the song, Murder was the case.

[Suga Foot]

It's interviews and perfromances for the first half hour, then a lil 20 minute movie.  I remember I was 11 when it came out and my parents wouldn't let me watch it lol.  I had to rent it from the chineese place cuz they didn't care lol.

[Suga Foot]

I still have my dubbed copy on VHS from 1994 lol I'm ghetto

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

yeah if im not mistaking there was someone that looks like Charlie Murphy in the movie

[R-Tistic]

LMAO damn. I donno why I remembered it bein 20 minutes. I know I was lookin at it at the Wherehouse right across from The Galleria, back when downloadin albums was unthought of and we used to buy singles every week!

[E-L-P]

Yeah Charilie Murphy Is In It, It's Like A Long Murder Was The Case Video.
MY Favorite Part Was When Sam Sneed Kicks The Bitch Ouy His Car & Sais, Bitch I'm Sam Sneed, You Better Recognize

[Eihtball]

yeah if im not mistaking there was someone that looks like Charlie Murphy in the movie

It WAS Charlie Murphy.

[Suga Foot]

LMAO damn. I donno why I remembered it bein 20 minutes. I know I was lookin at it at the Wherehouse right across from The Galleria, back when downloadin albums was unthought of and we used to buy singles every week!

haha yeah! I still got the Salt N Pepa "Shoop" single lol, that was back in the day when singles would have 2 or 3 remixes on em too tho.

[Digital Pimpin']

Murder Was The Case is now available on DVD with some extra Snoop Dogg videos, but strangely there's no videos from the soundtrack (which was hawt).

[West Coast Veteran]

I still have my VHS of it.

I remember hearing Swoop G "20 Dollars" in the movie when Snoop was sitting on the lowrider and I looked for that song for years until I finally found out who sang it a few years back thanks to this forum.

The movie was pretty wack though. The last part of the movie was just the music video.

[Don Seer]

yeah i got it on DVD and an original imported VHS...

up till the DVD came out it was very hard to get on VHS.. i spent 3 years looking for it on VHS.. and about a year or two after i finally got it they dropped it on DVD.. LOL!

[o g s u e s o n e]

The movie was pretty wack though. .

say whut? imo the "movie" was dope as fuck! pretty cool story and it was more a long video like jacko did it with thriller.
and remember it was in 1994. the sdtk is still the bomb.

[Digital Pimpin']

The movie was pretty wack though. .

say whut? imo the "movie" was dope as fuck! pretty cool story and it was more a long video like jacko did it with thriller.
and remember it was in 1994. the sdtk is still the bomb.

That pretty much sums it up; Snoop & Dre were going for rap's answer to Thriller.

It's just disappointing there wasn't more of the soundtrack in the film (just beats in the background).

[Theodore]

yeah i bought it aswell, was dissapointed at it though,
its just interviews and a longer version of the video..
if i had known, i wouldn't have given my €5 for it.