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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: rayallen0 on January 27, 2010, 03:35:32 PM

Title: movies/tv shows every hip hop fan needs to see?
Post by: rayallen0 on January 27, 2010, 03:35:32 PM
Boyz N the hood
Menace II society
Dead Presidents
New Jack City
Juice
Paid in Full
American Gangster
8 Mile
Get Rich or Die Tryin
Scarface
carlitos way
CB4
How High
Friday (all of them)
Belly
Notorious



The wire (TV show)

others?
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Post by: fette_chico on January 27, 2010, 04:33:39 PM
Dont Be A Menace To South Central Whlie Drinkin Juice In The Hood
Blood In Blood Out
Sopranos
Godfather series
Caught Up
House Party 1,2,3
Jasons Lyric
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Post by: Okka on January 27, 2010, 05:10:29 PM
Scarface

You have to be a Hip Hop fan to watch "Scarface"? Damn this topic is another fail. Movies like "Godfather" has nothin' to do with Hip Hop.
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Post by: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on January 27, 2010, 05:32:57 PM
Scarface

You have to be a Hip Hop fan to watch "Scarface"? Damn this topic is another fail. Movies like "Godfather" has nothin' to do with Hip Hop.

its not movies or show ABOUT hip hop, its a thread about movies that a hip hop fan might enjoy ie violence, gritty, drugs etc.
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Post by: Okka on January 27, 2010, 05:38:18 PM
Scarface

You have to be a Hip Hop fan to watch "Scarface"? Damn this topic is another fail. Movies like "Godfather" has nothin' to do with Hip Hop.

its not movies or show ABOUT hip hop, its a thread about movies that a hip hop fan might enjoy ie violence, gritty, drugs etc.

Yeah, i know that but it still seems stupid to say it like that. Whateva though. I'll have to add "King Of New York" to that list. It's a great movie.
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Post by: rayallen0 on January 27, 2010, 06:15:50 PM
Scarface

You have to be a Hip Hop fan to watch "Scarface"? Damn this topic is another fail. Movies like "Godfather" has nothin' to do with Hip Hop.
it is a film that all hip hop fans need to see. it is referenced a million times and is part of hip hop and influenced the culture as a whole.
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Post by: Okka on January 27, 2010, 06:21:17 PM
I think every Hip Hop fan should see "Kazaam", now that's a classic.
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Post by: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on January 27, 2010, 06:27:13 PM
I think every Hip Hop fan should see "Kazaam", now that's a classic.

hell yeah son!  frank capra is a straight G in this! :bandit:
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Post by: Okka on January 27, 2010, 06:32:42 PM
I think every Hip Hop fan should see "Kazaam", now that's a classic.

hell yeah son!  frank capra is a straight G in this! :bandit:

Hell yeah! Ray Allen if you aint seen this, you'z a buster 8)
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Post by: Blood$ on January 27, 2010, 06:39:32 PM
I think every Hip Hop fan should see "Kazaam", now that's a classic.

now there's a movie that hasn't crossed my mind in literally over a decade... +1
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Post by: LooN3y on January 27, 2010, 07:15:37 PM
lol at hip hop, its more like every one.

and im really surpised NOBODY mentioned AMERICAN ME considering were at a westcoast forum, which is the best LA gangster movie of all time.




my list


- The Godfather Trilogy
- Goodfellas
- Casino
- Mobsters
- Hoodlum
- Reservoir Dogs
- Brother (Yakuza)
- Blood In, Blood Out
- American Me
- Menace II Society
- Boyz N Tha Hood
- South Central
- Usual Suspects
- Juice
- New Jack City
- Belly
- The Departed
- How High
- Scarface
- Carlitos Way
- Empire
- How High
- Friday Trilogy
- CB4
- Felon
- The Beat (Korean Movie)
- Chingoo (Korean Movie)
- Gang Related
- Gridlock'd
- Above The Rim
- Sunset Park
- The Wood
- Dillinger
- Once Upon A Time In America
- Hoffa
- Donnie Brasco
- Boondock Saints
- Heat
- Pulp Fiction
- Road To Perdition
- Snatch
- RocknRolla
- Bronx Tale




- The Wire
- Sopranos
- OZ



im surpised so many movies were missed, i know im missing alot more too.
Title: Re: movies/tv shows every hip hop fan needs to see?
Post by: rayallen0 on January 27, 2010, 07:51:22 PM
in too deep
deep cover
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Post by: Trip Dee on January 28, 2010, 04:10:35 AM
"Ghost Dog: The Way Of Samurai"
"Fresh"
"Colors"
"Higher Learning"
"Training Day"
"Thicker Than Water"


All of them are really really good movies IMO
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Post by: rayallen0 on January 28, 2010, 09:11:06 AM
that was a joke peeeps wowzza
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Post by: Okka on January 28, 2010, 09:17:24 AM
You must be fuckin jokin'.
Title: Re: movies/tv shows every hip hop fan needs to see?
Post by: Trip Dee on January 28, 2010, 09:48:19 AM
Kids
Rappin'
Idlewild
Last Holiday
Cadillac Records
This Christmas (just to see david banner for 5 seconds)
Soul Men
Idlewild
Bamboozled
Ali
ATL
Kingdom Come
Brown Sugar
Disappearing Acts
Deliver Us from Eva
Lackawanna Blues
Never Die Alone
Waist Deep
Bones
Dangerous Ground
 Half Past Dead
Anaconda
Survival of the Illest
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Fear of a Black Hat
Robin Harris' Bebe's Kids
Posse
The Last Dragon
Sunset Park
 Roll Bounce
Who's the Man
 Class Act
The Happening
 The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Semi-Pro
Eddie Murphy: delerious
Wild Wild West
Strapped
Life


shall we check it twice?  :D
Title: Re: movies/tv shows every hip hop fan needs to see?
Post by: white Boy on January 28, 2010, 05:24:52 PM
He Got Game and every other Spike Lee movie (even though im not a huge fan)
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Post by: ToOoOoN!!! on January 28, 2010, 09:30:07 PM
taxi driver!
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Post by: Jaydc on January 29, 2010, 12:13:29 AM
Squirt Showers 6
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Post by: cStyle on January 29, 2010, 12:31:01 AM
(http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/235120.1020.A.jpg)
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Post by: TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96' on January 29, 2010, 05:55:22 PM
Here are my favorite hip-hop related movies...

1. Jason's Lyric- Kind of like an early 90's hip-hop perspective on Romeo and Juliet.  My favorite movie.

2. Style Wars-  A spectacular documentary that was on PBS back in 1982, the year I was born.  It really documents an era in hip-hop history that I am so sad that I missed.  It's primary focus is on graffiti but it touches upon all the 4 elements of hip-hop culture, and documents at it when the culture was at it's most vibrant.  I think that rap artists were at their best in the mid 90's, but the culture as a whole was at it's best during this era.  MUST SEE

3. The Show-  Great clips of the Dogg Pound and Snoop in their prime, along with Warren G when he was blowing up, and great coverage of our favorite East Coast artists such as Wu-Tang and Biggie; it really put the 90's era into perspective as far as it's relationship with the pioneers and the Ol' School.

4.  Menace to Society-  Documents the culture from which West Coast gangsta rap thrived in.  The good and the bad aspects of it.

5.  Rhyme and Reason-  Very much similar to The Show.  Kind of like a Diet version of The Show

6.  Wildstyle-  Fab 5 Freddy is the man when it comes to hip-hop, he's really one of the greatest legends and pioneers in my opinion.  From his work in this movie to his work on YoMTVRaps, his style and charisma represents what hip-hop is all about.  He was a graffiti artist coming up, and this movie starts with graffiti but touches beautifully on all the elements of hip-hop culture.  Great movie.


There's many other movies that are essential for serious hip-hop fans to see, like QD3's documentaries such as Freshest Kids or Art of Rhyming, or the 2pac documentaries, some stuff I haven't seen yet like "Scratch" I want to see, Warriors is an important movie to see... so many great documentaries out there, eventually I will see them all.  For some reason I didn't really like Beat Street or Who's the Man, don't know why because they represent a great era in hip-hop history, don't understand why I don't like those two movies, but still a MUST SEE.  For fun it's cool to watch Master P's I'm Bout It, horrible acting, but that's part of what makes it great is that it is so stripped down to it's the bare bones.
Title: Re: movies/tv shows every hip hop fan needs to see?
Post by: illuminutty on January 31, 2010, 05:47:13 AM
WOW...so Scarface or Menace to Society are for Hip Hop fans....REALLY....

Thought Hip Hop was all about Unity Peace and all that......

What about

Wild Style-
Rhyme and Reason-
The Show-
Beat Street
Scratch....

I prefeer these Movies HIP HOP..........
Title: Re: movies/tv shows every hip hop fan needs to see?
Post by: K.Dub on February 01, 2010, 02:05:16 PM
Haha, so everybody who's into Hip-Hop needs to see all these movies?
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Post by: Okka on February 01, 2010, 03:41:55 PM
Haha, so everybody who's into Hip-Hop needs to see all these movies?

Yeah, that's what i was sayin'. I understand what the thread starter means though. Some people just listed some movies that have some rapper in them :D
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Post by: Teddy Roosevelt on February 01, 2010, 04:16:00 PM
The thread doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Hip-hop doesn't directly translate into films. Wykid said "its a thread about movies that a hip hop fan might enjoy ie violence, gritty, drugs etc. " but what about people who don't like gangster rap? Maybe their into alternative rap or even Christian hip hop. People posting movies like Donnie Brasco (which is an awesome movie) or American Gangster that have nothing to do with hip-hop just doesn't make sense.

Infinite is the only one to post a list of films actually related to hip-hop.
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Post by: K.Dub on February 01, 2010, 04:30:27 PM
Haha, so everybody who's into Hip-Hop needs to see all these movies?

Yeah, that's what i was sayin'. I understand what the thread starter means though. Some people just listed some movies that have some rapper in them :D

Like Anaconda lol.
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Post by: The Predator on February 01, 2010, 08:17:58 PM
(http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/stylewars.jpg)
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Post by: Chad Vader on February 02, 2010, 03:41:26 PM

I can't believe you forgot;
(http://i45.tinypic.com/micolv.jpg)

http://www.youtube.com/v/faXR_eYLyZI&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Post by: rayallen0 on July 22, 2010, 12:55:08 AM
Notorious to add on after a few months haha
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Post by: LONDON!! on July 28, 2010, 05:06:24 AM
scarface
goodfellas
menace to society
belly
shottas
friday
cheech & chong movies
coming to america
casino
juice
jfk
once upon a time in america
state of grace
house part 1 & 2
malcolm x
players club
godfather 1 & 2
blow
training day(and i'm not even into fed movies like that, but this movie is an acception to the rule, denzel merks it, it was refreshing to see denzel play a badman for a change at the time)
american gangster(i don't like promoting snitches either, no i don't, but technically its a good movie)
hoodlum
mobsters
paid in full
killer
hard boiled
fist of the northstar
akira
carlito's way

tv shows
the wire
soprano's
dave chappelle show
the first series of everybody hates chris
witness to the mob(tv movie)
the real mckoy(uk comedy sketch show from back in the day)

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Post by: LONDON!! on July 28, 2010, 09:47:06 PM
a film called 'fresh' too, a very good film technically you know