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What IS a Hip Hop movie?
Episode 75
How do we define what a Hip Hop movie is? Listen now and find out!
Topics discussed:
The four major elements of Hip Hop and where you should start watc…1 year, 8 months ago
No dreams are too small: In The Heights
Episode 74
The film adaptation of In The Heights from Lin-Manuel Miranda is a joyous spectacle of singing, dancing, and asserting your dignity in small ways. …
1 year, 8 months ago
Is "Next Friday" equally as funny as the original?
Episode 73
In Next Friday, Debo, the terrifying bully, escaped prison and is out for revenge on Craig. To escape, Craig seeks refuge in the suburbs with his unc…
1 year, 8 months ago
Go back and watch the original Bad Boys!
Episode 72
With Bad Boys: Ride or Die in theaters now, we went back to watch the original Bad Boys film from 1995. The Bad Boys franchise is now a billion dolla…
1 year, 8 months ago
"State Property" was brutal!
Episode 71
Beanie Sigel plays wannabe drug kingpin "Beans" in this 2002 crime film from the Roc-A-Fella conglomerate. Jay-Z and several members of the State Pro…
1 year, 8 months ago
Does "Fear of a Black Hat" hold up after all these years?
Episode 70
Fear of a Black Hat (1993) is a film satirizing some of the biggest hip hop acts of that era. It is replete with parody songs and wild shenanigans. B…
1 year, 9 months ago
Set It Off (Rebroadcast)
Episode 69
Today on Hip Hop Movie Club: Set It Off, the 1996 heist movie starring Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Jada Pinkett, and Kimberly Elise that was ground…
1 year, 9 months ago
Skateboarding and Hip Hop: A review of All the Streets Are Silent (2021)
Episode 68
All the Streets are Silent is a 2021 documentary which details the close connection between the vibrant subcultures of skateboarding and Hip Hop in t…
1 year, 9 months ago
Is 1999's The Wood worth watching? (Spoiler alert: Yes!)
Episode 67
The Wood (1999) is a coming-of-age romantic comedy which tells the tale of Roland getting cold feet on his wedding day and we are invited to a front-…
1 year, 9 months ago
Dope (2015) is a gift for the '90s Hip Hop head
Episode 66
If you're of a certain age (a.k.a. GROWN), then Rick Famuyiwa's 2015 film Dope is definitely for you. And even if you're on the younger tip, this is …
1 year, 10 months ago