Not saying it in regards to GREAT acting or Academy worthy performances.
Just in the sense that I'm a Hip-Hop/Rap head and movies like this.
Belly, 8 Mile etc. etc. are movies I like to watch even if it's just once.
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Not saying it in regards to GREAT acting or Academy worthy performances.
Just in the sense that I'm a Hip-Hop/Rap head and movies like this.
Belly, 8 Mile etc. etc. are movies I like to watch even if it's just once.
it looks ok. im gonna go watch it but im sure it will suck though.
Have you seen Belly?
Recomend that one...
Watch Paid In Full. It's betterQuote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Yeah I've seen that, it's better in the sense that it's more commercial with the actors and all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Violent DemiseWatch Paid In Full. It's betterQuote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Belly is more of underground film with no big name actors.
Both good films...
i have Belly on my ipod. its a good movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
i havent seen paid in full in a while. have yall ever seen Blood is thicker than water with fat joe and Mack 10 i like that one :cool:
I don't know if this will suck actually, everything I've seen from it looks really really good and I've been looking forward to this for a while.
As for rap movies Juice or Hustle and Flow have to be the best I've seen. Never seen Paid in Full.
Juice is my favorite movie of all time. the way 2pac played Bishop he should have got a Oscar or something.
Ohhhh come on, I can't believe that none of you have mentioned "Breakin" featuring Ice T.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vtIXFxfnfU
Come on, admit it, you guys watched that, and Breakin 2 Electic Boogaloo!!
Sorry, I'm bored, and feeling fiesty, so I just had to throw that in there. I swear, I just watched that clip, and I was laughing my a$$ off the whole time.
Come on, who'll admit to watching them? ;)
I can def. agree with that...Quote:
Originally Posted by kingfrnk
I know of the movie but have never bothered to see it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Diane
I actually wanna see this movie as well. Been a big fan of biggies since forever.
Paid in Full and Belly were both pretty good.
I love Menace to Society.
Also a low budget movie along the same lines is
Gang Tapes its portrayed in the first person view. it has a kid that somehow gets a camera and the whole movie is seen through that camera. Pretty good if you ask me.
Really?Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMickI know of the movie but have never bothered to see it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Diane
I thought for sure that you would be the one person that has watched them both.
Never been a fan of biggie but I will check this movie out, just to see if tupac is mentioned in it at all.
I agree about the movie Juice, tupac is multi-talented. His the only person that can rap and act. The rest try to be like him but pac is just a special onces in a life time type of G. If he had lived on and became a full actor, Im sure he would of been nominated at the least for an Oscar. The movie Above the Rim was another good one, most of pacs movies were good. He can play bad guy or good guy. Poetic Justice was alright too.
I loved Disorderlies when I was a little 'un. I can't believe nobody said Tougher than Leather. C'mon, that movie got banned and everything. I can't even get it through Blockbuster.
Pac is mentioned/comes out...Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
If you do a search in YouTube theres different trailers on there in one of them it shows "Pac" as he's yelling at BIG & Diddy something like "You shot me, you had me set up"...
I wonder if big and diddy did it (i doubt it) what was the motive?Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMickPac is mentioned/comes out...Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
If you do a search in YouTube theres different trailers on there in one of them it shows "Pac" as he's yelling at BIG & Diddy something like "You shot me, you had me set up"...
I think it was just a random robbery.
LL Cool J is another one that can act and rap. I've seen a couple good flicks with him in it. A couple that come to mind is Into Deep and Any given Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
Tyrese is another one that is a pretty decent actor. His role in Baby Boy was pretty good.
Mos Def, Common and Ice Cube also come to mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wadeb_21LL Cool J is another one that can act and rap. I've seen a couple good flicks with him in it. A couple that come to mind is Into Deep and Any given Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
Tyrese is another one that is a pretty decent actor. His role in Baby Boy was pretty good.
you guys are right, but imo pac is way up there talent wise in rapping and acting.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMickMos Def, Common and Ice Cube also come to mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wadeb_21LL Cool J is another one that can act and rap. I've seen a couple good flicks with him in it. A couple that come to mind is Into Deep and Any given Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
Tyrese is another one that is a pretty decent actor. His role in Baby Boy was pretty good.
I'd say common is the best actor that raps, but Im not a fan of his when it comes to rapping. Common in Street King is sick!
Ice Cube in Boyz In The Hood and the very first Friday movie.
Tyrese? I didnt know he was a rapper ;D but he can act.
LL, is a decent actor IMO not great but aight.
Guys, we might not respect him when it comes to rap, but the best, BY FAR, is Will Smith. After that I'd say Mos Def and then Snoop. I was actually surprised by Snoop; I thought he'd always try to play tough, but he got punked in Training Day. But I'd guess the best judge would be to put him in something he'd be pretty foreign to.
50 Cent is a good one and I'll tell you why. At first, you'd say he's kind of stiff, but when you pay attention to how people reallys peak and act, that's it. People don't get all excitable and things like that, we're mostly even keel. That's what makes David Duchovny a great actor but he doesn't get props. It's rare that people truly get excitable about stuff.
Ice Cube and Ice T have always been stiff to me. I never buy them in their roles. LL Cool J is a lot better than he used to be. His first movie was Toys with Robin Williams (the movie was so crappy it's stained in my memory) and he was robotic. But cut to SWAT and Deep Blue Sea and he was a lot better.
I forgot one last. Mekhi Phifer. He was in 8 Mile and Dawn of the Dead. You might say he was only an actor but he actually had a record contract before he acted. I don't know what happened, but the record thing didn't work out but the acting took off. I'd make him #2 after Will Smith. Then Tupac.
Just remembered Fredo Starr now that KillaFace mentioned Mekhi.
Fredos from Onyx a rap group.
He's acted in HBO show Strapped and in the movie Sunset Park and Save The Last Dance. He also came out in Brandys TV show Moesha.
I forgot all about fredo. I use to love that movie Sunset Park was one of my favs for awhile when I was younger.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick