Tag Archives: hip hop

Ghostride the Whip

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From acclaimed executive producer Peter Spirer comes A DJ Vlad film. The first film to definitively capture the energy and danger of "Hyphy," the Hip Hop youth movement exploding out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Narrated by Oakland native and television/radio personality Sway, this film explores the political, social and musical history behind the culture that popularized ghostriding the whip - walking, running or dancing next to a moving car with no driver. GHOSTRIDE THE WHIP also follows the fascinating life and career of a young Vallejo rapper named Mac Dre, who has dominated the Bay Area underground music scene for years. Prolific, iconic, and revolutionary, Mac Dre's music and legacy is inextricably tied into the Hyphy movement. Featuring music and interviews by top Bay Area Hip Hop artists Mac Dre, Too $hort, E-40, MC Hammer, Keak the Sneak, Mistah F.A.B. and more.
Actors
NarratorSway
HimselfAndre Hicks
HimselfTodd Anthony Shaw
Also posted in 2008, Documentary | Comments (0)

Nailed

IMDB Rating: 4.60
309 votes

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"Nailed" is a thriller about two men who break into a house looking for valuables, and find instead a man lying on a bed, covered in bandages, whose caretaker may have intentions that are less than honorable. All is not as it seems as things begin to go wrong for the thieves and the plot takes a turn for the worse, bringing the supernatural into play.
Actors
KellerCharles Porter
AdamWilson Jermaine Heredia
Scott ScottSam Sarpong
Also posted in 2006, Crime, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Fool’s Gold

IMDB Rating: 4.90
4244 votes

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A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a married couple's sense of adventure — and their estranged romance.
Actors
Benjamin FinneganMatthew McConaughey
Nigel HoneycuttDonald Sutherland
AlfonzEwen Bremner
Also posted in 2008, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Juice

IMDB Rating: 6.50
3302 votes

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4 Harlem teens, Q, Bishop, Raheem and Steel, are out skipping school one day when they find out an old friend was killed in a shootout at a bar. After this, Bishop tells his friends that they have no respect, or juice. To get some, they rob a corner grocery store, but the lunatic Bishop intentionally shoots the clerk for no apparent reason. They run into an alley where Raheem tells Bishop to give him the gun, they fight, and Raheem gets shot. Only the other 3 know what happened, and Bishop wants to get rid of them too.
Actors
QOmar Epps
BishopTupac Shakur
SteelJermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins
Also posted in 1992, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Friday

IMDB Rating: 6.80
13331 votes

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Having just been canned from his job on his day off, Craig and his best friend Smokey spend the day smoking up in their South Central neighborhood while dealing with a neighborhood bully, relationship troubles, an angry drug dealer, and a lot of other odd characters.
Actors
Craig JonesIce Cube
SmokeyChris Tucker
DebbieNia Long
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Get Rich or Die Tryin’

IMDB Rating: 2.30
4200 votes

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A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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Marcus50 Cent
MajesticAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
CharleneJoy Bryant
Also posted in 2005, Action, Crime, Drama, Music | Comments (0)

Fat Albert

IMDB Rating: 4.00
2658 votes

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Fat Albert and the rest of the Cosby Kids are living happily in their animated world of Philadelphia when one day, a young teen cries on her remote control because she doesn't have any friends. Fat Albert and his gang then magically come out of her TV and enter the real Philadelphia! They decide-being such good kids-to help the teen make friends. Albert then falls in love with the girl's beautiful foster sister-but oh, no! If Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids stray from their TV world, they begin to fade away! Will Albert be able to return home after enlisting the help of Bill Cosby himself, or will he and his gang vanish forever? Go and see to find out!
Actors
Fat AlbertKenan Thompson
RudyShedrack Anderson III
MushmouthJermaine Williams
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | Comments (0)

Shark Tale

IMDB Rating: 5.90
18021 votes

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The sea underworld is shaken up when the son of the shark mob boss is found dead and a young fish named Oscar is found at the scene. Being a bottom feeder, Oscar takes advantage of the situation and makes himself look like he killed the finned mobster. Oscar soon comes to realize that his claim may have serious consequences.
Actors
OscarWill Smith
Don LinoRobert De Niro
AngieRenée Zellweger
Also posted in 2004, Animation, Comedy, Family | Comments (1)

Cradle 2 the Grave

IMDB Rating: 5.30
7280 votes

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When his daughter is kidnapped and held in exchange for priceless diamonds, the leader of a crew of highly skilled urban thieves (DMX) forges an unlikely alliance with a Taiwanese Intelligence officer (Jet Li) to rescue her. Their race against the clock to find the precious stones ultimately unravels a plot to distribute a deadly new weapon of war.
Actors
FaitDMX
SuJet Li
TommyAnthony Anderson
Also posted in 2003, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (2)

Head of State

IMDB Rating: 5.00
4751 votes

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Mays Gilliam, a Washington D.C. neighborhood Alderman, is about to be red-lined out of his job. But after the untimely death of the party frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscurity, and thrust into the limelight as his party's nominee—for President of the United States. The players in Gilliam's life include: Mitch Gilliam, his unsophisticated older brother who becomes his running mate; Kim, his ex-girlfriend who had once dumped him, but who now has a sudden change of heart as she sees a chance at becoming First Lady; Martin Geller, his campaign manager; Lisa Clark, the woman who truly believes in Gilliam; and Debra Lassiter, the woman who doesn't have faith in his candidacy, and is serving as his reluctant advisor.
Actors
Mitch GilliamBernie Mac
Martin GellerDylan Baker
Brian LewisNick Searcy
Also posted in 2003, Comedy | Comments (2)
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