Hip Hop Movie Club

More than meets the eye meets the golden age of hip hop! You may not think Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is a hip hop film, but this 2023 installment in the series really is one IN DISGUISE!

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🥚 Hip hop Easter eggs from the jump and through out the run time

🎤 The soundtrack and score is golden

🎬 Was 1994 the right year to set this stor...

You Got Served had phenomenal dance scenes, but don't sleep on the soundtrack! It's a veritable who's who from hip hop in the 2000s, led by B2K. These tracks still hit hard and we tell you our favorites here.

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🎤 A hip hop soundtrack masterclass

🎬 This film's influence on the mainstream

👑 Major figures in hip hop and dance in this film

In the Heights isn't just a fun musical — it's about DACA, racism, and rent. We talk about the serious side of this Lin-Manuel Miranda film, which gives weight underneath the light and bright production.

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🎓 The pressures of a first-gen college kid

👵🏽 The simple wisdom of an abuela

⬅️ This ain't West Side Story

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Here are highlights of our original 2024 episode on Hustle and Flow, the 2005 classic starring Terrence Howard, Taryn Manning, Anthony Anderson, and Taraji P. Henson.

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🎤 Pimps, rappers, and transferable skills

🎭 DJay (Terrence Howard) and his endearing qualities

✊🏻 Nola (Taryn Manning) and the most powerful scene in the film

🥤 Makin...

Content warning: brief mention of SA around 3:38

We discuss Affion Crockett's 2024 parody film A Hip Hop Story.

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😂 Is this a funny movie?

🤪 This is the Wacky Packages of film

🫣 Ignoring a major controversy

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