Boyz n the Hood (especially in the casting of Ice Cube as Doughboy) has a closer association with the gritty, disturbing realism of gangsta rap, but also includes the popular black genres that preceded hip-hop, with funk, soul and disco punctuating several significant moments of the film. Yet this also extends into a refusal to appear vulnerable, ‘feminine’ or just plain weird. Gangsta rap remains an outlet for anger and frustration, its violent braggadocio evolving from a refusal to be trodden underfoot (see: ‘Straight Outta Compton’, ‘Fuk Tha Police’, pretty much any NWA song).
To this day hip-hop music maintains a complex relationship with homosexuality and images of masculinity, which are only now beginning to be challenged by mainstream acts like Young Thug.īut 20 years ago, when Boyz n the Hood was released, gangsta rap was still very prominent and hardly known for its tolerance. The close relationship to this genre of music makes perfect sense. Generally, hip-hop is a platform for real stories that might otherwise be ignored, to be told – which is essentially the same thing that John Singleton and Jenkins accomplish with their films. Most notable is the relationship between both films and hip-hop.
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Juan, despite his harmful profession, is a kind and surprisingly tolerant man who all but takes Chiron under his wing, nicknaming him ‘Little’, teaching him how to swim, and attempting to instil in him the film’s most important life lesson: “Never let someone else tell you who you supposed to be.”īoth Moonlight and Boyz n the Hood prominently incorporate black music, not just as reference points for the eras they respectively portray, but as thematic hooks too. I'm just saying stop killing black people.In the opening scene of Moonlight, we’re introduced to a drug dealer named Juan (Mahershala Ali) and his corner boy, with Jenkins drawing on personal experience to set up clichés only to immediately subvert them. They say no domestic violence no racism in America. everytime doctor Dre got paid easy got his money from the contract 7 year contract or something so Dr.Dre did not want to be pimped for 7 years so he told Suge Knight do your business but I'm sure Dr.Dre had no idea Suge Knight was told to put AIDS inside a needle and get it inside is he with a beautiful nurse of course. Every time Dr Dre got paid Eazy-E got his money from the contract they put eggs in a needle and stuck it inside this man and then 30 years later you find out Suge Knight admits it. They put AIDS in a needle and stuck it inside this man and then 30 years later you find out Suge Knight admits it. Police shot the bitch but they didn't hurt herīut that was a blast from the past motherfucker." On a six year sentence, my man didn't budge "Obstruction of the court," said the judge The fellas caused a riot in the county jail I went to get them out but there was no bail He socked a pig in the head for ripping his guessįourth offense on the boy, he'll do some time I'll throw it in the gutter and go buy another I looked at my car and I said, "Oh, Brother." Then wrapped the 6 fo' round a telephone pole "Rock this motherfucker like the hard 3 the hard way." So I threw a right cross and knocked his old-ass out Her father jumped up and he started to shout Reached back like a pimp, slapped the hoe She started talking shit, wouldn't you know
So I grabbed the stupid bitch by her nappy-ass weave She said something that I couldn't believe Went to her house to get her out of the pad They greet me with a 40 and I start drinkingĪnd from the 8 ball, my breath starts stinking So I went to a spot where my homeboys chill "Beer drinking, breath stinking, sniffing glue." You come talking that trash, well, pull ya cardĭon't quote me boy 'cause I ain't said shit 'Cause the boys in the hood are always hard Little did he know I had a loaded 12 gauge The silly motherfucker pulls out a deuce deuce
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