what happens in the hood stays in the
hood
I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my
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we're counting down our picks for the
top 10 hood films get us off your
shoulders you know give me shut up you
better make that money oh yeah
for this list we've chosen those movies
that have given us the grittiest most
memorable depictions of living and
working in the hood ac number 10 new
jack city set during America's war on
crack cocaine Mario Van Peebles
directorial debut tackles life on the
streets of New York City with smarts
vitality and thrills
backed by an awesome soundtrack you Jack
city also boasts an engaging plot and
tons of cast chemistry in addition to
Van Peebles acting turn the crime flick
will also be remembered for wesley
snipes crime boss Nino brown and ice-t
as the undercover detective who wants to
bring the drug dealer down yeah that's
right little junkie just like you so my
mother back in 1974 didn't take no money
didn't take no jury did pass took a life
you know what I'm saying
number nine juice thanks to its great
pace and frenetic rhythm there isn't a
dull moment to be had in juice ready to
died through strong performances by
rappers like the late great Tupac and
Omar Epps as the aspiring DJ this crime
drama depicts the lengths to which a
person would go in the hood to garner
the respect and admiration of his peers
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when you come with that [ __ ] gun oh
right the answer is that it always comes
with a price it's a violent angry but
poignant look and it works
number eight Friday
and what triggered having just been
sacked from his job Craig and his best
friend smokey spend the day smoking up
in their south-central neighborhood
while dealing with the host of troubles
that surround them
you don't drag me into this one of those
problems is trying to figure out a way
to get the cash they owed rug dealer big
worm by 10:00 p.m. that night what's up
ray thanks for the bike but you got my
40 homie I thought you had $200
I do but what's been raised money the
hilarious hijinks that ensue
bring out the sometimes comedic side of
the hood while Friday's energy helps set
the film apart from other movies in the
genre
man ain't Enron smoking weed weed is
from the earth number seven City of God
Garcia future mood I'm a vida my / - a
douche Sequoyah Bishop burger it's
offical Bishop for me it's a fancy disco
era cruise director Fernando Miguel
doesn't flinch when it comes to shooting
a film about the gangsters of Rio this
Brazilian movie can be brutally violent
and all too realistic at times
you can wear non-professional actors
from the slums were cast for this
feverishly gritty but unforgettable
crime drama
so we'll be rejuvenated to Samui I'm a
small Dutch you make flinch at times but
there's no denying Michels scenes in
City of God are beautifully
choreographed and the film's for Oscar
nominations as well as it's important
message make it all too hard to forget
ya see my love Amir's amiable it's a
jicama key question Emile that's the
same place in the mirror
number 6 8 mile I hear you're a dope
rapper the dope rapper yeah who told you
I was a dope rapper you know it's around
in this hip hop flick director Curtis
Hanson brought out the intensity of
Eminem so well that we think you'd be
hard-pressed to find anyone who could
ignore it I don't know what they told
you Mike must had him cornrows rolled
too tight his job we want to quit but
you can't you worked at this plant so
long you're a plant look at your goddamn
boots right sakes is starting to grow
roots this biopic about an inner city
guys struggles in the hood was as raw
and powerful as the oscar-winning Eminem
song for the film called lose yourself
yeah studio top to top things off the
thrilling rap battle that ends 8 mile
sealed the deal about slim Shady's
dramatic abilities give it is great yeah
they call me ready
this is the total race
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the rapper really can't act and then
some number five Latin a youth is beaten
to unconsciousness by cops in the hood
the event makes the news and his friends
vow revenge if he dies it's you unfair
do you know something I thought to be
beautiful but you cannot equate opposite
day this biting drama and suspense from
director masuka's of its does not pick
or choose sides
the police are brutal the street youth
is reprehensible and the parents are
absently oblivious so when did you say
always I'm in Mensa na n is a scary
thing to watch especially when the shots
finally ring out but it's also
mesmerizing powerful and emotional
just like a kitty my number for training
day is a training day off toy
show you around give you a taste of
business you know a rookie cop a corrupt
cop and a society on damage control
Denzel Washington's bad cop is one for
the ages as he trains ethan hawke on his
first day with the force since you can't
keep your mouth shut long enough for me
to read my paper tell me a story in the
process he shows him there's more than
meets the eye when it comes to police
work and that the sinking corruption in
their profession is present everywhere
the streets are the background for these
two cops who go through a day they will
never soon forget that is if they can
make it through alive training day is
raw unforgettable and filled with strong
and believable performances yeah that's
right you better walk away
go walk away cuz I'm a burn this mother
down King Kong ain't got me number three
do the right thing time out time out go
take a jail director Spike Lee wanted to
make a movie that would stir things up
and light a fire inside our bellies
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well what do the right thing you made it
with this incendiary statement we shows
us an unblinking look at racism on the
streets of New York City upon a war man
asks our Wright brothers on the wall
Mookie is a pizza delivery boy who works
for an italian-american named Sal who
also happens to be the father of one
bigoted son and one who isn't with two
Oscar nominations and a realistic but
riveting look at discrimination Lee
shows us both sides of the story in this
comedy drama that skill entertains today
this is the man talking all right all
right doctor come on what all the way to
do the right thing that's it that's it I
got it I'm gone number two menace to
society in the directorial debut of
Allen and Albert Hughes a young street
hustler tries to escape the rigors and
temptations of the hood you ain't doing
jack [ __ ] he and the way that I see it
you'll be dead or you'll be in jail
wanting to get out before it's too late
and start a new King finds out it's
easier said than done especially when
your entire life family friends gangs is
built around this menacing society
the Hughes brothers nailed every detail
with this potent persuasive and chilling
take on life on the streets as an
african-american teen being a black man
in America isn't easy the hunt is on and
you are the prey before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
going you're gonna make las vegas we got
is get the [ __ ] out you don't hear me my
son umber one boys in the hood
turn your punk ass ho
it may have been just his directorial
debut but John Singleton's portrayal of
the social problems of inner-city Los
Angeles is what made boys in the hood
such a landmark movie listen I want to
do some what my life right I want to be
somebody listen let me tell you
something then you joined that army you
ain't gonna be nobody following three
friends and their struggles conflicts
and mishaps in the ghetto the Oscar
nominated drama can be considered the
originator of the hood film why is it
that there's a gun shop on almost every
corner in this community why tell you
what for the same reason that there's a
liquor store on almost every corner in
the black community why they want us to
kill ourselves with a stunning cast
incredible direction and an impeccable
script we still haven't forgotten the
sting of watching Trey Ricky and
Doughboy hustling it up and trying to
stay alive give me the mother gun Trey
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