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Mike Williams · 02-20-2008, 06:39 PM

Yeah, I really wasn't suggesting that the movie really had anything to do with hip hop, and was simply pointing out the hip hop artists that were in the film, not as hip hop artists, but as actors, which I thought they did quite well.

Unfortunately some hip hop artists have been associated with drug dealing, gangs, pimping, murder (yes, murder) and all sorts of other vices. Some haven't, but there is no mistaking that it does, in part, make up the fabric of the hip hop culture. So perhaps that was another reason for including some current, popular artists in the film and adding featurettes that would appeal to hip hop fans, since oftentimes hip hop fans are also enormous fans of gangster movies, such as Scarface.

02-20-2008, 06:39 PM	#11 of 11
Mike Williams Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Local Time: 10:56 PM Local Date: 10-11-2008 Posts: 922	Re: HTF DVD REVIEW: American Gangster 2-Disc Edition - Recommended Yeah, I really wasn't suggesting that the movie really had anything to do with hip hop, and was simply pointing out the hip hop artists that were in the film, not as hip hop artists, but as actors, which I thought they did quite well. Unfortunately some hip hop artists have been associated with drug dealing, gangs, pimping, murder (yes, murder) and all sorts of other vices. Some haven't, but there is no mistaking that it does, in part, make up the fabric of the hip hop culture. So perhaps that was another reason for including some current, popular artists in the film and adding featurettes that would appeal to hip hop fans, since oftentimes hip hop fans are also enormous fans of gangster movies, such as Scarface.