Saturday, February 02, 2008

"The MaCk"...[MoVie]

The Mack
Released: 1973



After watch this joint it`s pretty easy to see the influence that it`s had on the HiP HoP culture & those that represent it, from the emcees/rapper$, DJ`s & B-BoyS/GiRLS to the regular JillS & JoeS that cop the albumS & go to the concertS. Right off the top rapper$ like Snoop Dogg & Too $hort come to my mind, especially the latter seeing as how the movie was filmed on location in Oakland, California. $hort`s in my opinion sort of like HiP HoP`s "Mack".....LoL, but honestly I`m not wrong if ya really look at thingS. Anyway, what`s iLL about this flick is that much like early HiP HoP music it`s got that real grimy~grittiness to it, which is something that Michael Campus (Director) wouldn`t have been able to capture working on a soundstage...

Max Julien plays the role of "Goldie", Richard Pryor plays "Slim" & at the beginning of the flick they`re caught up in some junkyard gun~play. Outnumbered "Goldie" tellS "Slim" to get to KiCK`n rockS, he escapes but "Goldie" endS up in the pen` to serve a nickel (that`s 5 yearS for you squareS :). Once released he tries to piece his Life back together & visits his bro` "Olinga" (molded after Huey Long), played by Roger E. Mosley. "Goldie" comes to the revelation that he`s got 2 choices; the way of "The Mack" or that of his bro`s. Obviously he chooses the first, connecting up with "Slim" once again while takin` in some Obi Wan Kenobi~type PiMP`n wisdom jewelS from an older blind man, played by Paul Harris -- "Magnum P.I." mu` fuckas....LoL

Now that`s all I`m gon` say about the movie `cuz I`m not trying to ruin it for y`all, just remember to use to trick I mentioned in the Snoop movie post to avoid all that pop up & clickin` ish...



N`JoY...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

is down! :-(((
reup on RS ?
Thanks