The memory of the late Notorious B.I.G. will command center stage as rappers Jim Jones and Juelz Santana provide a free screening of the music legendגs new film, Notorious, for fans.
The movie, which opens today (January 16) in theaters, chronicles the life and music of B.I.G., who was gunned down on March 9, 1997 after leaving an after party in California.
The slaying has remained unsolved as the rapperגs mother, Voletta Wallace and wife, Faith Evans, continue to seek justice in the aftermath of the tragedy.
For Jones, B.I.G. emerged as an artist who transcended his genre.
As a result, the Harlem rapper was motivated to provide an opportunity to experience the biopic as well as look at the man behind the music.
"I did it for Hip-Hop," said Jones, who compared Notorious and its subject to another trailblazer. "It's as big as Obama's being the first black president. This is part of our history in the urban community; Biggie was our first Obama."
Santana echoed Jonesג respect for B.I.G. as he described the screening as גmy way of saying thank you to Big.ג
גI never got a chance to meet him, so this is me as a Harlem dude saluting a cat from Brooklyn, in a small but meaningful way,ג the lyricist stated. גJim and I figured that so many people in the Hip-Hop community would be going to the see the movie individually; if we can make it so that everyone sees it together, that's a great thing."
The Notorious screening marks the beginning of an eventful 2009 for Jones, who will debut his long-awaited film, This is Jim Jones, at this yearגs Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
"Biggie was our first Obama?"
respect for the free movies, homie, but...
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Piff Tannen wrote:
He should start Rollin with David Gordon green or something
we make flicks, midwestern malaise, you know this
tight pants, more hipster cred, in all aspects of showbiz
we make flicks, italian neo-realism influence, so pitchfork will notice
don't get too tight with apatow, don't go too mainstream, stay focused
Piff Tannen wrote:
He should start Rollin with David Gordon green or something
we make flicks, midwestern malaise, you know this
tight pants, more hipster cred, in all aspects of showbiz
we make flicks, italian neo-realism influence, so pitchfork will notice
don't get too tight with apatow, don't go too mainstream, stay focused
went to see this today. It was worth a watch, but it wasn't great. We had to tell some fat balding 30 something white dude in front of us with two dykes to shut the fuck up.
Hustleuffagus wrote: We had to tell some fat balding 30 something white dude in front of us with two dykes to shut the fuck up.
Dids Arlene and Myjah were there? reppin hard
LOL
man... after reading the reviews, i'm realizing we're about to have a moment in mainstream society where all these outsiders to hip hop chime in with their half-baked opinions about a culture, an artist and a history they have no fucking clue about. yay.
fuck these idiots. Biggie was a lyrical legend, and no justice, no peace.
nice to see you, reev. i was hollering at RZA recently, tell him Mindbender says "what up with the healing of ODB, for Conspiracy's sake" if you are so inclined. i sent him an email but I know he's busy as fuck
i dont have time to joke
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Mindbender Futurama wrote:
nice to see you, reev. i was hollering at RZA recently, tell him Mindbender says "what up with the healing of ODB, for Conspiracy's sake" if you are so inclined. i sent him an email but I know he's busy as fuck
i dont have time to joke
lol. So now you have resorted to throwing you brother under the bus in an attempt to get RZA to put you on?.
Trust me mind-slender, the fact that you know a crackhead is not edgy or even remotely interesting to anybody.
Get back in your daily thread with this type of shit.
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Mindbender Futurama wrote:
nice to see you, reev. i was hollering at RZA recently, tell him Mindbender says "what up with the healing of ODB, for Conspiracy's sake" if you are so inclined. i sent him an email but I know he's busy as fuck
i dont have time to joke
lol. So now you have resorted to throwing you brother under the bus in an attempt to get RZA to put you on?.
Trust me mind-slender, the fact that you know a crackhead is not edgy or even remotely interesting to anybody.
Get back in your daily thread with this type of shit.
you are not worth debating unless you are trying to help.
I don't want RZA to put me on this way. I want to have a conversation with RZA about having a schizophrenic family member that suffers from crack/coke addiction. Not too many people in the world that I know got that problem, but RZA is one, and I've had a few non-business conversations with the man.
why do you people insist on trying to be assholes? do you feel better writing that? did you think you "got me" or "exposed me" somehow by writing that, dude?
next time, try growing up in life. see where that takes you, brah
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Mindbender Futurama wrote:I want to have a conversation with RZA about having a schizophrenic family member that suffers from crack/coke addiction. Not too many people in the world that I know got that problem.
Man. That's some regular ass shit in the US if you ask me.
Mindbender Futurama wrote:I .NOt to have a conversation with RZA about having a schizophrenic family member that suffers from crack/coke addiction. Not too many people in the world that I know got that problem.
Man. That's some regular ass shit in the US if you ask me.
Word. See: Kill A Habit By WC and The Maad Circle. My brother probably out smoking shit now.
Biggie wasn't no Obama......I'm sure he woulda bigged him up in songs, but that's as far as it would go.....
and Pac woulda never supported Obama.....Pac hated the Government, and in his quasi-socialist mentality Obama woulda just been the new face of white oppression and power......Pac woulda called Obama out man.....the first time Obama fucked up it woulda been over wit.....Pac realized how most politicians are just talking heads/puppets tho, so I doubt it woulda got personal, but wit Pac you neva know....
Mindbender Futurama wrote:I want to have a conversation with RZA about having a schizophrenic family member that suffers from crack/coke addiction. Not too many people in the world that I know got that problem.
Man. That's some regular ass shit in the US if you ask me.
I agree... but RZA's familial closeness to ODB is one of the only things that I can really relate to at this time.
Also, I'm more random friends than business associates with a few of these guys... him and Method Man are two, I'd say.
people should help each other, when they can. fuck fame and fortune.
i always have time for "the little guy". maybe that's what keeps me where i am instead of moving up the food chain in the music industry.
still... Jesus hung with the thieves and prostitutes, right?
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and Pac woulda never supported Obama.....Pac hated the Government, and in his quasi-socialist mentality Obama woulda just been the new face of white oppression and power......Pac woulda called Obama out man.....the first time Obama fucked up it woulda been over wit.....Pac realized how most politicians are just talking heads/puppets tho, so I doubt it woulda got personal, but wit Pac you neva know....
Pac would have supported Fred Thompson because, by 2008, I'm sure they would have worked in a movie together.
RAZAH CUTZ wrote:Biggie wasn't no Obama......I'm sure he woulda bigged him up in songs, but that's as far as it would go.....
and Pac woulda never supported Obama.....Pac hated the Government, and in his quasi-socialist mentality Obama woulda just been the new face of white oppression and power......Pac woulda called Obama out man.....the first time Obama fucked up it woulda been over wit.....Pac realized how most politicians are just talking heads/puppets tho, so I doubt it woulda got personal, but wit Pac you neva know....
dope post, i felt that
but we gotta remember pac died in his mid 20s and was still a rebelious young dude.
but by the time obama got elected pac woulda been about 36-37, maybe a little different mentality by then ya know.
RAZAH CUTZ wrote:Biggie wasn't no Obama......I'm sure he woulda bigged him up in songs, but that's as far as it would go.....
and Pac woulda never supported Obama.....Pac hated the Government, and in his quasi-socialist mentality Obama woulda just been the new face of white oppression and power......Pac woulda called Obama out man.....the first time Obama fucked up it woulda been over wit.....Pac realized how most politicians are just talking heads/puppets tho, so I doubt it woulda got personal, but wit Pac you neva know....
dope post, i felt that
but we gotta remember pac died in his mid 20s and was still a rebelious young dude.
but by the time obama got elected pac woulda been about 36-37, maybe a little different mentality by then ya know.
Who knows, it's all speculation but, at 26 he was still acting 16 years old at times.
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RAZAH CUTZ wrote:Biggie wasn't no Obama......I'm sure he woulda bigged him up in songs, but that's as far as it would go.....
and Pac woulda never supported Obama.....Pac hated the Government, and in his quasi-socialist mentality Obama woulda just been the new face of white oppression and power......Pac woulda called Obama out man.....the first time Obama fucked up it woulda been over wit.....Pac realized how most politicians are just talking heads/puppets tho, so I doubt it woulda got personal, but wit Pac you neva know....
dope post, i felt that
but we gotta remember pac died in his mid 20s and was still a rebelious young dude.
but by the time obama got elected pac woulda been about 36-37, maybe a little different mentality by then ya know.
*paging thun*
WHAT WOULD PAC DO, YO?
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reppin hard
underrated post in this thread.