
Predictable, repetitive...a 2 hr. version of 1 song
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This movie is somewhat enjoyable. It is refreshing to see the commerical hip hop of today being portrayed as negative, which it is, and to see light being shone on the foundations of hip hop. For those unfamiliar with hip hop it displays how the genre has deteroriated and shows how some are trying to bring back creativity, passion, and true artistic expression.
However, this movie has many draw backs. It is extremely predicatable, it is a little too similar to the film The Best Man in it's romantic angles (no spoiler), and the film is repetitive.
This film draws way too heavily upon Common's "I used to love H.E.R" song. It's mentioned in the film and played in the film repeatedly. This was a very creative and celebrated song when it came out in the 90's, but it was a three minute song. This film is like nearly two hours of just repeating those themes from that song. In other words, this movie comes across like today's hip hop, not too original, and for the most part shallow with little substance.
The exploration of creative and alternative (to the mainstream/commercial) hip hop holds the potential to make many excellent and fascinating movies but this movie is more an exercise in predictable romance.
Review ID: 10000000007539044

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