Music and movies

A modern American classic. And all the more resonant when you consider that L.A's infamous 'Rodney King riots' took place in the same city just one year later.

Ice Cube and Cube Gooding Jr. (backwhen he was cool) star in a powerful coming-of-age film that inspired a host of brash, "inner-city gang wars" copycat movies; but none of them were as smart or memorable as director John Singleton'smasterpiece.

Ice Cube's crossover from music to film was a resounding success, as he played his character 'Dough Boy' with impressive grit and restraint. This was a film that acted as a further loud'n' proud voice for hip-hop, exploding some of the complex issues - gun violence, education, disenfranchisement - at black America's core.

Best music moment: Soundtrack highlights includescreen-shaking tracks from Ice Cube, 2 Live Crew, Monie Love and Run DMC.
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Sure, Jake and Elwood’s soulcovers (most famously, of Solomon Burke’s ‘Everybody Needs Somebody To Love’) are karaoke-esque at times - but this John Landis-directed comedy caper is propelled by a genuine reverence for blackAmerica’s musical past; hence the cameos from Cab Calloway, James Brown and Ray Charles.

But crucially that reverence never gets in the way of the comedy, and ultimately it’s the film’s sheer energy andescalating exuberance – the bazookas, SWAT teams, stacks of totaled cars - that make it irresistible.

Best music moment: Aretha Franklin’s thunderous, finger-wagging rendition of ‘Think’ in the soulfood diner.

Luke Lewis
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Las definiciones parten desde el seno de las culturas, y así, el sentido delas expresiones musicales se ve afectado por cuestiones psicológicas, sociales, culturales e históricas. De esta forma, surgen múltiples y diversas definiciones que pueden ser válidas en el momento...