If you want to learn about hip-hop music, Eight Mile is your best bet.
Director: Curtis Hansen Actor: Eminem
Eighty percent of the reason why "Eight Mile" has such a high status in the rap circle is due to the starring of eminem (Eminem), which is later referred to as Ammu. This film is Amu's semi-autobiographical film, as a rap legend, let's talk about Eminem's achievements:
· The highest global record sales in the decade since the 21st century
· Won more than 10 Grammy Awards
· Globally recognized "King of Hip Hop"
75th Academy Awards for Best Film Song
Symbolizing the story of Eminem's pre-fame and true hip-hop spirit, the film revolves around the family/friendship/love/career of the protagonist Jimmy (Amu). Of course, a person's growth is also inseparable from these.
The protagonist, Jimmy, lives in the city of Detroit, a street called Eight Mile. This street is the dividing line between the city and the suburbs, as well as the dividing line between whites and blacks. As a white man, Jimmy, despite how much he loves rapping, he doesn't even have the courage to freestyle (improvised rap) in the face of the stage full of black mocking expressions, and with a passion for music, he struggles with ideals and reality.
It is said that every black man can rap ~ ~
Jimmy grew up in a single-parent family, his father left them at an early age, while his mother spent all day doing nothing, being cheated of money, and living in poverty left him with no good education and stable jobs. The only thing that makes him happy is music, and music is his best psychotherapy.
When Jimmy met the love of his life, his girlfriend chose to cheat in order to go to the larger city of New York, for which Jimmy was beaten up by others.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Jimmy also has a bunch of "friends" who have always believed in Jimmy's strength. Jimmy is encouraged to participate in a hip-hop club called the shelter, and although Jimmy is always "stuck" in front of the audience, he still loves hip-hop music and does not give up at all.
"Eight Miles" is a generalization of Ahmed, and under the cool surface, is a tragic story. This film is an R-rated film, which means that the lines of the movie are yellow and violent, after all, it is a slum. The director does not avoid the harsh reality of the rap world in this film, the origin of rap itself is on the street, from poor black people, from dilapidated houses, he leaves the judgment to the audience, let the audience make their own value judgments.
In 2017, iQiyi also produced a very popular network roundup, called "China Has Hip Hop". For the first time, the public met hip-hop music on the public screen, and I was one of them. Later, due to the accident of the player, many rappers were beaten back to the "underground". 18 years of "China Has Hip Hop" has also been particularly strictly censored, almost can not be broadcast, and finally although it was broadcast, it was frantically "edited", very unreal, and was spit on by countless viewers.
I think so
Many people think that hip-hop music is wearing exaggerated clothes, tattoos, sunglasses, in short, dressing up cool, and then stepping on the rhythm of the music to compete and curse. These people don't see the essence of this culture, what exactly is the hip-hop spirit? Here are three summaries.
At the end of the film, when Jimmy overcomes the "stage jam", he defeats his opponent in the final and becomes the star of the city. His friend said to him: We will soon become famous, we will fuck all the bitches in this city. And he said, "I'm going back to work." He was referring to going back to the factory to continue working because he was on leave to play.
Here is an interpretation of the spirit of hip-hop music: keep real. What is the true self? In the face of failed love and bad family, still have dreams and move forward. In the face of the good news falling from the sky, suddenly becoming a celebrity in this city, he can still remain calm, recognize himself, not for threats or temptations, and work silently.
Hip-hop music comes from black people, it is also the bottom culture, but they do not give in, it represents: although I am poor, but it is not what you want to pinch, I have my own ambitions.
Like Jimmy in the movie, although life is forced into a mess, he always maintains a kind of anger, that is, intransigence to life, insistence on his dreams.
Although Jimmy "exported dirty" during the game, and the scolded people had no power to fight back, he treated the family, mother and sister. All show protection and love.
In "China Has Hip Hop", the most said sentence by the contestants is also: peace and love. It is to remember that when you are rushing forward, never forget that there is a group of people behind you who support you, no matter what happens, you must always guard your family, remember the "family first".
In fact, I've heard it singing for a few years. Many friends have reported that they don't understand it, and they keep talking. I guess that's because I didn't hear the tricks inside. Rap is about a rhyme, I think the most important thing is the lyrics, the rhyme/composition of the lyrics will make the whole song magical, just start to look at the lyrics to listen, it may be better.
Here's an interjection, if you don't hate my rap list, then pay attention to the public number: The sword is biased. Reply: Playlist. Basically, it is Chinese rap, and it is not like it.
In fact, hip-hop music has long been the mainstream culture abroad, but it is still a minority in China, and we believe that one day, hip-hop culture will become a culture accepted by the Chinese people. Before that, let's go see this "Eight Miles"
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