October 11, 2005
Wild Style
Saw this movie after sitting on the download for nearly 3 years. Not sure why I waited so long.
It's an amateurishly executed movie - the plot is lousy, the acting is bad. I figured I would find it boring.
Thing is, it's overflowing with real live authentic old school hip hop: breakdancing, rapping and graffiti.
Look at these cool sweatshirts that the Fantastic 5 are wearing. The gothic lettering...I love it.
Fab 5 Freddy was the executive producer. (Debbie Harry from Blondie not only provides the soundtrack but also a terrible performance as the whitey reporter from the Voice). Freddy's fingerprints are all over it (his graffiti is in the background of some scenes). And in many ways it is his story: from the subway cars to the canvas dealers of Chelsea.
This guy was all over the place in the 80s. He was hanging out with Warhol, capitalizing on every major founding tradition of hip hop, making money, doing blow, launching Yo! MTV Raps, etc etc etc. Whatever happened to Freddy?
