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Hustle & Flow (2005)
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"The Academy’s list of 49 tunes deemed eligible for the Best Original Song Oscar this year seems like a lot for the Music Branch to pick through. That is, until you notice that more than one-fifth of those contenders are from the same film (High School Musical 3, which, thanks to a new rule, is only allowed, at most, two nominations in this category) and you recall that last year’s list included many more songs (59) to choose from. The talent involved this year, however, is tremendous, at least in terms of those performers who sing the tunes on the soundtrack (many of whom had a hand in the songwriting). These artists include Mariah Carey, Etta James, Beyonce Knowles (who played Etta James), Norah Jones, will.i.am, Jack White and Alicia Keys, Danny Elfman, Emmylou Harris, Chaka Khan and Regina Spektor. Add to those big names su "
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"You know it’s hard out here for a pimp, when you’re trying to get the money for the rent. For the Cadillac and gas money’s spent, there’s a whole lot of bitches jumping ship. In the Oscar-winning song “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp”, the lyrics tell the viewer the very essence of the film. This is the story of a hustler and a drug dealer, Djay (Terrence Howard), who is having a mid-life crisis. Tired of the same routine, he buys a keyboard and discovers that he wants to become a rapper. With his old high school pal, Key (Anthony Anderson), and the white boy with beats (DJ Qualls), he builds a make-shift home studio and begins his quest to become the next great thing. With hardships and hoes working against him around every corner, Djay struggles to maintain his “mode” and push that “good shit out” in time for a party that famed rapper Skinny Black (Ludacris) will be at in town. The reason I liked this movie so much i ... "
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"Though they almost could've used the same theme song, Hustle & Flow is a far better than 8 Mile. Hustle & Flow is more real and more tragic, making it a lot more memorable.Terrence Howard is the kind of actor who has the ability to evoke several competing emotions in a sidewise glance. I love a film that capitalizes on such talent, as this one requires. Beside the more obviously hip 70's title sequence, catchy hooks, and hip-hop storyline of a pimp trying to make it big, what I like most about this film is its depiction of the creative process. The truth in people creating art from all walks of life in their living rooms, drawing from personal experience and as Howard's character, Djay puts it, that every man has to tell his story. I love that the song they create is an assemblage that crosses boundaries and is equal parts ego, angst, and happenstance. Even though it's hard out here, that this truth previals makes Hustle & Flow an optimistic film which ... "
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