Although I have always liked listening to rap, I didn't have a clear concept of hiphop culture before. Although the view of some people that "hiphop is vulgar black culture" is clearly wrong, I can't think of how to refute it forcefully. America is too far away and my skin is too light. Although there are many domestic rappers, they always feel that there are some fundamental differences. And the movie "8 Miles" provides people like me with a window to understand hiphop culture. It can be said that it answered my doubts.
The film is full of hiphop elements: rap, graffiti and DJ. Although there is no hip-hop and skateboarding, it doesn't matter because the theme of the film is rap. DJ is bundled with rap, and graffiti is very good to give a very hiphop environment, and then rap. In the film, rabbit and his friend who is not afraid of each other fuck each other. The rappers use rap to satirize each other; they use rap to blackmail themselves; the old woman who works in the factory uses rap to express her dissatisfaction with the factory cafeteria.
Rap is their way of expressing themselves. It came from the Negroes in the ghetto, and every sentence captures the weight of this misery. It is precisely because of this that when Rabbit pointed out in the battle that Papadoc studied in a private school and had a happy family, so many people in the audience shouted "why" to Papadoc when he started the battle. Yes, misery afflicts these people living in slums, but it is with this misery that the soul of hiphop is born. Without Papadoc who has gone through hardships, his rap is meaningless scolding, and the rap he won the championship is not as good as the rap of the old factory woman.
hiphop is suffering, but also freedom. Rabbit and his friends have no money and no status, but they can still fuck whatever they don't like. They are afraid that someone will die or get caught with a gun, but they can still shoot everywhere with a gun. They can live their lives the way they like in the midst of suffering.
From this point of view, the domestic rapper, after all, has a little taste.
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1. Regarding the rabbit's final return to work, it is actually a kind of growth of the rabbit. It's a sign that rabbits are starting to seriously fight for their career (saving money to record their own records) rather than someone thinking "I'm cool, I can do whatever I want".
2. The reason why rabbit's girlfriend slept with wink was obviously to use wink's relationship to help him get into magazines. So it makes perfect sense for her to cheer on the rabbit afterwards. People who don't understand this, I can only fuck your IQ
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