It seemed like this was a film project for Roc-A-Fella. Hell, I didn’t even expect to see Amil (Remember her? As in the woman in “Can I Get A…”?) in the film. Damon Dash had a bigger role than Jay-Z, for crying out loud. The other Roc-A-Fella guys had bigger roles than Jigga himself. While the poster said had Jay-Z billed, he was only in it for about five seconds max. There was absolutely no reason for that part to even be in the movie other than fanservice. Also, a minor spoiler, but in one scene when a deal took place, the camera turned and closed in on a couple of women sharing a rather gratuitous kiss. Now, don’t get me wrong, I like looking at scantily-clad women just as much as the next guy, but there was no purpose in some of the scenes with closeups of a woman’s body. It also was of no help how this film was loaded with misogyny. Though Beans was the protagonist, there was nothing about to make me want to root for him. It didn’t help that there was not a single likeable character in this film. ![]() But when these rappers on screen are only good at playing certain personas, that just showed how they needed to take acting lessons prior to it. Although I will admit that there were moments when I laughed AT certain parts. Also, the story has every cliche there is. Usually with these types of films, I don’t expect great acting from them. Of course, there are a bunch of gangster movie cliches of “one guy messing up and getting killed for it” or “someone pissed off the wrong guy, so he has to get tortured.” Not to mention drug deals gone wrong and women getting kidnapped, as well as random shootouts taking place. He wants to be feared and known by everyone and has a bunch of guys working for him. State Property is basically a movie that stars Beanie Sigel as a character named Beans who is trying to make a name for himself in the crime world. I am sure that in some areas I still get a little nostalgic for Thicker Than Water and while I have spoken ill about Hot Boyz (Note to self: Watch other No Limit films), I think I may have found a film that I can put above it in terms of some of the worst rap movies that I have seen. ![]() For all the shit that I had talked about with those two, I think I have found a film that kind of blows them out of the water in terms of badness. The State Property films fall into the same category as when I wrote about Thicker Than Water and Hot Boyz. I know that there are plenty of rap movies out there to talk about. Then I have remembered that I also wanted to review the State Property films. Another part of me wants to write about Death Row albums, particularly post-Tupac death and also when Dre and Snoop departed the label (Probably because I have been on a Death Row kick lately, especially having written the Death Row Records documentary). On one hand, I have been contemplating writing about the rest of my Fast & Furious soundtracks. *Sigh* I know that I haven’t keeping up with this lately. Rap Movie Review… on Rap Movie Review – The M… Omar Days on Movie Soundtracks: The Substit… Video Game Review: D… on Video Game Review: Def Jam Ven… ![]() Movie Review:… on Rap Movie Review – Half…
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