Director: Stan Lathan

Keywords: Musical, Breakdancing

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mary Alice	Actor	3-Dec-1941		The Matrix Revolutions
Afrika Bambaataa	Musician	17-Apr-1957		Hip Hop pioneer, Planet Rock
Rae Dawn Chong	Actor	28-Feb-1961		Quest for Fire
Kool Moe Dee	Rapper	8-Aug-1963		Rap artist
Doug E. Fresh	Rapper	17-Sep-1966		Rap artist
Duane Jones	Actor	02-Feb-1936	22-Jul-1988	Night of the Living Dead
Brenda K. Starr	Singer	15-Oct-1966		Freestyle-turned-salsa performer

REVIEWS

Review by Josiel de Assis (posted on 4-Nov-2007)

Upbeat, lets-put-on-a-show, musical about the wonders of rap music tells the story of Kenny (Guy Davis), a young hip-hop artist living in the rough slums of the Bronx with his younger brother Lee (Robert Taylor) and their mother Cora. Kenny dreams of making it big as a disk jockey and playing in the most swank of Manhattan nightclubs, The Roxy. Into their lives comes Tracy (Rae Dawn Chong), a composer and assistant choreographer from New York College who inspires him to try to continue his dream while romance begins to grow between them despite coming from different neighborhoods and worlds. Meanwhile, Lee is part of a break-dancing gang set on dominating the scene of their street. The rest of their friends include Ramon (Jon Chardiet), a graffiti artist determined to spread his painting to every subway car in the city while dealing with his girlfriend Carmen (Sandra Santaigo). Chollie is a fellow rapper who becomes Kenny's manager after he lands him a gig at a Bronx club as the DJ. Many rap groups, break dancers, and pop singers whom include Us Girls, The Treacherous Three, The System, Rock Steady Crew, Soul Sonic Force & Shango, The Magnificent Force, New York City Breakers, Furious Five, Tina B., Afrika Bambaataa, Johnny B. Bad, etc, make cameo appearances. About 80% of the footage in the original theatrical trailer is not included in the final cut. Examples include Ramon getting his bag ripped off while walking with Kenny and Charlie, several battle outtakes including the classroom up-rocking scene, Ramon on a set of drums, and one dancer flipping off against a wall at the Burning Spear nightclub. Several other pieces of footage were included as well but were in freeze frame in the opening credits of the film. The trailer also includes an alternate version of title song performed by Kool Moe Dee (who appears in the film in the "Christmas Rappin'" sequence with the rest of the Treacherous Three), which also did not appear in the movie nor on the original soundtrack albums

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