Hustle & Flow | |
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Directed by | Craig Brewer |
Produced by | |
Written by | Craig Brewer |
Starring | |
Music by | Scott Bomar |
Cinematography | Amy Vincent |
Edited by | Billy Fox |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | |
Running time | 116 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.8 million |
Box office | $23.5 million |
Jul 25, 2005 Soundtrack - Hustle & Flow. Memphis is a city rich in musical history. Whether you’re talking about the blues or the plethora of artists that came from the Stax Records imprint (arguably the. Oct 29, 2019 Release Name: VA-HustleandFlow-OST-CD-FLAC-2005-CALiFLAC Artist: VA Album: Hustle & Flow Genre: Soundtrack Year: 2005 Tracks: 20 Duration: 01:13:22 Size: 481.93 MB Produced by John Singleton (Boyz 'N' the Hood, Poetic Justice,Baby Boy)and the Winner of the Sundance Film Festival, Hustle & Flow is the redemptive story of a Memphis street hustler who struggles to break out of his. Feb 03, 2010 Hustle And Flow Soundtrack. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.
Hustle & Flow is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain. It was released on July 22, 2005. Terrence Howard stars as a Memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become a rapper.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Three 6 Mafia's song 'It's Hard out Here for a Pimp'. Howard was nominated for Best Actor.
DJay (Terrence Howard) is a pimp and drug dealer who is dissatisfied with his life. After acquiring a keyboard and reacquainting himself with an old friend from school, Key (Anthony Anderson), who has become a sound technician, DJay decides to try his hand at making hip hop songs.
Key and his sound-mixer friend Shelby (DJ Qualls) help DJay put together several 'flow' songs in which he expresses the frustrations of a small-time hustler struggling to survive. DJay quickly proves to have a real talent for lyrics, and his first fixed-length song, done at the urging of his friends, appears to have a decent chance of becoming a hit and getting local radio play.
The group experiences many setbacks throughout the creative process. DJay must hustle those around him in order to procure proper equipment and recording time, and Key's relationship with his wife becomes strained. DJay throws out one of his prostitutes, Lexus, along with her one-year-old son Roger, for ridiculing his art. DJay's pregnant prostitute, Shug (Taraji P. Henson), joins in the creative process, singing hooks, and the group eventually records several fixed-length tracks, including 'Whoop That Trick' and their primary single 'It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp'. After their first recording, DJay falls in love with Shug.
DJay's friend, Arnel (Isaac Hayes), informs him that Skinny Black (Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges), a successful Memphis rapper, will be returning to the neighborhood for a Fourth of July party. DJay gains admittance to the party under the pretext of providing marijuana, with the intention of giving Skinny Black his demo tape. Black is dismissive at first, but after a long night of reminiscing DJay successfully persuades him into taking the tape.
Before leaving the party, however, DJay discovers that the drunken Black has destroyed his tape, leaving it in the toilet. When DJay confronts Skinny Black, Black laughs at the idea of touring with DJay and insults him. In a fit of rage, DJay beats Black to a bloody pulp. Realizing what he has done, DJay attempts to resuscitate the unconscious Black, until a member of Black's crew enters the bathroom and quickly pulls out his gun. DJay shoots the man in his arm, then uses him as a human shield to make his escape.
DJay arrives home to find the police and Black's associates waiting for him. DJay turns himself in and tells Nola (Taryn Manning) to keep his writing pad, with his rap lyrics. He tells her she is 'in charge' of getting his songs on local radio stations, and exchanges a glance with a tearful Shug. DJay is charged for assault and possession of a firearm and is sentenced to 11 months in prison.
While serving his time, DJay gets a visit from Key. When Key asks DJay if he really knew Skinny Black, DJay reveals that he made it up in order to keep the group's dream alive. DJay learns from Key that Nola has hustled the local radio DJs into playing his songs, which have become local hits. Key says he and Nola want to discuss his future plans. The film ends as we see a friendly duo of prison guards who have their own rap group asking DJay to listen to their demo, much as DJay had approached Skinny Black. Humbled and flattered, DJay accepts their tape and responds with: 'You know what they say, everybody gotta have a dream'.
Terrence Howard initially turned down the role of DJay. He reportedly was attempting to avoid being typecast as a 'pimp' archetype. However, after recognizing the complexity and depth of the character, he reversed his earlier decision and took on the role.
As concepts of both hustle and flow are unique to African American culture, it turned out to be nearly impossible to find proper translations for international release of the film. For example, the Russian translation of the title means 'The bustle and the motion'. The Italian title is appended with 'Il colore della musica' which means 'The color of music'.
The film experienced many years of near-misses and outright rejection from major studios and potential financiers before finally being backed by its longtime supporter John Singleton. In the DVD extras Singleton says that he decided at last to put up the money himself because he was exasperated at his friends' not getting what their film deserved.
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 82% based on 152 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads: 'Hustle & Flow is gritty and redemptive, with a profound sense of place and exciting music.'[2]Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 68 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.[3]
The Boston Globe said, 'Some will find it chicly inspired, recalling blaxploitation's heyday with its grimy urban realism. Some will find it corny, absurd, and a limited view of options for disenfranchised African-Americans.'[4]According to Entertainment Weekly, 'The home-studio recording sequences in Hustle & Flow are funky, rowdy, and indelible. Brewer gives us the pleasure of watching characters create music from the ground up.'[5]
The soundtrack was released on July 12, 2005 by Grand Hustle and Atlantic Records. The album centers on Southern hip hop.
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Hustle & Flow: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | July 12, 2005 |
Genre | Crunk, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop |
Length | 73:22[1] |
Label | Grand Hustle, Atlantic H Cube Records. |
Producer | Clifford Harris, John Singleton, Detral Treadwell, Jason Geter, Kevin Liles H Cube (Executive Producers) |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
HipHopDX | [3] |
RapReviews | [4] |
Hustle & Flow: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album for the motion picture, Hustle & Flow. It features music by P$C featuring T.I. & Lil Scrappy, Mike Jones featuring Nicole Wray, Trillville, Juvenile featuring Skip & Wacko, Nasty Nardo, 8Ball & MJG, Lil' Boosie & Webbie and other artists. Also featured on the album are tracks performed by the film's star, Terrence Howard, in his lead role as the street hustler-turned-rapper, Djay. The skits on the soundtrack are sound clips from the film. It was released on July 12, 2005 on Grand Hustle and Atlantic Records.
The first single off the collection was the Lil Jon-produced 'I'm a King (Remix)' by P$C featuring T.I. and Lil Scrappy. A music video was released for the song which featured all three rappers in the city of Atlanta and clips from Hustle & Flow. The second single was the remix of Webbie's 'Bad Bitch,' featuring Trina. The soundtrack has sold over 300,000 copies. Best hardware for djay. The chorus to Nasty Nardo's track entitled 'Lets Get a Room' samples Project Pat's song entitled 'Make Dat Azz Clap (Back Clap)'.The song number 4 in the track list 'It's Hard out Here for a Pimp' produced by Three 6 Mafia won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony and was performed on stage by the members of Three 6 Mafia.
# | Title | Artist |
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1. | 'I'm a King (Remix)' | P$C featuring T.I. & Lil Scrappy |
2. | 'Swerve' | Lil Boosie & Webbie |
3. | 'Microphone (Skit)' | Djay & Pawn Shop Owner |
4. | 'It's Hard out Here for a Pimp' | Three 6 Mafia |
5. | 'Tell Me Why' | 8Ball & MJG |
6. | 'Pussy Niggaz' | E-40 featuring Bohagon & Lil Scrappy |
7. | 'Whoop That Trick' | Djay |
8. | 'Bum Guy (Skit)' | Djay & Arnel's Drunk |
9. | 'Man Up' | Trillville |
10. | 'Carbon 15's, A.K.'s & Mac 11's' | Boyz N Da Hood |
11. | 'Lil' Daddy' | Young City a.k.a. Chopper |
12. | 'Let's Get a Room' | Nasty Nardo |
13. | 'Booty Language' | Juvenile featuring Skip & Wacko |
14. | 'Bad Bitch (Remix)' | Webbie featuring Trina |
15. | 'We in Charge (Skit)' | Djay & Nola |
16. | 'Hustle & Flow (It Ain't Over)' | Djay |
17. | 'Still Tippin' (It's a Man's World Remix)' | Mike Jones featuring Nicole Wray |
18. | 'Murder Game' | P$C |
19. | 'Get Crunk, Get Buck' | Al Kapone |
20. | 'Man Ain't Like a Dog (Skit)' | Djay |
21. 'smokin song' lil' wyte
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 30 |
Title | Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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'I'm A King' | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 67 |
'Bad Bitch (Remix)' | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 48 |