26 years ago, John Singleton blessed us with Boyz N the Hood

[m0rninggl0ry]

Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American teen hood drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his directorial debut, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Regina King and Angela Bassett. This was the film debut for both Ice Cube and Morris Chestnut.

It was nominated for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay during the 64th Academy Awards, making Singleton the youngest person ever nominated for Best Director and the first African-American to be nominated for the award.

In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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I was 11 months when my mother took my siblings and I to go see it (she doesn’t believe in sitters)

So I can’t tell you my first time watching the ’91 debut but I was told the theater we went to was a Crip neighborhood and was jam packed and at the end, there was like a 5 minute standing ovation. My mom said a few crip OGs came out the theater lost for words while others were crying

 

[broller]

Increase the peace

 

[Travellin' Man]

Classic but you know what? I watched it so much when I was younger it's 1 of those movies I hardly ever go back and watch these days.

I like Menace more too.

Oh, I guess I was 8 or some shyt.

 

[ATearInMyEye]

One of the GOAT Movies




But as I got older Menace has better replay value.

 

[iFightSeagullsForBread]

"I'LL GET MY BROTHER TO SHOOT YOU IN THE FACE"

"Get yo punk ass brother, I'll get my daddy, at least I got one motherfukker."

 

[filial_piety]

I'm gettin ...I remember as a youngin seein this in the movies.

 

[Chill]

favorite scene from the movie

Cuba Gooding: Let these ladies eat first like gentleman.

Ice Cube: Yeah let the ladies eat first, hoes gotta eat too .

Regina King: Excuse me I'm not no hoe .

Ice Cube: Oops, I'm sorry bytch

 

[m0rninggl0ry]

Increase the peace

One of the GOAT Movies




But as I got older Menace has better replay value.

Menace was so damn dark to me. I have both films and I cant stomach menace

Classic but you know what? I watched it so much when I was younger it's 1 of those movies I hardly ever go back and watch these days.

I like Menace more too.

Oh, I guess I was 8 or some shyt.

Menace is cool but lets discuss BNTH

 

[Biscayne]

"I ain't from Africa, I'm from Crenshaw Mafia"



Lil Hawk from Crenshaw Mafia Bloods would later turn this into a track in the 2nd installment, to the 1993 Bangin On Wax album by "The Bloods and The Crips"




I was two years old when Boyz n the hood cameout, and didn't see the film til' MANY years later. Boyz n the hood set the template for hood flicks in the 90's. It was the first of it's kind.

 

[m0rninggl0ry]

favorite scene from the movie

Cuba Gooding: Let these ladies eat first like gentleman.

Ice Cube: Yeah let the ladies eat first, hoes gotta eat too .

Stacey Dash: Excuse me I'm not no hoe .


It was REGINA KING HOWEVER Stacy Dash was supposed to play Brandi

 

[Vandelay]

Great movie.

I was relatively "late" seeing it. I saw it 94-95.

We had a plethora of good hood movies. Don't know why we don't have that anymore. Nothing really speaks to the truth of growing up in the inner city. When now I would think it's just as relevant and inspiring as this was for the time.

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

I have a disdain for this movie just because it will forever be compared with Menace 2 Society, and I think Meance was clearly better. shyt, I think Meance 2 Society is the greatest movie of all time

Plus, Trey was such a hoe ass nikka.

Crying to get p*ssy

Making up a whole elaborate lie about getting p*ssy and telling his dad. Then telling him he went raw. nikka it's a lie, why say you didn't strap up

Acting like his hoe ass was a rider, then telling them nikkas to stop the car and let him out when he knew his bytch ass wasn't never bout that life in the first place

Going from super dark skinned when he was a kid to a light skin nikka when he got older

 

[Travellin' Man]

Menace is cool but lets discuss BNTH

Carry on.

 

[Chill]

@m0rninggl0ry you are definitely right, my bad for that i'll edit the mistake.

didn't know that btw about the alternate cast change.

 

[NigerianDonDada]

Crazy that John Singleton was only 22/23 when he made this movie