YG Premieres His Debut Film “Blame It On The Streets” In NYC
Update (Dec. 15, 8:31 a.m.): Check out to the soundtrack to YG’s new movie Blame It On The Streets here. It's also available on iTunes.
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Original Story: Premiering for the first time ever, YG held a private screening in NYC for his debut short film, Blame It On The Streets. DJ Mustard, Peter Rosenberg, and Keke Palmer were all in attendance with a small audience of about 50 people.
Decked in "Bompton" gear to set the tone, an excited YG first hit the mic along with host Elliot Wilson to welcome the audience and introduce YG's long anticipated project. No ID also hopped on the mic to wallow in YG's accomplishment, the rapper later joked that the speech was the longest he's heard from the newly announced head of Def Jam A&R. All sat anxiously in preparation as the film began, acting and film is an area in which YG has yet to master.
The Alex Nazari directed-film cut on revealing in the opening credits that YG had not only executive produced the movie, but the My Krazy Life rapper also wrote the script. About 5 minutes in, as the West Coast street life was ever present, the film instantly had the tone of hood classics like 'Boys In The Hood' and Ice Cube's 'Friday.' The casting also unveiled that Coach Carter's Rick Gonzalez held a lead role along with YG and his crew; Slim, Ace and TeeCee4800. The plot wasted no time climaxing and within the first 10 minutes the action was on, with "BPT" blaring in the background, the guns were blazing. Following the first scene, YG was then introduced into the film and the dramatics continued to build, of course adorned by the "My Hitta" rapper's dry urban humor. After YG and his innocent yet recently assaulted crew set out on revenge, the first half of the 30 minute film came to a close.
The second half began as the next day rolled around and the crew was anticipating what the new day would bring. Now with "Meet The Flockers" playing, the My Krazy Life heads knew what was about to go down, "Find a Chinese neighborhood, cause they don't believe in bank accounts." The film continued with the gang gearing up to rob a house and as the song weaves a cautionary tale, it was easy to foresee the unfavorable outcome. Once realizing the authorities would soon be on their tails, the plot spiked again and the crew was face-to-face with the cops. As some of the characters enjoyed a great escape while others did not, the ending added the prefect touch and drove the point home that this film would promisingly not be YG's last.
All-in-all YG's effort was well perceived by the audience and left viewers wanting the plot to continue. The cast selected to play the roles, even though merely some of YG's friends, did an excellent job of embodying the roles portrayed. This film, even though only a half hour long, was an excellent first jab into the world of cinema for the Def Jam signee and it's crazy to believe that it all started from a dream in "BPT."-Miranda Johnson
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