Great music, but not a GREAT story

Rating: 7/10 (25 July 2005)

This movie won the Audience Award at 2005's Sundance Film Festival. Hmmm. Must not have been a strong year. Don't get me wrong. It's a good movie, sometimes great. Pulling from great movies like Pulp Fiction, and others. It's not a documentary, though it could have been, especially with today's reality show craze.
For a pimp movie, there was almost NO nudity, nor were there any sexual scenes, which could have made it even better.
This movie was more about the music, and it DID have a great soundtrack, in fact, I think I'm going to get it. I don't really like a lot of rap music, but this was powerful stuff, in line with Eminem's 8 Mile.
This movie is worth seeing, but don't believe all the hype.
Walt D in LV. 7/25/2005.