American me isn't A hood film or a Gangstar film. It's a prison film. I'd put it with movies like Lockup or the shawshank redemption. Boys in the hood and menace to society are hood films. Good fellas and Casino are Gangstar films. There's a difference.💯
Well technically it is about a prison GANG. Therefore it may be a film about prison but to say it’s not a gangster film would be misleading. Good fellas and casino are movies about the MAFIA if you want to get technical about it.
Facts if your not black I would be surprised we did not grow up watching no damn American me Menece and boyz in the hood new jack are our top 3 hood movies American me had a better story line because it was real and its a cult classic but "what you say about my mother" every kid in the hood can relate to that lol
😂 he just runs with this narrative for dramatic effect. And why did it take American Me for Vlad to not want to go to prison lmao? Like, was he debating it before the movie came out or something.
South Central is another overlooked classic. That scene where that kid got shot in the back with a shotgun trying to climb over the fence had me scared to death as a kid.
Menace 2 Society is better than American Me & Boyz in the hood. The Hughes brothers aren’t giving their work enough credit. I can appreciate the humility, & both Boyz in the hood & American Me are ground breaking great films… but Menace was more epic through & through than Boyz. You felt the pressure building all throughout the film. Menace’s script & dialogue was better than American Me. All three have crazy climatic endings. I still think Boyz might have the most impactful conclusion with Doughboy being killed a few weeks later. That was bone chilling. But I’m splitting hairs.
Nah all the ruthless people actually say that he was a great manager lol. I think the situation was that Easy E was honestly cheating and stealing from people then years later he found that Jerry was cheating and stealing from him 😂
Jerry was most likely a gangster himself. There's plenty of Jewish old timers involved in the music and showbiz industries that originally came up through the mafia.
How would anyone ever know one way or the other? if the rape actually did happen way back in juvy & on the inside, ain't no way in hell anyone is going to ever admit to being involved, or to seeing it, or even get caught talking about it, as that would be a death sentence
Cause Eazy probably had a stash box at Dre’s house. BG Knoccout himself said thy Eazy never really hated Dre after the breakup. And Eazy himself said on the Howard Stern show that he didn’t really hate him, he just wanted to slap him.
1:25.....The Danny Trejo "American Me clip" is Vlads new "Boosie says rappers get killed in they hometown clip/fam and friends are hypnotize by hate clip". Just break Danny off a check a now. LOL!!
Vlad, seriously if you play the Danny Trejo video one more time.... Wonder they on strike for not getting paid for all the streaming.. U need to send Danny a personal check for 4 cents everytime u show that damn clip lmao smh
we should also give props to other films related to gangs and set in LA COLORS Blood in Blood out I think those two films also dont get enough attention. blood in Blood out was released 1 year after American me Menance and blood in blood out came out the same year.. both solid rentals at the video store.. I was in high school around that time and everyone watched both of them. was great how 1 film followed black culture and the other Latino
American Me is not a “hood” film… it was a good movie, but I watched it only once and have no desire to do so again… I watched Menace and Boyz in da Hood hundreds of times…
@@earlpipe9713 sorry but anyone who decides to put on one of those hats is not allowed to have an opinion. Good day, sir maybe go find someone with cargo shorts on and have a good day
South Central is an overlooked dope hood film. American Me is a hood film i guess to Mexicans not to black folk. Dope movie though but i prefer Menace and Boyz in da Hood.
American Me is a classic loved the film. But, also loved Boyz in the hood and Menace to Society. To this day still think 2pac should have had a starrying role in Menace.
He was supposed to play Sharif. The Muslim guy. He beat up the Hughes brothers and didn't get the role. It wasn't a good role for him anyway though. He probably would have played a great Odog but Larenz Tate did a amazing job .
@divineintervention212 Unfortunately, It's too bad the fight happened with the Hughes Brothers. I don't think he was right for Sharif, but Pac definitely would have played the hell out of O'dog. Probably would have been nominated for an Oscar.
@Ms.Matthews415 I think pac would have done a good job in menace.But I don't think he would have won a Oscar.I'm glad he didn't do the role.Because he most likely would have been typecasted.He already did the juice role,the character birdie on above the rim, the character tank on bullet and all of those characters were some what alike.Pac was a great actor he just needed more diverse roles.
@@00sbabyoldschoolspirit80 I can understand that, but definitely don't think he was right for the part of Sharif either. I think as he grew as an actor more diverse roles would have been offered to him. Maybe no Oscar nod, but I definitely could see thar in his future. Don't think if he would have lived Pac would still be rapping, more like being an advocate or something on that level.
@Ms.Matthews415 He probably would be in politics or a advocate.Doing some type of fundraisers or charities Big brother little brother type stuff.Or a school like his sister and Mom started. I think he would have moved into doing movies a actor, a director and a writer owning his own production company. Also working behind the scenes in the music industry as far as finding artist having his own recording label.I don't think the role in menace to society was right for him either.I think he needed more diverse roles that would showcase his range. I definitely agree with you if pac would not have died.He probably would have grew as an actor and started to get offered more different types of roles. He probably would have started to hang out in the acting circles.Because that looks like that was what he was starting to do becoming more serious about his acting. He needed a role somewhat like his poetic Justice role. The role that John singleton was going to give Pac in higher learning would have been great showing him as a college student.
I would hate to see what Menace looked like before yall saw American me because in my opinion. Menace is an okay,entertaining movie. I mean it was good but once I left the theater. I didnt think about it. It was deep by any stretch. It was like a day in the life in the hood. Thats how I saw it. So what did yall have before. Boyz n tha hood was very deep to me and the characters had substance.
I think Boyz N The Hood may have held up the worst over time out of all of them, even though it had the benefit of being the first of them, and maybe the most culturally relevant of them due to that
Well besides that one that had Tupac riding around in a mail truck with Janet Jackson. I think most people have even expunged that one from their memories, they liked it so little 😅
@@matthewbush2371 I think I may have just seen it when I was too young to appreciate movies without the more sensationalized elements of many Hollywood genres
American me isn't A hood film or a Gangstar film. It's a prison film. I'd put it with movies like Lockup or the shawshank redemption. Boys in the hood and menace to society are hood films. Good fellas and Casino are Gangstar films. There's a difference.💯
Well explained.
AGREED!
Well technically it is about a prison GANG. Therefore it may be a film about prison but to say it’s not a gangster film would be misleading. Good fellas and casino are movies about the MAFIA if you want to get technical about it.
Facts if your not black I would be surprised we did not grow up watching no damn American me Menece and boyz in the hood new jack are our top 3 hood movies American me had a better story line because it was real and its a cult classic but "what you say about my mother" every kid in the hood can relate to that lol
Agreed. I think American me. Shawshank. And shot caller are the top 3 prison movies of all time
We know u love American Me Vlad he gets so excited talking about that movie 😂
Bro he’s so passionate about the rape scene lol
@@shawnhussain7713 I know rite lol
OPEN YOUR EYES ESE VLAD 13 🇲🇽
And he always says the same shit
@@OttoZone37 yes!!! Especially the rape scene like WTF!!! 😂
“As a kid, American Me made me never want to go to prison”
Vlad was 20 something years old when that movie came out 😂
😂 he just runs with this narrative for dramatic effect. And why did it take American Me for Vlad to not want to go to prison lmao? Like, was he debating it before the movie came out or something.
😆😆 lying ass!
Manipulation it’s his job tho regardless smart people will lie tell things to paint their own story and benefit them
Well, Vlad also thought Pac was alive when Ether dropped…
@@ghosttheillest I remember that shit 🤣
South Central is another overlooked classic. That scene where that kid got shot in the back with a shotgun trying to climb over the fence had me scared to death as a kid.
Naw that movie is Str8 up goofy with goofy actors
The deuce ✌🏾
Facts. Much better movie than American Me.
I love South Central
Sorry but the acting in that film was awful. It's second rate compared to Boyz N The Hood, Menace, Juice & New Jack City.
“Summer With EAZY “ actually sounds like a dope movie!!!!
As a Mexican. American me is good but Blood in blood out is way better imo
Jerry Heller said "Respect my gangsta!" DAYUUUM!
Crazy how people always leave Colors and Blood In Blood Out out of the mix. Definitely my top 2 for sure.
Yeah I thought Colors was a good movie too
Right. Colors was actually the first hood gangsta movie if I'm not mistaken
Colors colors man Robert Duvall in a hood movie was dope
@@realnealvatn First time ever actually seeing a representation of gang life in LA
I’m glad Easy didn’t do it. Lorenz killed that role.
On a similar note, I wish that DJ Yella had refrained from his role in smut movie productions, along with many other rappers🤣
@@earlpipe9713 😂
We get it Glad…American Me is *the only* reason you’ve never been to prison. The *only* reason. 🙄
Menace 2 Society is better than American Me & Boyz in the hood. The Hughes brothers aren’t giving their work enough credit. I can appreciate the humility, & both Boyz in the hood & American Me are ground breaking great films… but Menace was more epic through & through than Boyz. You felt the pressure building all throughout the film. Menace’s script & dialogue was better than American Me. All three have crazy climatic endings. I still think Boyz might have the most impactful conclusion with Doughboy being killed a few weeks later. That was bone chilling. But I’m splitting hairs.
In your dreams Pedro, in your dreams - 🧑🍳Big Al
yep..That is my favorite hood flick of all time.Even better than The Godfather,IMO.
Especially that interrogation scene "you know you done f*cked up right" iconic scene😂😂😂
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Eazy would’ve played that Odogg role perfectly if you Ask me
In 1992 and 1993 Thier was 2 Good prison movies that came out... American Me, and Blood in Blood Out 💯💯
Blood in Blood out was 1993
@@dariog36th yeah you right, But I didn't even bother to look it up, so I was pretty close without even double checking lol.
vatos locos foreverrrrr
@@pattigarrison9668 Love that movie
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That’s y’all opinion but I’m taking Boyz N Da Hood. The impact was much better than American Me.
Blood in Blood Out is my top.
Terrible movie
I’ve never heard a great story about Jerry Heller lol
Nah all the ruthless people actually say that he was a great manager lol. I think the situation was that Easy E was honestly cheating and stealing from people then years later he found that Jerry was cheating and stealing from him 😂
Menace II Society is like GoodFellas n the Hood. A game changer
Prior to seeing that rape scene, Vlad was okay with going to prison.
We need more of him on Vlad
I’ll never understand why Eazy & Jerry had such a good and long relationship. Dude seems like a asshole from all accounts
Jerry was most likely a gangster himself. There's plenty of Jewish old timers involved in the music and showbiz industries that originally came up through the mafia.
Jerry grew up in the same neighborhood that Bone Thugs grew up in. Plus he had connections. Most Jewish executives did.
@@dariog36th Entertainment industries would probably be a great way to launder money too
The fact that rape scene is made up down grades the overall grade of the film. Ten lives lost smh.😮
How would anyone ever know one way or the other? if the rape actually did happen way back in juvy & on the inside, ain't no way in hell anyone is going to ever admit to being involved, or to seeing it, or even get caught talking about it, as that would be a death sentence
If dre and eazy wasnt gettin along and such ..how could eazy just grab a G from him like that?
Cause Eazy probably had a stash box at Dre’s house. BG Knoccout himself said thy Eazy never really hated Dre after the breakup. And Eazy himself said on the Howard Stern show that he didn’t really hate him, he just wanted to slap him.
American me is probably the best hood film because it showed both hood and prison, both of them to a extreme....no film has ever showed that b4...
Jerry Heller got what he ask for he was robbing them dudes him and eazy was foul
But you wanted to buy a kilo?
He bought it before he saw the movie
American Me isn’t a “hood” movie. It’s a prison movie like the ones they made in the 70’s.
not necessarily -- it's a hood film in the sense that it shows how both the inside & outside are intertwined -- it all traces back to the streets
Vlad gotta let American Me go! Ok Vlad we get you dont wanna get fucked in jail! Only on the outside
Boyz n the hood way better
American Me no doubt is a classic hood/prison film, but Menace is heavy hitting too.
"Alot of ppl got killed", "it was funny, but....." gets me eveytime 😅
He keeps mentioning how slick they were with their mouth talking noise, Im starting to think the incident with Pac was their fault
How when all 3 were very opinionated?
1:25.....The Danny Trejo "American Me clip" is Vlads new "Boosie says rappers get killed in they hometown clip/fam and friends are hypnotize by hate clip". Just break Danny off a check a now. LOL!!
Vlad, seriously if you play the Danny Trejo video one more time.... Wonder they on strike for not getting paid for all the streaming.. U need to send Danny a personal check for 4 cents everytime u show that damn clip lmao smh
we should also give props to other films related to gangs and set in LA
COLORS
Blood in Blood out
I think those two films also dont get enough attention.
blood in Blood out was released 1 year after American me
Menance and blood in blood out came out the same year..
both solid rentals at the video store.. I was in high school around that time and everyone watched both of them.
was great how 1 film followed black culture and the other Latino
South Central came out around that era too. Also a good hood film on redemption
I love a good untold eazy e story
No way it's better than Blood in Blood Out !!!
They are twins?! One looks 20 years younger than the other
Albert looks like Allen’s son lol
American Me is not a “hood” film… it was a good movie, but I watched it only once and have no desire to do so again… I watched Menace and Boyz in da Hood hundreds of times…
juice and Menace were better to me 🔥🔥🔥
Blood in blood out is the best ever
Blood In Blood Out >>>>>> American Me
He looks like Luis J Gomez in the thumbnail...
American Me was a prison film, not a Hood film, per se.
Vlad stating his opinion about American Me which is subjective.
it was a ok movie but you can only watch it once every like 5 to 10 yrs. were not all obsessed about it like vlad is
Why didn’t you ask them why they never try to help up and coming black writers?
Blood In Blood out was the most epic of them all, like a Mexican Godfather..
Na blood in blood out was better
Nah.
It was more entertaining, but also more cheesy in an action movie kinda way.
@@earlpipe9713 sorry but anyone who decides to put on one of those hats is not allowed to have an opinion. Good day, sir maybe go find someone with cargo shorts on and have a good day
@@watchingrapmusicdie7215 I'm Boston Irish, we came out our mamas with these hats grafted onto our heads, bro
Da hood aint jackin American Me. Menace and BDH always in the convo.
Vlad only says that about that movie cause the rape shocked him
Albert and Allen Hughes look like eses
American Me was a great film but saying it's a hood film and putting it on the same category as BNTH and M2S is just plain trolling.
Blood in Blood out shits on American Me.
I was the one who put the American.. IN.. me - TK Kirkland
South Central is an overlooked dope hood film. American Me is a hood film i guess to Mexicans not to black folk. Dope movie though but i prefer Menace and Boyz in da Hood.
Based on real gangster shit. But they get the story wrong and people really got killed.
The greatest Gangster movie of all time is Goodfellas
Blood in blood out is the best
Best prison movie of all time is by far blood in blood out
American Me is a classic loved the film. But, also loved Boyz in the hood and Menace to Society. To this day still think 2pac should have had a starrying role in Menace.
He was supposed to play Sharif. The Muslim guy. He beat up the Hughes brothers and didn't get the role. It wasn't a good role for him anyway though. He probably would have played a great Odog but Larenz Tate did a amazing job .
@divineintervention212 Unfortunately, It's too bad the fight happened with the Hughes Brothers. I don't think he was right for Sharif, but Pac definitely would have played the hell out of O'dog. Probably would have been nominated for an Oscar.
@Ms.Matthews415 I think pac would have done a good job in menace.But I don't think he would have won a Oscar.I'm glad he didn't do the role.Because he most likely would have been typecasted.He already did the juice role,the character birdie on above the rim, the character tank on bullet and all of those characters were some what alike.Pac was a great actor he just needed more diverse roles.
@@00sbabyoldschoolspirit80 I can understand that, but definitely don't think he was right for the part of Sharif either. I think as he grew as an actor more diverse roles would have been offered to him. Maybe no Oscar nod, but I definitely could see thar in his future. Don't think if he would have lived Pac would still be rapping, more like being an advocate or something on that level.
@Ms.Matthews415 He probably would be in politics or a advocate.Doing some type of fundraisers or charities Big brother little brother type stuff.Or a school like his sister and Mom started. I think he would have moved into doing movies a actor, a director and a writer owning his own production company. Also working behind the scenes in the music industry as far as finding artist having his own recording label.I don't think the role in menace to society was right for him either.I think he needed more diverse roles that would showcase his range. I definitely agree with you if pac would not have died.He probably would have grew as an actor and started to get offered more different types of roles. He probably would have started to hang out in the acting circles.Because that looks like that was what he was starting to do becoming more serious about his acting. He needed a role somewhat like his poetic Justice role. The role that John singleton was going to give Pac in higher learning would have been great showing him as a college student.
Already interviewed his twin brother for all of these points are going to be on repeat that she already asked
Nobody ever heard of the movie "blood in blood out, bound by honor " 🤷🏾♂️
It's not OVA any of those titles...But it is Under Rated and Part of The Culture...And Vlad...STOP calling em "Hood Films"....😊
So Jerry Heller was WWA
Whitey With An Attitude
Jus peep vlad thru time... Fuccin crazy...
American Me is Shittt wtf are y’all talking about 😂😂😂
Lucky for you your former friend ripped you off fpr that kilo you fronted the cash for, Vlad...
I thought 2pac was suppose to be o-Dog.
He auditioned, he got turned down.
Y’all have lost y’all minds. Place it as a vote 🗳️ and see how off you both are 😂
People also died because of American mi 😬
Who?
Vlad has no authority over hood films… Your opinion is irrelevant lol
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I would hate to see what Menace looked like before yall saw American me because in my opinion. Menace is an okay,entertaining movie. I mean it was good but once I left the theater. I didnt think about it. It was deep by any stretch. It was like a day in the life in the hood. Thats how I saw it. So what did yall have before. Boyz n tha hood was very deep to me and the characters had substance.
I don’t know anyone that’s seen American Me but I know plenty of people that saw Menace and Boys in the hood
Damn the producers of New jack city is some haters i always thought New jack city was a overrated movie anyway.
It's soundtrack definitely elevated some of it's lesser moments and parts.
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American me was way better than Boyz N hood and Menace 2 society
I think Boyz N The Hood may have held up the worst over time out of all of them, even though it had the benefit of being the first of them, and maybe the most culturally relevant of them due to that
Well besides that one that had Tupac riding around in a mail truck with Janet Jackson. I think most people have even expunged that one from their memories, they liked it so little 😅
@@earlpipe9713 facts
@@earlpipe9713 I love watching poetic justice that's was epic
@@matthewbush2371 I think I may have just seen it when I was too young to appreciate movies without the more sensationalized elements of many Hollywood genres
Fakkkk THAT! BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT #1