Flick tha police.
Shortly before he directed the perennial holiday rental favourite The Ref, Ted Demme cut his teeth on ‘Yo, MTV Raps!’ and the connections paid off with his first cinematic outing. The wonderfully time-capsuled “First Hip Hop Whodunnit” features a cavalcade of cameos from many of the industry’s more TV-recognisable rap acts at the time.
This buddy-cop bad boy starring Doctor Dré (not that Dr. Dre) and Ed Lover was comically, and dare I say criminally, under-appreciated in its own time, and still is today.
It’s a piece of 90s feel-good hot fuzz that owns its place on the shelf next to other faves like Kuffs (1992) and Men At Work (1990).
-Grandmaster Pop