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Krush
Groove
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Cast:
LL Cool J,
Sheila E, Joseph Simmons, Daryl McDaniels,
Jason Mizell,
Mark Morales, Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson,
Kurtis Blow,
Blair Underwood, Ricky Bell, Michael Lamone Bivins,
Bobby Brown,
Ronald De Voe, Ralph E. Tresvant, Lisa Gay Hamilton
- Filmmakers:
Michael Schultz
Ralph Farquhar
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Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Dolb
Certification: USA:R
User Rating:  7.5/10
(1243 votes)
Krush Groove is the most underrated rock n roll
movie of the 1980s. Is it the Best music film of the
80s? No that title belongs to Purple Rain. Actually
Krush Groove attempts to redo Rain's successful
formula, using talented musicians generally playing
themselves in a fictitious story with some realistic
elements. It actually came out a year or so too
early, with rap and hip hop still generally a black
phenomenon despite Blondie's #1 pop `Rapture'.
(Debbie Harry makes an appearance here portraying a
club singer.) The one `Actor' not playing himself
was Blair Underwood who played the character Russell
Walker (While the REAL Russell Simmons played a
stage hand named Crocket)
The story deals with a number of rap artists Run
DMC, Kurtis Blow and the Fat boys in their efforts
to make it big as hip hop stars. It deals with the
good and bad of having a hit record on a small
independent record label, competition between two
brothers over the heart of a young female singer
(Sheila E.), the consequences of borrowing money
from a loan shark, the opportunity to sign with a
major label and a talent contest looking for new hip
hop talent. The contest includes an appearance from
New Edition, an all too brief appearance from future
superstars The Beastie Boys and an in studio
audition from LL Cool J. The film was rated `R'
generally for some mild violence and usage of the
`F' word. (Six instances where two would
automatically mean an `R' rating) It didn't do too
hot at the box office. I had stated that the film
came out a year or so too early. The reason I stated
this was that in 1986, one year following this
film's release, Run DMC's cover of Aerosmith's Walk
This Way got heavy airplay on white radio, even
going to number1 on album rock radio in Aerosmith's
homebase of Boston MA. This success opened the door
for The Beastie Boys, The Fat Boys, LL Cool J, Will
Smith (known at that time as The Fresh Prince) and a
large number of other hip hop and rap artists to
score BIG on the Pop singles and pop album charts. Genre: Drama
/ Music
Film is rated:
PG.
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