Gotta take one day, and binge watch the movies that made Spike Lee a movie Gawd. Gotta learn how, back in the day, the words "A Spike Lee Joint" automatically meant
1. Do The Right Thing
2. Malcolm X
3. School Daze
4. He Got Game
5. Mo' Better Blues
6. Jungle Fever
7. Crooklyn
You should be able to knock those out in a weekend/week (night viewings). There's more, but that'll get you a base.
Then handle the "hood" movies:
1. Menace to Society
2. Boyz N the Hood
3. South Central
4. Juice
5. Dead Presidents
6. New Jack City
7. Don't Be a Menace to South Central while Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Again, you should be able to knock these out in a weekend/week
Then we gotta get you well versed in the gangster movies:
1. Godfather
2. Godfather 2
3. Goodfellas
4. Casino
5. Carlito's Way
6. Scarface (I make no warrants on the quality of this one, but you should see it)
7. Heat
8. Road to Perdition
These are longer flicks, may need 2-3 weekends/weeks to get through these