New Jack City 25th Anniversary Oral History (w/ writer Barry Michael Cooper)

[Danie84]

Mr. Cooper also wrote the underrated Sugar Hill too

 

[R-Typ3]

These kids?! All these people gathered around you like you God Almighty himself...Devil's ain't got no love man you killin your own people!!

What'd Marvin say on that album.."the boy who made slaves outta men" and that's Nino!!

 

[R-Typ3]

I think it's also cause she saw the repercussions first hand at the wedding reception.

Edit: On the second hand she says she seen him kill too many people

Gotta figure that seein a couple people get they heads blown off would tend to fukk with your mind right ..Make a square chick like her rethink her life's path and rat on the biggest drug lord Uptown smh

 

[R-Typ3]

Mr. Cooper also wrote the underrated Sugar Hill too

Think I betta let it go.. Blaow!!! Looks like another love tko...Blaow!! Ohh ohh ohh Blaow!!!

 

[DaMos Supreme]

Good read.

Martin auditioned for the 'Pookie' role

 

[threattonature]

Hold up, I want to hear more about the prequel and sequel and if anything comes from it. I'd definitely fukk with both.

 

[Mr Clean]

"you think you slick you punk blasphemous dope fiend bytch"
the amount of quotables in this movie is off the charts

 

[EffedUp]

I think it's also cause she saw the repercussions first hand at the wedding reception.

Edit: On the second hand she says she seen him kill too many people

Maybe the last straw was the little girl getting caught in the crossfire.

Speaking of that, Nino was definitely a savage for snatching the girl up to save her then basically was like "fukk it...every man for themselves". How he gonna put her back down and have Scotty ending up rescuing her?

 

[OsO]

Great read. Great thread. Classic movie.

Ambrosia For Heads: Deservedly so. What do you have going on right now?

Barry Michael Cooper: I’m writing and I’ve written, a prequel and a sequel to [New Jack City] called, Am I My Brother’s Keeper. I got a potential publisher. But this goes into “Nino’s” childhood, man—”Nicholas.” That’s his name: “Nicholas Brown.” [It explores] where he grew up and what he overcame to become what he was, and the larger issue of what he said at the end of that courtroom [scene]: “We didn’t bring the Uzis into Harlem.” I don’t want to say no more than that.

The streets need this

 

[R-Typ3]

Maybe the last straw was the little girl getting caught in the crossfire.

Speaking of that, Nino was definitely a savage for snatching the girl up to save her then basically was like "fukk it...every man for themselves". How he gonna put her back down and have Scotty ending up rescuing her?

For Scotty it was a moral test 'cause notice he didn't hit anybody but made sure he was seen bussin back ala In Too Deep...And even in the midst of running with Nino's crew, his soul just couldn't watch that girl get chopped up by the uzis

 

[jackswstd]

I wanna see those audition tapes Martin and Vivica did.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Brilliant interview piece!!!!!!!!!

 

[Medulla Oblongata]

Maybe the last straw was the little girl getting caught in the crossfire.

Speaking of that, Nino was definitely a savage for snatching the girl up to save her then basically was like "fukk it...every man for themselves". How he gonna put her back down and have Scotty ending up rescuing her?

at that fukkin' dive Nino did.

 

[mson]

at that fukkin' dive Nino did.

And he let one go while doing it.

 

[DaRealness]

I think it's also cause she saw the repercussions first hand at the wedding reception.

Edit: On the second hand she says she seen him kill too many people

Boom.