The Get Down Part 1 & 2 (Official Thread)

[Ordinary Joel]

Show had unexpected people pop up with Kimmie and Stan's partner from The Americans to Gideon from Mr. Robot and Jon Jones aka Cadillac complete with his coke problem

Romero from Mr. Robot as well playing the jazz player/Boo-Boo, Ra and Dizzee's dad.

 

[Jello Biafra]

This was surprisingly enjoyable...not being the biggest Baz Luhrmann fan I went into it not knowing how I would feel about it but the old fella actually made something really good. The casting is on point, the visuals are great and the music is incredible.
I am about which of the Get Down Brothers will end up getting killed because this show has that Cooley High vibe to it and someone has to go the route of Cochise. The show seems to be making it look like Shao will be the one since he is the closest to Cochise as a character but I am thinking it will be Dizzee.

 

[Danie84]

NYC 77 FUKKERY juxtaposed with the birth of Hip-Hop

...thru Nas narration and Baz frenetic direction

2 eps in and its beautiful to see our culture get the gazillion dollar Netflix treatment

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Started out slow but quickly became one of my fav series of all time. I'm glad Netflix picked it up. They got so much cash.

 

[Danie84]

I had to pause it to when they were all at the big ass stone with Zekebecause of his girl, Shaolin slides down swaggy as hell while everyone else is and Zeke goes "This motherfukka with the fake karate and shyt"

Jump/Hand glide across a burning building/Scale down a set of rocks like Bruce Lee & Crazy Legs

...Shaolin is easily The ReaL MVP

That Saturday Night Fever Cokehead nikka is hilarious, tho

 

[We Major]

Honestly I wasn't feeling most of the first episode but then it came to the Grandmaster Flash scene from then on it's been

The music

 

[The Dust King]

I live in Harlem so all my recommendations will be there:
Jamaican - Rusty's 134th St. and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (7th Ave), it is a hole in the wall no seating at all, but the food is oh so authentic.
Soul Food - traditional soul food spots you can go to Amy Ruth's on 116th and Lenox (6th Ave.) or Sylvia's on Lenox near 127th. But I really recommend Red Rooster, it is all new school and chic but the food is better to. It's on Lenox between 125th and 126th.
Haitian - Not really a Haitian spot but French African spot Yatenga, on Adam Clayton Powell and 133rd. And next door is a cool African bar The Shrine. Every night there is a good male/female ratio and it is a friendly spot.
For DR/PR - It's a chain but if you go on a Friday/Saturday nite it is soo poppin'! Don Coqui there's one in Astoria, Queens and one on City Island in the Bronx. It has good food but it is soo live in the evening it's not the main reason to go. Go on a weekend night and guaranteed you will run into at least a decent party.

Not really up on a Cuban spot and if you can ask someone from Brooklyn I'm sure they got better Jamaican spots out there. I'm not really up on that tho. Soul Food tho come to Harlem.

Spoonbread mamas
Melbas
Mannas

 

[The Dust King]

Damn nggaz turn this off after 10 minutes?

You nggaz taking ADHD to new levels

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Spoonbread mamas
Melbas
Mannas

Spoonbread is closed on Lenox and 138th. It's like a fake Dallas BBQs now. Is there another one?
Melbas is cool, I like red rooster better. But yeah it deserves a mention.
Mannas the buffet spot? I'm not a huge fan. It is OK but I wouldn't recommend it tho.
Harlem!

 

[Da Rhythm Rebel]

Spoonbread is closed on Lenox and 138th. It's like a fake Dallas BBQs now. Is there another one?
Melbas is cool, I like red rooster better. But yeah it deserves a mention.
Mannas the buffet spot? I'm not a huge fan. It is OK but I wouldn't recommend it tho.
Harlem!

when I lived in the Bx i used to hit up Hot Pot all the time on Frederick Douglass

just looked it up and see its closed

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Papa Fuerte' planted them seeds in mom head a while before they started having the affair "I got a woman "

 

[Danie84]

Hearing Africa Bambooty name was polarizing, tho

...and, the DJ playing Grandmaster Flash is a dead ringer

Is Ezekiel suppose to be Melly Mel, wait he's too young

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Hearing Africa Bambooty name was polarizing, tho

...and, the DJ playing Grandmaster Flash is a dead ringer

Is Ezekiel suppose to be Melly Mel, wait he's too young

And Melly Mel wasn't poppin' in '96. lol
He's completely fictional, maybe different parts of a lot of guys? Part Nas, part Kurtis Blow, part Rahiem from the Furious 5. all the MCs who consulted on this.

 

[Danie84]

Ezekiel rhymes in 77 was already ahead of times, tho

 

[BROWARD]

Mylene was looking right in that dress