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Streets is Watching (1998)
Director: Abdul Malik Abbott
Cast: Jay-Z, Damon Dash, Kareem 'Biggs' Burke
Runtime60 min
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Hip-hop artist Jay-Z tells a story about life in the streets, combining a narrative structure and musical numbers into an autobiographical tale of his life in Brooklyn, from hustler to performer.
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Streets is Watching is a 1998 crime and music film directed by Abdul Malik Abbott that tells an autobiographical story of hip-hop artist Jay-Z's life in Brooklyn, from his time as a hustler to becoming a performer. While the film received a mixed critical reception, it has gained a cult following among fans of Jay-Z and urban cinema.
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Fans of gritty urban crime dramas and Jay-Z's music will find a lot to appreciate in the 1998 film 'Streets is Watching', directed by Abdul Malik Abbott. The movie blends a compelling narrative about life on the streets with musical numbers that offer an autobiographical look at the rapper's life and rise to fame.
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Streets Is Watching is a 1998 American musical drama film in which Jay-Z composes a film with many of his unreleased music videos tied into a storyline. The film takes place in Jay-Z's old neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. The film uses transitional skits between music from Jay-Z's albums Reasonable Doubt and In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. The film is noteworthy because it contains Jay-Z's first two videos, "In My Lifetime" and "I Can't Get Wit That", both released without a major label contract. Each skit is meant to accompany the music it precedes. The same setting or set of the videos are also the same set for the correlating skit.
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