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Adam Sandler is Back In Grown Ups 2

July 12, 2013 By

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Adam Sandler and company returns with his sequel, Grown Ups 2, a follow up to his 2010 blockbuster Grown Ups.

The film brings back the whole gang (minus Rob Schneider) Kevin James, Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, David Spade, Tim Meadows and more. Its three years later and Lenny and his group of immature middle-aged dads are all back living in their home town and dealing with family life.

In the first film we followed each of the friends and how they came back together after their high school coach passed away. The friends all rekindle their friendships up at the old lake house with some very funny scenes. Well this movie doesn’t have too many strong family values like the first film. Instead it’s much more slapstick filled with comedy antics, and pranks the keeps you laughing. Grown Ups 2 is very reminiscent of earlier Sandler movies from the late 90’s such as; The Waterboy (1998), Big Daddy (1999), Little Nicky (2000). Adam Sandler takes elements from that era, but isn’t as successful with the set ups and punch lines. However, Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade are such strong comedic actors they are able to save the films hilarity and pace. To be honest this film seems to target the teenage boy to mid forty year old man. Although the film has mixed reviews when walking out of the theater, I personally could not stop laughing. I had no expectations and came out happy. This film is unlike the original Grown Ups, but compared to Sandler’s 2011 Jack and Jill train wreck this movie keeps you laughing.

In this film Lenny and his family are much happier, the kids are playing outside and not the little jerks like they were in the first. His wife Roxanne Chase-Feder (Salma Hayek) is no longer a snob. In this film Lenny must contend with the news that his wife (Hayek) wants to have a fourth child. While Eric (Kevin James) unaccountably, must keep his wife Sally (Maria Bello) in the dark about how much time he spends keeping his elderly mother company. Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock) and his wife Deanne (Maya Rudolph) are dealing with two teenagers and a new baby boy. And replacing Rob Schneider storyline is Marcus (David Spades) who finds out that he has a son that he never knew. Marcus must make peace with the thuggish son. Overall, the movie is a day in the life a bunch of friends and their daily antics. The only stand out moral in the movie is how to stand up from being bullied as a child, like most of Sandler’s film. The underdog always succeeds and gets the pretty women. The is film starts on the last day of school, Grown Ups 2 follows Lenny commandeers his kids’ bus driver, played by Nick Swardson, who is high on drugs throughout the film

As for the weak link of the film, that would go to Taylor Lautner and his band of misfit Fraternity boys. It was too over the top and ridiculous. Although we get the point that Sandler was trying to make about Fraternity life. Personally I felt he was off, being a Fraternity Alum myself. I thought the secret handshake part was hilarious, but making them a bunch of mindless muscled out idiots was not funny in the slightest. Luckily that only takes up 5 minutes of screen time.

Like we said before, this film is filled with gags, one liners and slapstick style comedy like his earlier Happy Madison films. Grown Ups 2 marks the first sequel for Adam Sandler, so we have our fingers crossed that it does well. Overall the movie is just summer fun, it’s not meant for anything more than to make you laugh. Yes it may have lost some of the golden moments of the first, but it’s a great weekend film to go out and bring the kids. The jokes are simple, the setting is basic and the comedy is for all ages, so grab a bucket of popcorn and a couple sodas and you’re off to the movies for some laughs with Grown Ups 2.

FYI: This is great bonding flick for a father and his son or a Big Brother and little brother type of movie.

Grown Ups 2 Film Credits:

Production Company: Happy Madison

Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, David Spade, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello

Director: Dennis Dugan

Screenwriters: Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler, Tim Herlihy

Producers: Jack Giarraputo, Adam Sandler

Director of photography: Theo van de Sande

Production designer: Aaron Osborne

Music: Rupert Gregson-Williams

Costume designer: Ellen Lutter

Editor: Tom Costain

PG-13, 100 minutes

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Chris Rock Talks Grown Ups 2

July 12, 2013 By

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( 4UMF NEWS ) Chris Rock Talks Grown Ups 2:
Chris Rock is back in Grown Ups 2 and brings the laughs.

It’s three years later and Rock talks about how the cast all wanted to reprise their roles because they’re all actually onscreen and off-screen friends. Rock talks about the film and giving an update where they are now.

It’s three years later and Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock) is dealing with the woes of being a dad, getting along with his wife Deanne McKenzie (Maya Rudolph), dealing with a new baby who like to poop, a daughter who starts dating and his son getting into trouble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fstnDPHRT9g

Chris Rock talks about the movie being good old family fun while on the red carpet at the Grown Ups 2 premiere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5pf3uSD4HM

Chris Rock is already hinting to a third installment and actually we would be interested. Would you?

Sony Pictures, Grown Ups 2 hits theaters nationwide Friday July 12th, 2013.

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Q-Tip and the Roots Redo the NWA Classic ‘Straight Outta Compton’

September 20, 2010 By

NWA helped break the stranglehold New York had on Hip Hop. They snatched the spotlight in the early 90s and made Compton Hip Hop's Mecca

I’ve always loved NWA‘s classic track ‘Straight Outta Compton’.. When it dropped back in ’88 it clearly captured the energy and urgent vibe at the time. NWA had broke on the scene and wanted West Coast rap to be heard and respected. At the same time they wanted to shatter all the myths about LA being a place with palm trees and beaches. LA was about hardcore gang bangers, vicious police and cats from Palm tree lined neighborhoods with a fearless attitude. That song and video definitely did the trick in terms of putting all the above mentioned on the table..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ0_HYuR_fk

Over the years various groups have attempted to recreate that energy by doing their own versions of the song.  One of the best parodies was highlighted in the movie Cb4 featuring comedian Chris Rock.. Y’all may recall when he dida video for his fictional gangster rap group ‘Straight Outta Locash‘

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwc4gCVXTcM&feature=related

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Over the past couple of years the Roots have re-done the NWA songs when doing tribute sets.. Usually its been Black Thought and Skillz holding down the vocals.  This past weekend tin Chicago, the Roots took it new heights when Q-Tip from Tribe Called Quest hit the stage to join Black Thought with an incredible rendition. Also on the mic doing Eazy lyrics was guitarist Captain Kirk Douglass. Later on in the show Erykah Badu graced the stage..I wish sometime in the future the Roots do a special NWA project with guest emcees like Q-Tip as well as original members and maybe even go on tour..

Since we’re talking about Q-Tip you should know he’s currently producing some tracks for and with Kanye.. He’s also producing tracks for band member Phife Dawg‘s up and coming solo album. He’s also doing stuff for Mary J Blige

Here’s a couple of angles of the group ripping this NWA classic. The first one is an up close angle at the start of the song. The second video is the longer more complete version..which unfortunately missed the beginning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYiBXvSUb40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFyC1b-sin0

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Comedian Paul Mooney Tells Obama Haters to Fallback-Respect the First Black President

January 6, 2010 By

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Comedian Paul Mooney is never at a loss for words..Here the former joke writer for Richard Pryor and later everyone from Dave Chappelle to Chris Rock lets loose about his opinions on President Barack Obama. He is currently promoting his new book.. Black is the New White. He also takes us down memory lane to remind us 30 years ago he and Richard Pryor did a skit about the first Black president.

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Jay-Z, the Kids and All His ‘Niggas’ Blow Up on Chris Rock

October 23, 1998 By

jay-z-folded-225Maybe it’s me… Maybe I’m missing the point..but last night I had an experience that left me disturbed. I watched the wonderful PBS documentaryAfricans In America which chronicles the horrors of slavery. I watched the show and I came away proud knowing that a lot of my forefathers and foremothers did not go out like punks. They fought they resisted and they showed some amazing resilience which allowed us as a people to survive. I watched the show and left me with a lot to think about. It was deep..

So afterwards I switched the channel to catch the Chris Rock Show. I think
Chris is funny and I like the fact that he can get political. But last
night I really wanted to peep out the show cause Jay-Z was on and he’s only
done one show here in Northern Cali. He unfortunately came out here during
the height of the East West Coast drama and folks was trying to heat up on
him while he performed.. So I wanted to see how the man with the number one
album in the country would get down..

So Jay-Z hits the stage to perform his hit single ‘Hard Knock Life’ which
uses the chorus from the play ‘Annie’. He’s surrounded by about a dozen
beautiful young brothers and sisters. I’m saying to myself this is cute..
Jay-Z has the kids singing the hook to the song.. He does the song and I
notice that Jay-Z is not using profanity.. So I start to give him props.. I
expect the Chris Rock Show to get raunchy and raw.. I have no problem with
that.. But I was happy Jay-Z showed that respect and didn’t do the unedited
version of his song with all those little kids sitting on stage with him. I
felt he was being responsible. Then it struck like a searing knife..
My admiration quickly subsided and turned to anger when out of Jay-Z’s
mouth came the infamous ‘N’ word.. Over and over again he used word.. He
paid tribute to his ‘Nigga’ Notorious BIG.. He asked all his ‘Niggas’ to
put their hands up.. He gave big shout outs to all his Niggas.. He dropped
the word several more times in the song while all the beautiful kids who
looked like they couldn’t be older then 10 or 11 sat on stage swaying to
the beat of the music.

So here I am watching Jay-Z performing the number one song in the country
right now. He’s doing a clean version of the song while at the same time
letting the word ‘Nigga’ fly left and right. Yes, he used the word ‘nigga’,
the word that white and Asian kids feel comfortable using when referring to
each others and even to us. Not only are folks comfortable but now a lot of
people feel it’s their God given right to use the word Nigga. If you don’t
believe me.. you should check out all the letters I got and view some of
the responses people left on my website’s Hip Hop Message Board. Last week
I put up a set of rules to prevent spamming.. I asked people not to post
any porno pictures and to not do multiple posts. I also suggested to people
that they think twice before using the N word. I wrote that it’s an
offensive term for many people including myself. For many it’s the ultimate
disrespect in which lives were lost and blood was shed. I understand that a
lot of folks use the word as a term of endearment. But you never used the
word in mixed company.. And if you did it was usually placed in a certain
context and laced with political overtones.. i.e Richard Pryor. Well
needless to say I got emails from as far away as New Zealand from angry
folks who did not understand why I was trippin’. Can you imagine that.. I’m
accused of trippin’ for asking people to refrain from using the word
Nigga.

I got emails from white kids who tried to explain that they only use the
word when they’re rappin’ on the mic.. Others explained that they’re ‘down
with hip hop and the streets and their ‘close’ Black friends don’t mind. I
had brothers explain that they use the word ’cause that’s how they talk. ‘I
was raised that way and I ca

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