![]() And John Singleton's epochal coming-of-age drama Boyz n The Hood was one of the first to use the approach. This was especially true of Black films as "urban cinema" became trendy and Hollywood realized that marrying urban movies to urban music could yield big dollars. But the 1990s saw what seemed like an endless wave of movie soundtracks that both amplified the movies themselves and burned the soundtrack into our collective consciousness. That's no diss to artistic triumphs like Curtis Mayfield's Superfly or Prince's Purple Rain and with full recognition of the impact of A Hard Day's Night, Grease and Saturday Night Fever. ![]() The 1990s were the golden age of the movie soundtrack. In celebration of the film, we're dedicating an entire week to aspects ofBoyz. John Singleton's magnum opus, Boyz n the Hood, celebrates its 30th anniversary this week.
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