Shownotes
You Got Served had phenomenal dance scenes, but don't sleep on the soundtrack! It's a veritable who's who from hip hop in the 2000s, led by B2K. These tracks still hit hard and we tell you our favorites here.
Topics discussed:
🎤 A hip hop soundtrack masterclass
🎬 This film's influence on the mainstream
👑 Major figures in hip hop and dance in this film
Also check out:
Our original, full-length episode on You Got Served!
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Today we're discussing the 2004 hip
hop dance battle movie, You Got Served.
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:The soundtrack is a hip hop masterclass.
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:There was just a lot of great music
throughout, which really kept the energy
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:flowing
Yeah.
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:The actual soundtrack itself,
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:there was a lot of B2K on the soundtrack.
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:There's some songs by Marques Houston.
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:There's a song by him
who started in the movie as well
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:as Elgin and ATL, MOP,
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:they have some tracks on here as well.
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:None of those songs are super big hits,
but some of the bigger hits
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:are seen in the score
and some of the big dance battles.
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:If you want to talk about those, Boogie.
Yeah, absolutely.
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:So like, I like to equate the soundtrack
to a B2K mixtape.
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:I mean, it was basically all four members of
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:B2K were in the movie,
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:Omarion, Raz-B, Lil Fizz and J.Boog,
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:all B2K members,
all showcasing their dance skills.
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:And of course they loaded the soundtrack
and dominated it with eight out of 14
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:tracks were all them. One of my favorite songs
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:by them is actually on the soundtrack,
Take It To The Floor.
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:Track three is my joint, I love that song.
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:But there's some notable songs
that appeared
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:in the movie score
but did not appear on the soundtrack.
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:And one of them
is one of my favorite songs.
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:And it's actually the song
that plays in the beginning of the movie,
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:Drop by Timbaland, Magoo
and Fat Man Scoop.
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:When that song comes
on, I go absolutely nuts.
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:Then you have Stand Up
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:by Ludacris and Shawna, Uh-huh
by Method Man.
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:One of my favorite songs from Freeway and
Peedi Crakk, Flipside, I love that song.
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:You got Heaven, yes. Yes,
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:Still hard.
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:Yes, I could literally put that song on
right now in any club,
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:bar, lounge, in Newark
and the crowd will go nuts to it.
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:Absolutely guaranteed, period.
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:Heaven by Nas and Julie
Black is a good song.
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:Of course we have
the classic, The Choice Is Yours.
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:Hip hop classic anthem.
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:Not even hip hop anthem.
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:Mainstream anthem.
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:You can put that song in any bar, period.
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:People will go nuts to it.
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:By Black Sheep
of the Backpackers in the...
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:Native Tongues yes.
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:And then you got Get It On The Floor
by DMX and Swizz Beats.
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:And then you got Time 4 Sum Aksion
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:Mm-hmm.
by my man, Redman
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:from the Brick City.
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:And then the song that defined
the final dance battle of the movie,
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:Pump It Up by Jersey City's own
Joe Budden.
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:Not on the soundtrack,
but all of those songs right there,
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:you could put them on in addition to
the songs that appeared on the soundtrack.
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:You could get a party jumping instantly.
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:There's also a non-hip hop song on
that soundtrack that I actually do
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:wanna give a shout out to
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:because it's very,
very important to the culture.
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:The song, Summer Madness
by Kool & The Gang.
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:And if you don't know this song,
you need to know this song.
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:Google it, listen to it.
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:Absolutely, as Dyno is saying,
If you've never heard this,
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:if you don't know this song,
you've definitely heard this song
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:because it was sampled in a classic
hip hop song.
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:Actually, it's a classic mainstream song.
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:Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh
Prince, the ultimate summer anthem.
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:So yes. You've heard this song,
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:even if you don't know this song,
you've heard this song.
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:Yeah. You don't know this song,
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:go listen to the original, mellow
out to it.
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:us in the summertime.
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:This is some of the other ones.
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:And yeah, I'm gonna go out in the rain
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:and do it for Lil Saint.
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:Everything I do now is for Lil Saint.
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:Absolutely for Lil Saint
Well, Little Saint,
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:RIP Little Saint.
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:Great breakdown, by the way, Boogie.
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:I love your passion for those musics.
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:I was loving those hip hop tracks,
especially
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:the mainstream ones that know and love.
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:But also Time 4 Sum Aksion.
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:I always think of the Mike Tyson
walk-in song.
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:The Redman.
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:Yeah, that takes me back there.
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:his prime.
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:Hip hop's influence on the film is real.
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:So You Got Served as a pivotal moment
where hip hop influenced
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:not only the music,
but also Hollywood storytelling.
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:So the choreography, the fashion,
the swagger, it showcased all that
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:and the portrayal of youth culture,
competition, artistry.
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:I mean, the fact that have Lil Kim
in this movie
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:and part of the prize in addition to
the $50,000 was,
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:your crew is going to be in
Lil Kim's music video. So she is
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:there as a part hostess of this event,
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:along with LaLa, Carmelo's ex, Carmelo
Anthony's ex.
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:Yeah, it's all out there.
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:And you see a lot of influence
in the stylings of
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:these dancers become mainstream
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:all over these music videos of that era.
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:And then in movies,
these shows we mentioned, et cetera.
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:So hip hop influences is real.
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:Yeah, cause at the time
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:Lala was MTV's host on Total Request
Live at the time.
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:Like she was making her way
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:and becoming big on MTV’s circuit.
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:And then, you know,
they snagged her on her ascent
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:and put her in this film
because she was hot at that moment.
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:And like you mentioned Lil' Kim,
you know, the queen bee,
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:Biggie's ace in the hole,
she rolled with Bad Boy, like hardcore.
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:And she also appears on a soundtrack on
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:Do That Thing alongside
B2K track number two.
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:And a lot of people don't recognize
the guy who was
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:the host of the dance battle
at the end, Wade Robson.
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:He actually is a world
renowned choreographer.
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:And he's actually worked
with those big name acts
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:that he mentions in the film,
along with some others.
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:This movie definitely was bringing it to the mainstream.
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:And you could see that
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:the higher
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:execs in the film industry
saw it as something special in hip hop.
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:I watched the actual DVD.
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:was like, hey,
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:let's get this snapshot out there
and then see where we can run with it.
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:Like you said, it's not necessarily
the cinematic triumph,
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:but like I said, it's my guilty pleasure.
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:I watch it all the time.
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:I know the words to the movie.
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:I've seen it so many times.
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:I have the DVD right here.
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:Yeah. He's got the DVD.
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:He's holding it right up.
Like I have proof.
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:Like I have proof that I own this movie.
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:You know, you know,
like we decided to review the movie.
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:was like, shoot,
I haven't watched the DVD in so long.
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:I re hooked up the DVD player and watched
the DVD on the Blu-ray player.
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:Yes, absolutely.
I didn't, I didn't stream it.
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:didn't pay extra to stream it.
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:I watched the actual DVD!
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:All right.
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:Let's give our ratings on this one for
You Got Served. Boogie, for You Got Served.
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:Would you bring that funky flick back
or leave it in the vault?
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:Would you bring that funky flick back
or leave it in the vault?
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:I'ma bring that funky flick back.
Okay, Dyno Wright,
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:Bring that funky flick back
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:or leave it in the vault. DynoWright
(:
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:It's not really that great of a
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:movie, of a film,
but these dance scenes are fantastic.
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:And yeah, just skip past the plot parts.
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:Don't worry about the plot parts so much.
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:Let's get to the dance parts.
Yeah, I've actually
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:done it before.
Not really missing that much.
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:It was just like an overheated
after school special for me.
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:But boy, these dance moves
and I love seeing the old NBA jerseys.
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:That was fun to watch.
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:Take me back to that time of flip phones.
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:Yeah, so for that, all just for that,
I'm gonna bring that funky flick
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:back. Yeah. Ooh,
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:you see that split Iverson jersey,
half black, half white.
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:I was loving that one,
that Rico and Lil' Saint had.
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:I was like, I think I need one of those.
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:to my vote,
I will also bring this funky flick back.
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:I really enjoyed the dance scenes
and the hip hop.
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:And that alone makes it worthwhile.
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:So bring that
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:funky flick back, it's unanimous.
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:Hip Hop Movie Club is produced by your HHMC's
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