In honor of DynoWright's birthday this week and coming off seeing Nas: Time Is Illmatic on the big screen at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA last week, here is a rebroadcast of our original episode on Belly.

The 1998 Hype Williams feature film directorial debut starred Nas and DMX.

Original show notes:

Your HHMCs review the 1998 film Belly, starring DMX, Nas, Taral Hicks, T-Boz, and Method Man. We'll answer the question: "Will Tommy and Sincere find their higher calling - or will they remain in the underbelly of crime?" 

Belly on IMDb

Where to Watch: Freevee/Amazon Prime

The 20 best Hype Williams-directed videos (Billboard)

The opening scene (YouTube)

"Murder She Wrote" by Chaka Demus & Pliers (YouTube)

Cutty Ranks (Spotify)

DynoWright's new podcast - Soccer FC: Fandom & Culture

Frank Vincent (IMDB)

AZ (Wikipedia)

Taral Hicks "Silly" (YouTube)

Louie Rankin "the Original Don Dada" (IMDB)

"Gummo" trailer (YouTube)

Nas "It Ain't Hard to Tell (Spotify)

Olu Dara "Sincere" (YouTube)

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