The actor that played the role Sharif did an amazing job. He was very believable. I felt so bad when he got caught at the end.

@heelspawn8023

Жыл бұрын

He was the same actor from Boyz N The Hood, who tried to keep little Ricky's football lol Maybe that could've been Sharif's backstory as a hustler if both universes were intertwined

@bighomie_rick303

Жыл бұрын

@@heelspawn8023 Hmmm 🤔🤔🤔

@retrorapmusic

Жыл бұрын

@@heelspawn8023 holy shit! After so many years lol. Thanks!

@jackjill8129

Жыл бұрын

yeah he did. I think that movie turned out exactly how it was supposed to

@davidjones7513

Жыл бұрын

True dat he was believable 💯

Menace ended up being good regardless of the situation. Classic movie forever.

@Givetheflowers

Жыл бұрын

@@EDmazeing1 shhhhiiiii. Juice was mad wack

@nadecha5326

Жыл бұрын

@@EDmazeing1 both were good fool

@soly5961

Жыл бұрын

@@EDmazeing1 u must be from up north 😅

@desertdetroiter428

Жыл бұрын

@@EDmazeing1 way better than Juice.

@johnwebb2442

Жыл бұрын

Facts.

These MC EIHT interviews are EXTREMELY appreciated! Rest In Power 2PAC. S/O from St.louis

Shoutout to the dude Vonte Sweet who played Sharif, he was also the dude who took Rick's football in Boyz n Da Hood

@truthonly-

Жыл бұрын

Damn tht was him. I was hot he took they football 🏈

@mckenzieutumapu6475

Жыл бұрын

Damn thanx for that. Thought he looked familiar

@southsidecompton9668

Жыл бұрын

Oh shit your right it is him

@datdamnevansboy6535

Жыл бұрын

Facts

Crazy how Mc Eiht really had the best scene throughout the whole movie when they were lurking in the car looking for the dudes and then caught the last one like “you need some help? 🤛🏾

@NoName-od2qj

Жыл бұрын

Lol that nigga thought he was gonna get saved 😂😂😂

@truestdude

Жыл бұрын

@@NoName-od2qj 😅😅😅

@Carmouche741

Жыл бұрын

😂 yo buddy got what he deserved

@istayinpa8222

Жыл бұрын

Hell yea💯

@joesmith-vd4hu

Жыл бұрын

Lol...he was packing a dessert eagle too...

Bring back the 90s

@grapeape7377

Жыл бұрын

I know such a great decade ! The clothes , music , the NBA was awesome then . Great Times r.i.p to the 90s

@mrj3986

Жыл бұрын

Damn i miss the 90s and early 2000s bro ❤️❤️❤️ no social media, you have time to think and to do what ever you want

@Atonement-

Жыл бұрын

Good grief! Bring back ANY of the 90's... even just 1 of them lol

@mikimiki6202

Жыл бұрын

even the 80s was better than now, 1988 was fantastic for hiphop

PAC explained why he wasn’t feeling the role in that Blackwatch interview where he was trolling the interviewer.😂 He said out his own mouth,”Ain’t no such thang as a gang banging muslim I refuse to play roles that don’t exist.”

@johnm994

Жыл бұрын

He was actually butthurt because he wanted to be O Dawg and not some Malcom X type character.

@filthy0819

Жыл бұрын

@@johnm994 the character Sharif wasn't a gang banger and yeah there is such thing as gangbanging Muslims you can tell he's never been in the street

@nbtbigblock

Жыл бұрын

He was just keepin it real I always wanted to kno wat sharif role/life woulda been before the young turned Muslim 😂😂 his role neva made sense

@KouDaDon

Жыл бұрын

@@nbtbigblockWatch Boys In The Hood It’s Really A Sequel To His Role In Menace 2 Society Lls

@sdaoud31

Жыл бұрын

Whole lot of gangbangers turn Muslim in the pen in Cali - especially from South Central, Watts, Compton etc - I met a gang of them locked up - we even hit the masjid when we got out

Sharif and Stacy had the smallest roles in the movie. Pac was an experienced actor by the time 'Menace II Society' came out.

@kingcrave11

Жыл бұрын

im guessin you meant chauncey unless Stacy was the ball player

@aaronsewell5664

Жыл бұрын

Everyone involved with that film said he was an asshole and extremely hard to deal with during the filming. I couldn’t really see him in a movie where he wasn’t the main character. He is too big to play support.

@aaronsewell5664

Жыл бұрын

He chased the fucking directors up the street and then they basically had to pull him off them in court. Classic.

@Blacchogg

Жыл бұрын

@@kingcrave11 He meant right..Stacy was the ball player and Chauncey was pinky lol

@jackjill8129

Жыл бұрын

​@@aaronsewell5664 everyone didn't say that just the Hughes brothers and eiht (who you can tell slick doesn't like Pac)

Sharif gets mocked and clowned throughout that movie. The Hughes brothers made the conscious brother seem corny and the gangsters seem cool af in that movie. So giving that role to Pac was disrespectful. I'm not surprised he didn't want to do it.

@DonJulio1942

Жыл бұрын

The movie was told from Caine’s POV lol

@tonysnow9688

Жыл бұрын

True

@issabey2749

Жыл бұрын

Art imitated life they made the movie real. In every hood they clown and mock the most smart, talented, and normal. I knows guys who got bullied cause his parents were married all his siblings were his real siblings no half brothers or sisters this before the movie so it wasn't a way to hate it was realistic art

@JayBelafonte

Жыл бұрын

@@issabey2749 that is accurate, but Pac did not fit that particular role

@donnydarkoh6411

Жыл бұрын

Menace 2 Society is to Boysz n the Hood as Scarface is to Goodfellas. Obviously neither are on the Level of Good Fellas but Boyz is a much more fleshed out movie

Eiht is on point .. this is exactly what pac said

I wanna see Spice 1 and MC Eiht on the show together

@tre6163

Жыл бұрын

Tha Murda show👍👍👍

@tre6163

Жыл бұрын

If you guys know that song, eiht and spice 1 tha Murda show

@preal9400

Жыл бұрын

@THE MURDA SHOW

@davidblackwell6914

Жыл бұрын

@@tre6163 still play it all the time from spices 187 he wrote his dopest album in my book

@tre6163

Жыл бұрын

@@davidblackwell6914 most definitely. Another dope song is spice 1 and pac x can't turn back. I'm age 26 and it's something about to old school homies that bring the fire out of me especially when I'm on that heavybag

The mistake the Hughes' brothers made was thinking Tupac wouldn't come after them once they dropped him from the movie. Actually Pac waited until the movie was wrapped first then it was on lol

@thesupervisor3270

Жыл бұрын

And they punk asses got him sent to jail for a week

@Oldschoolways168

Жыл бұрын

What did Pac to the Hughes bros.

@gbrazor

Жыл бұрын

😆 😆 yeah that’s funny

@demetriuscollins5470

Жыл бұрын

@@Oldschoolways168 he caught one of em slipping and beat his ass. And some Thug Life niggas beat his ass too

@reginaldwilliams6241

Жыл бұрын

And where is pac now??? 😂

Jada Pinkett wanted to quit the movie after Tupac was fired but he wouldn't let her mess up her bag. She later turned down the role of Delilah in Dead Presidents due to her loyalty to Tupac though. It was because that movie was directed by the Hughes brothers. I wonder how she feels about them making a documentary about Tupac now.

@thesupervisor3270

Жыл бұрын

Are u sure? Because Tupac and Harold was friends and roommates in real life. Tupac actually got him that role and him and Tupac had a fallen out because he didn’t leave after Tupac was fired

@samrindge8042

Жыл бұрын

@@thesupervisor3270 Jada said she didn't want to do the movie anymore after Tupac was fired but he wouldn't let her quit. This was her first movie role and he was the one who helped her get the role.

@donniedollarz4537

Жыл бұрын

I can't believe anything Jada said lol

@samrindge8042

Жыл бұрын

@@donniedollarz4537 Why not? Tupac always spoke positively about her and he said she was one of the people looking out for him while he was imprisoned. Most people who had some sort of friendship with Tupac say Jada was a close friend of his. Also, Lorenz Tate is the one who actually revealed that Jada turned down the role in Dead Presidents.

@Teejaye1100

Жыл бұрын

Who’s making a documentary about 2pac? The Hughes Brothers?

Loving every minute of this interview

Stacy the character of menace II Society was positive too if you think about it

@lochofmceo

Жыл бұрын

He was still banging though

@Black.Nostalgia

Жыл бұрын

Yea but we knew why. He had 2 kids to support and he was trying to get into college to play football. He had goals.

@terrellhubbard

Жыл бұрын

@@Black.Nostalgia Kansas State to play football

@SeanJ2A

Жыл бұрын

Well Kane did say Shariff was the ex "knuckle head" which could mean a few things depending on someone's definition.

C'mon we all know who Pac was supposed to be.....

@edubb1luv100

Жыл бұрын

Caine!!

@Wh4L205

Жыл бұрын

Exactly I ain’t looked at the Hughes bros the same since. Although menace was still good. S/o tyrin turner

@jaykingston9516

Жыл бұрын

Caine because he gon be with Jada....

@JDMHaze

Жыл бұрын

pernel

@JDMHaze

Жыл бұрын

@@jaykingston9516 lmaoo😂😂😂

That makes alot of sence, Pac doing all that acting when he was in school, he knew right away that script was off and something was up 😂

@drummajor9522

Жыл бұрын

Sense

@melvinmelly3420

Жыл бұрын

@Sly Boogy You mean a ballet dancer he's not a female so he can't be a ballerina your calling 2pac a female🤣

@krimsonmack7758

Жыл бұрын

The script was perfect Tupac was off in the head lol music.kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWd506OuhLioqsY.html&feature=share

@WattsUpTez10mm

Жыл бұрын

Here come weirdo white boys trolling black content

@BeatzByJones

Жыл бұрын

@Sly Boogy FACTS! 🩰 Ballerina Pac

If Pac played that role he would have had a big impact on our youth. But his mind was being hard. I wish he was in it so get to see him more on screen.

Now THIS is the content we need to see! We just started a channel sharing real black culture, history, and excellence. Now is our time to build generational wealth! 🙏🏾

Tupac as O Dog would've been crazy.

@wafi9462

Жыл бұрын

Larenz Tate did a pretty good job

@SharkVshore

Жыл бұрын

many don't know but Spice was supposed to play O-Dog but he refused

@raymondrodriguez1494

Жыл бұрын

@@SharkVshore not that spice refused. Spice don't know how to act..

@vincente4570

Жыл бұрын

TRUDAT. But Larenz Tate, god damn. He played the shit outta that role. & u know it. But the Hughes brothers should’ve had a meeting with pac before the movie was even written don’t you think?

Playing the logical and rational person would have had a positive influence rather than playing a emotional and reactive character as Mc Eiht played.

@leodjoneluv

Жыл бұрын

it wasnt that type of movie. it wasnt a teach a nigga a lesson movie. it was a movie about the struggles of black men in the hood in LA, compton, south central

@babyjesus1056

Жыл бұрын

@@leodjoneluv no it wasn’t. Cuz they ain’t show any of that. All the movie did was glorify killing 😂😂😂 nobody gaf abt anything else in that movie. With jada pinkett and Caine little storyline being cared for a little

@quanbrooklynkid7776

Жыл бұрын

@@babyjesus1056 yea

@melvinmorgan4847

Жыл бұрын

@@babyjesus1056 mmm idk you gotta watch the movie like really watch it instead of just looking at it you know and I mean no disrespect but the film literally has a message each storyline even jada and Cain

@babyjesus1056

Жыл бұрын

@@melvinmorgan4847 nah bro. Boyz in the hood is by far more complete in every aspect. Menace is only looked as cool due to the killing and glorifying the gangster life. Nobody gives a fuck about anything else in that movie like I said earlier. Every movie has messages.

Wow, I had no idea Pac was supposed to play Sharif. Either way Menace II Society ended up being a classic.

@space_dogg

Жыл бұрын

Menace to Society was translated and dubbed into 50+ languages because the narrative is something everyone can relate to, japan, africa, europe...

@rayfromdabay3735

Жыл бұрын

That's because you're a kid

@rayfromdabay3735

Жыл бұрын

@@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862 you wrong😂😂

@space_dogg

Жыл бұрын

@@rayfromdabay3735actually it's the opposite...you're a kid if you know everything, and can google everything. If you're old school and you were a menace when menace came out you have no idea. As if that shit was in the newspaper or something. These stories came out 2015-2022

@dwaynehaddock2054

Жыл бұрын

Bro it’s a lot of movies he was suppose 2be in, tv shows too, seen an interview where they wanted him in NY undercover

This was the first time in all these years I heard Tupac part of the story and all these people been saying how much they loved him, that’s crazy

This would have made Pac a more versatile actor. It's good to switch it up. i.e. Denzel in Training Day.

Offering that small role to Pac was an insult. They used his involvement as a way to get the movie financed and you offer him that role.

@TheNadroj10

Жыл бұрын

That was some lame shit

@michaelswearingen4596

Жыл бұрын

Too short had a smaller role n Eiht had a small role, so why pac couldn't take the role?

@jay07261986

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelswearingen4596 Pac had a wayyy larger ego than eiht n 2 short...

@michaelswearingen4596

Жыл бұрын

@@jay07261986 exactly, based on what With said, that's probably why they gave him a small role

@jackjill8129

Жыл бұрын

​@@jay07261986 lol or Pac was proven to be a boxoffice success as a main character already...... this was eiht and shorts first movie. big rappers but at the time unproven actors.

Rest up to the GOAT PAC, nobody did it better an never will.

@JeffWarren47

Жыл бұрын

Shoulda came to the wax boy,he coulda done it much better.

@Pablo-bl2le

Жыл бұрын

@@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862 bruh just tell us pac your crush 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@JeffWarren47

Жыл бұрын

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@seanjean6738

Жыл бұрын

@@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862 All clowns don’t wear face paint. That’s the only thing you proved just now 🤡

@DaMusicMane1

Жыл бұрын

@@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862 you're the last one who should be talking Bro...

Art of dialogue is winnin! ... you listenin bruh. I been here studying as well. Thank you for real Dope work family 🙏🏽

The actor that played Sharif's father (Sharif) explained in the movie the process of how Sharif changed ...."You know Sharif use to get into all types of @#$%...if Allah can make a better man than Jesus can..." I don't think the issue with 2Pac was about the character. I think he wanted more screen time and he wanted to Hughes brother to shed more detail in the script which would be beneficial to his acting career because he would be more visible in the film. After being one of the main guys in Juice, he didn't want to take a smaller role.

@Bless_301

Жыл бұрын

The Hughes brothers could’ve added that part after 2pac made such a big deal

@Jumpaz416

Жыл бұрын

@@Bless_301 the could have but they probably didn't want to work with him. 2Pac has one of those bigger than life personalities. It's either you love it or hate it. I think that hated it but tried to ride it out because of the studio executives

@Bless_301

Жыл бұрын

@@Jumpaz416 facts

@aw8119

Жыл бұрын

I agree with everything that you said, especially your last sentence.

@showmestatefinest5412

Жыл бұрын

@@Bless_301 I wouldnt have added nothing for Pac cry?baby ass. He let that juice role go to his head.

Pac was also supposed to act in Higher Learning.

@mbreland25

Жыл бұрын

Baby boy script was made for him, and I believe he was casted for idenpendnt day

@asadadon

Жыл бұрын

Pac was supposed to play Mace Windu too.

@awuahcurtis

Жыл бұрын

@@asadadon yeah and Simon Phoenix

@tristinhall1275

Жыл бұрын

Tupac was supposed to be in rush hour instead of Chris Tucker 🤣🤣

@520ghost2

Жыл бұрын

@@mbreland25 Yeah those are facts also!

Pac would killed that role!! Classic movie!

@shawny6178

Жыл бұрын

Definitely would've It would have shown his range opening up way more doors

@TheNumeroUno

Жыл бұрын

@@shawny6178 for sure!

@lochofmceo

Жыл бұрын

He wasn't in the movie a lot though

@khalilm1567

Жыл бұрын

Him and the dad character (Charles S. Dutton) would have had some powerful scenes together

@lekvukdedaj

Жыл бұрын

@@shawny6178 he knew he. Was being. Played and used. They prolly just added sharif in the script cause they needed pac in the movie. Pac also didn’t understand playing a Muslim gangbanger, according to napoleon, cause he said that doesn’t exist

I think Pac was conscious of his reach and career path at that time. His plan to reach the ghettos was already in swing. We saw Pac go from heartfelt 'Keep Your Head Up' to later switching it up to the gangster street shit. In that moment, it was important to him for the movie to reflect the narrative he was trying to put out.

Pac is my favorite rapper. Hands down but Menace is still a classic without Pac.

Vonte Sweet killed the Sharriff role, Perfect film, greatest Hood film ever

@sleepydank8330

Жыл бұрын

Juice was better

@klutchet23

Жыл бұрын

@@sleepydank8330 it wasn’t

@sleepydank8330

Жыл бұрын

@@klutchet23 it was cos pac was in it

@lexbogie1

Жыл бұрын

Paid in full?

@sleepydank8330

Жыл бұрын

@@lexbogie1 in too deep

Pac could of taken that role added layers to his character, and killed it. He was young though, so I understand.

@montezburton1911

Жыл бұрын

Great pov

I don't think the Sharif character would've been a stretch for Pac. He could've went into his aggressive _conscious mode_ - the one we've seen in many interviews when he is speaking about the Black experience. Then, he could've came out with a whole separate movie detailing how Sharif came up. There could've been _many_ branches leading up to the original movie or branching out from it. Pac had pull like that.

@Laronsmith6949

Жыл бұрын

Like how you put it but nah they had intentions for pac

@jackjill8129

Жыл бұрын

according to a couple people the original reason they got they movie deal was on the strength of saying Pac was gonna be in the movie. they didn't really want him there they just felt like they needed him at the time from my point of view. but once they got the ball rolling the exed him out the picture, you know the story after that lol

@TA-ht4jo

Жыл бұрын

Pac started his career as the conscious cat so why was it a problem for him playing the role of Shareef?

@Oldschoolways168

Жыл бұрын

That's what I said. This role would not have been a big stretch for him. He could have went back to his "White manz world" days. Which is one of his better songs. I believe he would have done great as Sharif.

@spenser6353

Жыл бұрын

Actors gotta play different roles. That’s called showing range. I don’t understand why Pac had a problem playing a righteous dude

been waiting for Eights insight... thank you Art!

The Hughes Brothers must be stopped… Their legacy has been defiled as Pac haters and nothing more for all times!

@twocents6951

Жыл бұрын

The Hughes Brothers also did Dead Presidents and Book Of Eli. Great films. Some people just don’t get along. I can’t takes sides in beef with people I don’t know.

@ruthwayne8320

Жыл бұрын

Name another movie that they ever done don't worry I'll wait......😏

@ruthwayne8320

Жыл бұрын

@@twocents6951 okay since you name movies they've done first of all Dead Presidents didn't make no sense because why didn't do just Rob the pimp instead of the bank didn't make no sense, now book of Eli speaks for itself Denzel carried that movie CGI was the supporting cast😏

@clarencegboddicker8144

Жыл бұрын

@@ruthwayne8320 they made “From Hell” with Johnny Depp. Very good movie

@damasgus5434

Жыл бұрын

So pac talks all thus Rightouess shit do the right thing when he was alive talking black empowerment yet he doesn't wanna play the straight and narrow character typical egotistical human that's why he died because his ego got the best of him typical famous person expects everything to go his way

Can you even imagine how even more successful that would've been to have 2Pac in Menace ll Society

@chrisdillon2839

Жыл бұрын

It would have only been better if Tupac played Kane, O-Dog was brilliant played by Larenze Tate

@paulray494

Жыл бұрын

@Sly Boogy 😂 and agreed

@cartersports1

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisdillon2839 yup

@paymyself1st430

Жыл бұрын

I like the idea of Pac being in that movie woulda been epic but now it makes me like him more that he wouldn’t tolerate the slight..he was smart enuff to know how that would have tainted his rap career..

@k_a_6291

Жыл бұрын

@@paymyself1st430 Tupac's rap career tainted him. Had he played Sharif, he woulda killed it. All of the actors played their roles as planned. The Hughes Brothers are brilliant for that. They touched on several important issues in that movie. 🤎🤎🤎

I’m not calling him a liar but I don’t think I believe that’s the reason he was upset. He pretty much played a guy on the straight and narrow in Poetic Justice.

@squireboi318

Жыл бұрын

Totally different type of movie ma’am, Poetic Justice wasn’t no shoot ‘em up, bang, bang movie!

@techniteazyceomaynardmorga5608

Жыл бұрын

I can believe it because of the type of movie it was. It would make him look like a square/sucka. As a young Alpha male your reputation/image is everything to you.

@Thiiink

Жыл бұрын

he built up to that... pac on menace sheshhh

@kweli05

Жыл бұрын

8 said the same thing years ago on Vlad or This is 50 or something. I believe him.

@michellebyrd9017

Жыл бұрын

Pac knew the only reason why production was giving the Hughes brother the money to do the movie was a condition of 2 pac had to play in the movie because of his popularity at the time the big wigs felt they would capitalize off him.

I bet Pac really wanted the role of Caine just so he could have that love scene with Jada 🤣

This interview is incredible 🔥

@doctordef324

Жыл бұрын

Incredible!!!😳? The same interview, topic of discussion was done 10 years ago, by these same 2 neggas!!!😆😆

I think that was a fair request from Tupac. I think the role of the director, is to sit down with the crew,and explain the purpose of the movie, and it's subsequent impact on the society. Moreover, explaining the different roles of characters, and why? Tupac knew all of that so...that's it.

@zeelive2411

Жыл бұрын

Esp since the Pink elephant in the room was this entire project is being pushed bc of (Tupac’s) presence. They definitely owed him more than a reduced unexplained role

@marthywrenjr3883

Жыл бұрын

Exactly cause they could have given a quick flash back scene when sherif stayed with Kane cousin. They could have shown a quick flash back scene showing why and then coming back to when wax said fuck that we out

@zregory

Жыл бұрын

Tupac didn't want to protray a conscious man when he was 21. By 25 he was cool portraying a cop and heroin addict.......

@navsingh8876

Жыл бұрын

@@zregory wasn’t he around his 20’s when he made Brenda’s got a baby ?

@desertdetroiter428

Жыл бұрын

Pac wasn’t established enough to tell the Hughes Boys what to do.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHANNEL THE 2PAC STORY BE GOOD💪🔥

this is tha most thorough you've explained Pac's roll, @McEiht ... 👏🏿

Whats funny is that hes saying what pac was trying to say in his rap "only a few love me" which is soo true everyone wanted to just bank off of pac but didnt wanna deal with the brains behind the money maker.

@thecerebralassassin661

Жыл бұрын

That's called a snake 🐍 and using folks A person that acts like that Will never prosper In the end they get got

@melekhemyisriyl6724

Жыл бұрын

Just like Kanye West

McEiht spent 4 minutes on why he think they gave Pac that role on purpose, and Art follow up question is "so do you think they gave Pac that role on purpose" , I swear Art asks some dumb questions in his interviews.

@athirdwhy9734

Жыл бұрын

He added personally. Different question.

@eyeseezombies9574

Жыл бұрын

@@athirdwhy9734 the "person" being interviewed was giving his "personal" take on the matter, so what are you talking about?

@jussamaru4153

Жыл бұрын

Remember Tupac was different before Juice . The Tats came after

@mynameismyname3436

Жыл бұрын

@@jussamaru4153 pac definitely already had tatts on juice just not as many that’s a reach fam

@fredbjamz4956

Жыл бұрын

Eight told Art what happened and Art then asked how Eight personally felt about it

Understandable. Great video. Tupac had a good point in explaining the Sharif Character.

I'm late when it comes to MC 8 interviews on this channel. Being from LA myself, & how he paints a picture thru his articulation, is awesome, & accurate. I'm gonna look for more of his interviews. 👌🏽

Pac should have used his own imagination to create a background on Sharif then make that role stand out.

@deman19901

Жыл бұрын

That's what great actors do

@JayBelafonte

Жыл бұрын

He wanted to do that, but they refused to expand the role.

@JaeThaGemini

Жыл бұрын

THATS WHAT HE WAS TRYNA DO!

@JJEHUTYY

Жыл бұрын

That's what he was doing Duh

@deman19901

Жыл бұрын

@@JJEHUTYY He was too busy being reckless

If PAC woulda just did the role and brought a his own charm we would be sitting here talking about his diverse acting range when we speak on his legacy….kinda a shame it didn’t happen

@suave_d

Жыл бұрын

I definitely agree with this assessment. This makes me think about Denzel Washington. For most of his acting career, he portrayed a clean, straight and narrow, good-guy image -- but when he dropped Training Day, it was notably different from the roles I was used to seeing. But he played the role so well that it made me like him even more. He played his character so well that I didn't even want him to die (even though, he deserved it). It simply added to his legacy of his entertainment value and versatility. Now, I find myself thinking that Training Day might be my favorite movie featuring him (even though, he made many other great films).

@sleepydank8330

Жыл бұрын

His diverse activities b rang was seen in poetic justice much better movie he played a honourable man

@suave_d

Жыл бұрын

@@sleepydank8330 understood. But in a movie like Menace II Society, he could have possibly made an even greater impact because many of the main characters portrayed themselves as violent, misguided, and didn't gaf -- Pac could have been the guy who brought sanity, a sense of direction, and morality to the situation and with his charisma that he could have injected into his role, he could have possibly endeared a lot more observers. I understand that Pac wanted to add a backstory to his potential character, but I also think he was being difficult to work with. While I agree that he demonstrated a relatively "good guy" imagine in Poetic Justice, I think that he could have had a greater impact in Menace II Society.

@deshawnwords5204

Жыл бұрын

Only thing is shareef role wasn’t a lot of screen time he didn’t have many lines that’s the thing that’s all but I feel you . Understand pac would have took the role of shareef was in the film more . PAC not taking the role was more impactful than the shareef role. He killed poetic justice, above the rim ,bullet ,gridlock, gang related, and of course juice role and cameo in movie nothing but trouble with digital underground

@sleepydank8330

Жыл бұрын

@@suave_d yes but pac questioned the fact that the character of shiereef was a Muslim, who was hanging out with gangsters who had guns and smoked, sold drugs drank ect ect, pac understood a real Muslim wouldn’t be within those environments and that’s Muslim gangster didn’t exist, he played and potrayed an authentic hard working young man looking after in poetic justice, he didn’t need to portray this in menace the character can be seen as being contradictory for his hanging out with non Muslim gangsters .

Nice interview

Yo..he funny!🤣, while keeping it gangsta!!💪💪 Love you bro❤❤💯

Funny thing is that Pac came into the rap game as more of a Sharif type persona (2pacalypse Now). A brotha spittin knowledge, but connected to the streets. I mean the dude started as a dancer for Digital Underground. The hard core/gangsta persona came after Juice. Dude should have took the role, killed it and kept it moving to the next project.

I dont think Pac did that cause he wanted to play the gangsta role ..from juice to poetic justice …it was totally diferent character …when he ask why the character turn this way i think for him he needed that to feed into the role my P.O.V

@squireboi318

Жыл бұрын

Y’all stop bringing up Poetic Justice, do u dumb niggaz realize that was a totally different type of movie. It wasn’t no shoot ‘em up, bang, bang type of film, so of course Pac was fine with that role! Smdh!

@montezburton1911

Жыл бұрын

Bro y’all crack me up first hand view first your opinion 😂😂😂😂😂

Tupac wanted to play the Leading actor.

@michellewills426

Жыл бұрын

Yes pac really wanted to play odog lol but larenz literally embodied odog. Pac would have been good as sharif too , the dear mama/ Brenda got a baby Pac, not the to live and die in LA death row Pac. I love how 8 explain it. He’s still so hard in his Compton dialect. Rip Pac!

Great commentary

That Shariff role was wack as hell, can`t blame Pac for turning it down.The guy that played Shariff never became a star because he never got a role that would elevate his acting career. But at the same time Pac should have just walked out and just charge it to the game, assaulting one of Hughes brothers was uncalled for.

@montezburton1911

Жыл бұрын

That’s on the actor bro

@sweet34887

Жыл бұрын

You don't have to become a STAR when you are Born one....Vonte Sweet was Hot in Hollywood way before any of em...do ya research lol. Mofo

I think Larenz Tate in that movie to me was the best character role he ever played for me. I think that pac wanted that role a little bit more than Larenz. I would’ve been good with either of them playing Kane’s best friend. The Hughes brothers could’ve did something creative with the hottest act in that time period. So they dropped the ball on that one.

The bruh who played Sharif, is Vonte Sweet! He "rolled" in several movies, Traffic,The walking dead, predator,and an Oprah Winfrey joint

The guy who played Sharif, Also played the gangster from BoyzInTheHood, who said "hey man give them lil niggas they ball back". 💪🏾

@courtneyross7879

Жыл бұрын

Wrong dude, my man. The guy who played Sharif is the same burnt shaved bird lookin’ nigga that convinced Ricky to throw him the football. He also punched Dough Boy in his fat belly when DB tried to take it back. That big nigga wearing the durag told ‘shaved bird’ to “…give tha ‘lil nigga his ball back.”.

I was a STR🎱 up menace 2 the Hughes brother’s ~Makaveli~

I don’t understand how you go from Bishop to Shareef 😂wtf

@zxcccccc1

Жыл бұрын

It's called range.

Imagine if Pac played Sharif, That could have been epic!! Pac is very influential dude, the impact would've been very serious cuz Of his following!! We would have appreciated his role, which consequently would have changed the way people viewed him & his work... B. Taylor

SALUTE 8👑💙✊🏾🎤💯R.I.P. 2PAC 4LIFE👑🌹🙏👼💙✊🏾🎤💯

Sharif part really was just the square. If they woulda made sharif character more personable pac wouldn’t have had a problem with it.

@HeavyMental1000

Жыл бұрын

Sharif's father played by Charles S. Dutton, revealed some of Sharif's back story during the school meeting scene.

@JayBelafonte

Жыл бұрын

@@HeavyMental1000 he really gave no details of anything that happened in his life. It was literally one sentence. They should have actually shown us a flash back or something.

@HeavyMental1000

Жыл бұрын

@@JayBelafonte Why do all that for a side character? Sharif actually got more back story than O-Dog who has about 90% more screen time. And what about the A-Wax? The audience is smart enough to understand the crux of the character without an unnecessary flashback. This was more about Tupac's ego. He was Tupac for god's sake. He could have just turned the part down and jumped on a different movie if he wanted to.

@drummajor9522

Жыл бұрын

@@HeavyMental1000 I Agree

@JayBelafonte

Жыл бұрын

@@HeavyMental1000 that’s the entire point why Pac was not a fit for that role. Although having background on some of them would have expanded the movie the same way as “Boyz in the Hood”. That way when they died it would have been more emotional.

Maybe the Hughes Brothers had a different vision with Pac...his last name Shakur holds a lot of weight. He could have flipped that, and made it work for him. the best actors have a wide range of roles they play. Maybe if Pac killed that role, it would have been another one under his belt. Just a 🤔💭

@krimsonmack7758

Жыл бұрын

His last name is crooks. music.kzread.info/dash/bejne/jG13kqimY6jLmc4.html&feature=share

Tupac thinking like that wasn’t going to do anything but get him typecasted and that’s not good..U gotta expand your brand💯🤷🏾‍♂️🤔

Heavy Gratitude for sharing. Ps I didnt know Pac looked out for the Hughes Brothers. Pps Dead Presidents is one the best movies, ever. Ppps Pac did a great job in Gridlock 'd.

I think the Hughes Bros didn't want Pac to get credit for the success of that film.

@BIG-7777

Жыл бұрын

And it worked out for the best cause it was better with the lesser known actors cause it looked more believable with them pac would have commanded the film so him not being in it it let it breath more easier

@columbusohio72

Жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure only dummies like you think like THAT

Pac wanted to play a thug I’m surprised that someone that grew up on panther knowledge wouldn’t want to play the positive black male character

@GoGetYourShinebox

Жыл бұрын

Because that character wasn't really in the movie too much and also Tupac felt there wasn't enough reasoning to why that character changed into the positive guy

Listening to Eight connects with me coming from Miami. He real with it. #ZOE

Could of sworn back in "Rap Pages" magazine I read it was said he was supposed to have MC Eiht role not Sharif

Tupac played a post office boy and he was happy with that

@raymondrodriguez1494

Жыл бұрын

Cuz Janet Jackson bro..that was only reason he took the role.lol

That's the mentality that got Pac killed. Shariff's character did get explained in the scene at the party when he was trying to stop Kane from getting a beer. Pac, God rest his soul, wasn't a street dude like his records suggested he was. He wanted to rep that life too hard and it brought him in contact with dudes who were REALLY about that life and it cost him his life. He was too brilliant for that.

@phenomenon5490

Жыл бұрын

This is the realist comment in this whole thread 💯

@williewest2998

Жыл бұрын

He shot two white guys, who turned out to be cops, who were abusing a black person! That’s more gangsta than ANYTHING the real so called gangstas do!!!😊

@masoodb2464

Жыл бұрын

100%

@BIGGDUDE42

Жыл бұрын

Most rappers don't live the life they rap about... It's just entertainment, just like Dre said.

@phenomenon5490

Жыл бұрын

@@BIGGDUDE42 That’s true 💯. And everything we speak has a consequence, good or bad.

the legend keeps talk! ♡♡♤♤♡ .

Big up to these interviews. A day doesn’t go by that Straight up Menace doesn’t play on my iPod when I’m driving to and from work. But… Ya man uses air quotes “a lot”.

The huge brothers knew what they where doing tryna play 2pac out to be the square when they knew he was doing the gangsta roles making a character that made no sense fing lames that's why 2pac handled them plus pac played the roles beyond gangsta in other movies he was amazing in so that did none to his career but made him bigger.

@k1ngtchalla567

Жыл бұрын

Ft

@calebjakande4294

Жыл бұрын

He would have played the square if it was a leading role. The problem is he didn’t want a small role in the film like Eiht had.

The problem was Tupac found out he was kicked from the movie when he read about it in the newspaper, they didnt even tell him to his face. Those guys were cowards and snakes.

@PPHDocumentaries

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but Pac was a thug, if they told Pac to his Face that he was getting the Timberland boot, Pac would have probably beat the light skin off of them. The Hughes Bros aint about that life, so they wanted to avoid a physical confrontation.

@tristinhall1275

Жыл бұрын

That don't mean you go beating people up only in the hip hop world does that make perfect sense. That just means there's no Business Like show Business. That's how it is I don't know why when it comes to black people they think that things should be different. It's Hollywood shut up. Tupac is dead for a good reason.

@onajiranac7237

Жыл бұрын

@@tristinhall1275 I didnt say anything about that though

@tristinhall1275

Жыл бұрын

@@onajiranac7237 you just said they were cowards and snakes because they kicked Tupac from the movie but didn't tell him to his face. Why do you feel like it should be handled differently because it was Tupac or black actor? When this happens in white Hollywood all day everyday. Once again Hollywood is Hollywood show Business show Business but at the end of the day Tupac had no right to be put in his hands on anybody and needed to calm his goofy ass down. Hence why he's no longer here.

@onajiranac7237

Жыл бұрын

@@tristinhall1275 I commented their actions not actions of Tupac. I said the problem in this incident was how they handled it and it was very poorly. Since Tupac put them on the scene by letting them direct videos for his songs they could atleast tell him he is off the movie directly, I think he deserved that atleast. I never mentioned nor defended Tupac's actions after they kicked him off.

This was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

And to see your humbleness now bro i love that, you still that nigga bro but not on that bullshit, love you man, u was my hero back then and hearing and seeing you come up, is great legend

We finally get the entire story surrounding this incident… I see why Pac was pissed at the Hughes brothers… they low key did him dirty…

@JDMHaze

Жыл бұрын

he explained this years ago on vladtv lol

@derrickhoward1543

Жыл бұрын

Pac already explained the full story himself

@mr.hester5671

Жыл бұрын

@@derrickhoward1543 I haven’t seen that interview… I only remember him coming out of court

@mr.hester5671

Жыл бұрын

@@JDMHaze who explained it?

@derrickhoward1543

Жыл бұрын

@@mr.hester5671 Skip to 34:30 kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4CV09ttd6TIhdo.html

Hughes bros some busters, I’m glad PAC flashed on them.

Eight is a straight shooter. Salute

The actor who played Sharif was also in Boyz N The Hood. He refused to give young Ricky his football.

Pac already said exactly how he felt about this.

@vexotimmer2675

Жыл бұрын

Yup, in an interview back in 1993, eating pizza with Richie Rich sitting right next to him. One of the best and most entertaining interviews ever.

@derrickhoward1543

Жыл бұрын

@@vexotimmer2675 Facts

So they hired him for the film for his name clout? But also didn't really want him in the same film. So underhandedly got him fired because they didn't wanna work with him....he got pissed off? Sounds about right

Shariff was a ex knucklehead turned Muslim, he was so happy to be learning something he like, he kept coming at us with it, he thought ali could save black people, Yeah Rite! That would of been pac explained right there!

As many times as I’ve heard about how dis went dwn, I nvr had anyone break it dwn from an artistic perspective. And it makes perfect sense

My best movie of all time in the 90s. Hands down and Eith played the hell out of that role. Epic. I'm glad I got to live and see the 90s. Their was nothing like the 90s. Facts. Rest Up 🐐. Yes Sirrr 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

@vincente4570

Жыл бұрын

He did😎

Kane: “Dog, you strapped?” Dog: “You knooooow it!” 😂😂😂

Who else feels like seeing that movie again after watching this interview?...am seeing it today..haha

LongLive Tupac 🙏🏾

2pac felt as if everything was a set up

@deman19901

Жыл бұрын

Pac was bipolar and delusional. That;s why he's no longer here.

@christhompson1897

Жыл бұрын

@@deman19901 shut your goofy ass up. You must didn't grow up in hood

Rest in peace Tupac condolence to the family your soul live on greatest of all time

it still became ah hood Classic...

Of course I'll take his word he was there and also a cast member and on top of that genuine with his delivery of it

From what I have been told Pac was professional what this dude talking about he lucky he was in it and I haven’t seen him in nothing else

@tirellv4938

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣mc eiht is a westcoast legend hes not just some average joe regardless if he was never on pac level. Plus he really came from that life. You need to do more reaearch on him and his history. Theres also plenty lf interviews of him on different channels.

@ms.toshia_love9847

Жыл бұрын

@@tirellv4938 ion need to do nothing I know who he is and I’m not impressed never was trust me I grew in that era I said what I said I don’t care about no banging killing niggas over a color over a street which they don’t own he just speculating why the brothers did what they did we all know who Pac was suppose to play but larez killed that role now enjoy your night

Rest in peace Tupac condolence to the family your soul live on

This is an old story. Eiht been told it. But, it was a good thing it went down like that. The movie is a classic that saved a lot of boring days before the internet.

The role of Shareef in this movie was straight up stoopid cause ain't nobody in any hood could hang with any of the other characters without putting in some type of work.