Review of King of New York (1990) by Gordon T — 27 Oct 2010

100%.

Ooooooooohhhhhh ssssssshhhhiiiitttt:

KING OF NEW YORK is DA BOMB STRAIGHT-UP!!!!!!

The main-titles' lyrics say EXACTLY what's GOING ON!!!

(North America's several different worlds operating in a single universe: SCHOOLLY D below describes that there IS basically no way to convince a Bro dealing dope that what he's doing is wrong--.

CAPITALISM RULES:

The quickest, easiest way to rise from a poor kid in the projects to "Something" in the schema of CAPITALISIM is to SELL DOPE and survive to the next day accordingly.

In the projects people don't stand a chance to make the social contacts to uplift them out of poverty.

Dope-Dealing is its Own Society.

Hence, the lyrics:

Muthafuck it, I get straight to the point.

You don't dig what I'm sayin, then fuck you.

Cause sellin drugs only job that a nigga got.

Sellin caine to the kids in the parkin lot.

Some niggas live, some niggas gotta get dropped.

You say 'damn' - my man, you don't understand.

How could you be so cold to a brotherman?

Don't come around here teachin and preachin.

Because a nigga like me you ain't reachin.

Cause all I care about is sellin my lleyo.

Makin money like a nigga make mayo.

Toke on weed, sippin on my Olde E.

All the crackheads all on my wee-wee.

Rollin hard in a rag-top Volvo.

911 on my ass, I'ma roll on.

You don't understand where a brother comin from.

That's why young black men always on the run.

You either gangbang, or you get hanged.

Kill another nigga, it ain't no thang.

(Gangster Boogie).

Pull a 8 on a nigga, say 'fuck you'.

Then pull away in my BMW.

Cause on the street you gotta be a little meaner.

But that's how my pockets get greener.

Runnin shit, gotta be a little candid.

Some time you be a little a bandit.

Sellin dope out of my crackhouse.

You either kick game, or you get gamed.

(You don't know the pain).

(Kick that shit).

King of New York.

Yo muthafucka, it's time to get rolled on.

Strolled on, you better get a hold on.

How the fuck you expect me to get back.

If I never had to pull on my git-gat?

Because to me it ain't nothin but a killin.

That's how a nigga be feelin.

I call a homie on the mobile ( *dialing* ).

What up, my nigga, it's about that time.

Grab the Uzi, the eight and the nine.

When a nigga be rollin on the ave.

Sometime it gonna be a blood bath.

But when I'm comin, no playin, no jokin.

I let the Uzi and nine be smokin.

Alright now, back to my tale, yo.

Spot the nigga on the corner sellin lleyo.

Pull up, "Yo, what up, gee?".

He didn't see my nigga in the backseat.

All I heard was "Please don't shoot!".

( *shots* ) grabbed the caine and the loot.

(It's like that, and that's the way it is).

(So damn) (tough).

Now a nigga on the top of the world, see.

I got the women, the dope and the jewelry.

I'm livin large in a fat-ass crib.

Don't give a damn about the shit I just did.

Then I heard a knock-knock at my door.

Said "Oh shit!" - I hit the floor.

One of my homies on the ave was a big snitch.

I said "Oh shit!" - jumped through the window.

Bullets were flyin, people was cryin.

Fuck it, some nigga was dyin.

You either gas on or you get gased.

Now I die with a bullet in my ass . . . .

In King of New York, the Dope-Dealers are the Good-guys trying to save a hospital from shutting-down and the Police (featuring Wesley Snipes and David Caruso) are the bad guys who are trying to set-up the Head Dope Dealer Christopher Walken.

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This title sat on the BLOCKBUSTER video shelf for months before I rented it in 1991; its not that this particular Abel Ferra film isn't commercial, it never seemed to be COMMERICALIZED--I'd never heard of it until I saw the at the BLOCKBUSTER in Florence, SC.

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Larry Fishburn is TOTALLY hyped-up and INSANE as Frank White's Right Hand Man to the point where Clive Barker wrote of KING OF NEW YORK as being a Horror Movie in an essay.

I love the Limousine Shoot-out that was later RIPPED-OFF in DEEP COVER also starring Laurence Fishburn.

---What an AWESOME FILM . . . with the most INSIGHTFUL rap-lyrics by Schoolly D.

"'cause a brother like me you ain't reaching with all your teaching and preaching because ALL I CARE ABOUT is selling my llyeo".

Again, in The World Schooly D is rapping about CAPITALISM is DOPE-DEALING . . .

The more DOPE you SLING the wealthier you are and the more esteemed the denizens of your world hold you.

MONEY is EVERYTHING and DOPE-DEALING brings-in THE MONEY.

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