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Bookmark this pageCB4 (1993)
Director: Tamra Davis
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From Time Out Film Guide
A sometimes gross, no-pose-barred rap-culture satire. CB4, aka Cell Block 4, are a trio of hip-hopping young-bloods stage-named Stab Master Arson, Mad Mike and MC Gusto, the last Afrocentric played by the splendid co-writer Chris Rock, who provides most of the threesome's music. CB4 is not, however, in the Spinal Tap league, lacking that film's merciless detail and consistency. But in parts it is hugely, monstrously funny; and with guest cameos from the likes of Ice T, Ice Cube, basketball's Shaquille O'Neal, Eazy E and Flavor Flav, and a first-rate soundtrack from Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys, PM Dawn, MC Ren and CB4 themselves, it will be an undoubted winner with the people who count.Author: SGr
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- Rain said...
- Posted on Feb 27 2011 00:51 Rent the movie "Fear of the Black Hat" - which was bumped for this movie in 1993. More on the lines of "This is Spinal Tap.
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Cast & crew
Director: Tamra Davis
Producer: Nelson George
Cast: Chris Rock, Allen Payne, Deezer D, Chris Elliott, Phil Hartman, Charlie Murphy full cast
Duration: 89 mins
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