Jay-Z is back! So solid in every way and did it again #1 Roc Boys (And The Winner Is...). If you believed he was really retired, think again ‘cause jigga was just foolin…On American Gangster (EXPLICIT LYRICS), an album of drug-underworld tales inspired by the Ridley Scott film of the same name, Jay-Z echoes that sentiment, declaring all rappers ''actors,'' including himself: ''Believe half of what you see/None of what you hear/Even if it's spat by me.'' Of course, if that argument is true, it makes you wonder why someone as talented as Jay — he could probably rap The Hobbit and make it sound fly — would play the same role, the hardened hustler-turned-playboy, for his entire career. What's just as confounding is how he manages to pull it off time after time. Listen to (American Ganster--SOUNDTRACK) Samples, by Various Artists and Marc Streitenfeld (Composer).

Ridley Scott's new flick American Gangster was a good one. Though Im not gonna be saying it's the best film of the year or anything like that. It was directed well, barely any dull scenes, great acting by an enormous cast and was really well-written. Unfortunately the story never seemed "new" to me. I was reminded of other drug-related/crime movies, like BLOW, CITY OF GOD, and evening TRAINING DAY....."My Man". Though it's in the leagues as being entertaining as the above mentioned movies, it really just never felt like I was watching a "new" story. But speaking of story, I never knew anything about Frank Lucas, and his story is fantastic. A black man who was more influential than his Mafian brethren? Tell me you're kidding. Nope, he was a force in Harlem back in the late 60s and early 70s and barely anyone knows about it. But for me this area of the film was the only stand out part. Sure there are other good scenes, done well, but nothing worth mentioning. Well, scratch that, naked women workin in a drug lab was an eye-opening scene.

Hortui, you are completely right about Frank Lucas' fantastic story...it was beyond doubt an extremely unusual and at the same time extraordinary organizational drug business process. Note that even the “Federal judge Sterling Johnson, who was special narcotics prosecutor in New York at the time of Lucas' crimes, called Lucas' operation "one of the most outrageous international dope-smuggling gangs ever, an innovator who got his own connections outside the U.S. and then sold the narcotics himself in the street." He had connections with the Sicilian and Mexican mobs, holding an enormous monopoly on the heroin market in Manhattan.”
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Check out Frank Lucas (drug lord) complete out Biography

It seems like every story related to drugs, gangs and gangsters is fascinating. I wonder how teenagers process all this. Do they think that doing drugs and being a notorious gangster is the coolest thing? My best guess is yes... Perhaps we could use some more realism in these stories, show people that real life is much more cruel.
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any story that pertains to drug habits and underground happening is definitely thrilling and exciting. So is this American Gangster. Thats again no exception.Thanks for the link to the soundtrack samples!

This movie tells it like it is. The story is based on the exploits of a real American gangster, good guys vs bad guys. Just like the movie business the war on drugs is a business, with a lot of money to be made on either side of the field. This business could end but so would the employment of millions of people. If they wanted to stop the dope flow they could.