“To me, as a veteran, it doesn’t bother me as much. ‘Singing in the Rain’ was not lauded when it first came out, but ‘Singing in the Rain’ became a classic,” he said. “As my friend Sidney Poitier told me when ‘Boyz n the Hood’ came out, just because a film doesn’t get recognized when it first comes out, does not mean it’s not a great film.
Though he was nominated for “Boyz n the Hood” (marking not only the first black director to be nominated, but also the youngest person ever in that category at the age of 24), Singleton recalls a piece of advice he received at that time. Everybody’s still talking about ‘Do the Right Thing.’ It happens every year.” The film earned over 50 million on a 6 million budget, leading to more roles for Ice Cube and a spate of similar movies.
‘Do the Right Thing’ never got nominated for best picture, but that year, nobody’s talking about ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ any more. This song was the inspiration for the 1991 movie Boyz n the Hood, which starred N.W.A member Ice Cube as Doughboy, a street-smart teenager who had already spent time in prison.It was Ice Cubes first acting role, and a very successful one. “Every year there’s at least a few films that don’t get nominated and you have all these films that do get nominated and then the films that aren’t nominated are elevated over time. There’s a whole elevation of work that happens.”Įlaborating on that “elevation,” Singleton explains that each year, films are snubbed, and some of those unrepresented projects gain awareness and recognition after award season. I’m not disappointed either, as much as other people are disappointed. You never know - it’s the luck of the draw for you. People even complain even when we have a lot of nominations. Ice Cube Remembers Eazy-E on 20th Anniversary of N.W.Singleton continued, “It’s like every year people complain. He became a good rapper by the time I left. He could grab the mic - he wasn’t rapping to a track but the instrumental. He could flow on his songs, for sure. Because it’s one thing to do it in the studio, but when you can do it on stage, you’re a rapper. He got better and better and better until he was a bona fide rapper. Ice Cube: He got better every time he got in front of the mic. While Eazy initially didn’t have plans to be an artist, with coaching and guidance from Dre and Cube, the Compton rapper eventually found his voice. and the Posse, and then later remixed for Eazy’s debut album Eazy-Duz-It.
“Boyz-n-the-Hood” ended up being featured on the 1987 completion album N.W.A. He worked hard, hard, and actually became a pretty good rapper.” Write a song for my group.’ So I wrote “Boyz-n-the-Hood” and they turned it down. So I wrote some songs and he was like, ‘I like the stuff you write, I like what you’re talking about. Home Boys Only,” Cube later told Billboard. “Well, I actually wrote “Boyz-n-the-Hood” for a group of his - it wasn’t for him. didn’t vibe the West Coast record and rejected it. Dre (with help from DJ Yella and Arabian Prince) to craft a song for the group, the result was “Boyz-n-the-Hood.” But being from the East Coast, H.B.O. When people think of Eazy-E’s Ruthless Records, they immediately think of N.W.A., they probably think of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and they might even think of The D.O.C.īut what they probably won’t think of is Home Boys Only, the New York rap group who was the first rap act to be signed to Ruthless.