Three 6 Mafia Pimp the Oscars
Story by:
Justin Ward
While flipping through channels last night between watching some Lost: Season One on DVD, we landed on the Oscars at just the right time…
Five thoughts on the Oscar-winning, “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp.”
1. I had no idea this was actually a song, and I had never heard this, nor heard of Three 6 Mafia, nor seen Hustle & Flow. Therefore, the introduction to this, the buildup with Ludacris, and finally hearing the song was nearly too much for my better half and I to handle. We were flipping the channels and we ended on this and just started cracking up. Immediately.
2. The end of the song, with the “it’s so hard…being a PIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMP!!!!” got even more laughter.
3. Best. Acceptance speech. Ever. The adrenaline pumping through these guys is just juicing out of their mouth into a completely nonsensical laugh-fest with them thanking everybody, the Academy, and their moms.’
4. I totally had that, “why do pimps have it so hard that we need to see their interpretive dancing?” joke right before Jon Stewart ends his bit on that. His “easier” for a pimp quip was pretty good, and overall, you can tell that Jon got a huge kick out of that performance also.
5. I’m lucky that this is the longest segment I caught, because the rest of the show segments I saw were completely terrible. It sucks that we actually look forward to this as quality entertainment. I guess it’s all worth it considering I got a blog post and some good laughs out of the deal.
ahh alright, thanks for helpin me out on that.
ahh alright, thanks for helpin me out on that.
to answer the above
1. are you talkin about the soundtrack? if not.i thought the white guy who wrote the movie and 3-6 and local artists had something of a collab on the original music. although i could be wrong on that. when the movie first came out..the buzz about it was 3-6 was involved..and not just for the pimp song. like this rapper fraiser boy from memphis wrote the actual raps that terrance howard said in the movie.
2. as for being in the movie..Juicy J was in the movie. he was the one that djay asked to turn down music next door so he could record.
now, i grew up on rap and hiphop and listen to it still but its always been HIGHLY regionized..i couldnt tell you much about the music scene in memphis since im in texas and we have our own thing. but 3-6 has been on the grind for years independently (who remembers tear da club up? i do..and that was almost 10 years ago..i was in the 10th grade lol) they make movies of their own and rap while not getting mainstream love so i am truely happy for them to have this momment.
to answer the above
1. are you talkin about the soundtrack? if not.i thought the white guy who wrote the movie and 3-6 and local artists had something of a collab on the original music. although i could be wrong on that. when the movie first came out..the buzz about it was 3-6 was involved..and not just for the pimp song. like this rapper fraiser boy from memphis wrote the actual raps that terrance howard said in the movie.
2. as for being in the movie..Juicy J was in the movie. he was the one that djay asked to turn down music next door so he could record.
now, i grew up on rap and hiphop and listen to it still but its always been HIGHLY regionized..i couldnt tell you much about the music scene in memphis since im in texas and we have our own thing. but 3-6 has been on the grind for years independently (who remembers tear da club up? i do..and that was almost 10 years ago..i was in the 10th grade lol) they make movies of their own and rap while not getting mainstream love so i am truely happy for them to have this momment.
i just saw hustle & flow about a week or two ago and its really not all that bad to be honest.
but your post answers 2 questions of mine that i had from the movie.
1) who did the original music? i couldnt find anything on imdb about it.
and
2) how come 3 6 wasnt involved with the movie? i even checked the movies official website and i dont remember seeing anything there about 3 6 mafia.
thanks for the heads up athough :)
i just saw hustle & flow about a week or two ago and its really not all that bad to be honest.
but your post answers 2 questions of mine that i had from the movie.
1) who did the original music? i couldnt find anything on imdb about it.
and
2) how come 3 6 wasnt involved with the movie? i even checked the movies official website and i dont remember seeing anything there about 3 6 mafia.
thanks for the heads up athough :)
My blog post headline is the same as AP’s, but I did not take that from them…I swear…
My blog post headline is the same as AP’s, but I did not take that from them…I swear…