He teams up with his middle class friend who is stuck in an of. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of hustle and flow. The ending of hustle and flow 2005 influenced rick ross to pursue a career in rap duration. The best music in the movie is the gospel music that supposedly inspires the protagonist pimp with a heart of gold. D, i can tell when youre messing with my head, because i let you, because sometimes my head needs to be messed with. Djay is a memphis hustler who spends most days in a parked chevy philosophizing about life while nola taryn manning, turn tricks in the backseat. Hes not very good at pimping, but he can hustle almost anything or anyone and makes enough to keep himself and three girls satisfied and h oused in his shotgun home. Innercity rap drama starring ludacris and terrence howard. One needs hustle in order to flow, however too much hustle can really cramp the style of the flow. He plays djay, a man whose lines of work provide food for his makeshift family, but they feed his soul. There are even more people out there that have hypocritical moments im sure i have.
Terrence brings depth of character, pathos, and sympathy to a low brow pimp. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have. Look this is my life, and its a battle within i gotta survive, even if im sinning to win and if i show no remorse i reap the devils reward he said. An image tagged support,love,loyalty, hustle,respect,bae. Djay hustle and flow it aint over lyrics genius lyrics. Women, he admits to his new girl, nola taryn manning, are. Clifford harris, john singleton, detral treadwell, jason geter, kevin liles h cube executive producers professional ratings. When i see people scheduling game time to play his board game cash flow id.
Man aint like a dog skit terrence howard and from the trailer. Being inspired to be a rapper after hearing gospel music is like being inspired by basketball to take up bowling. One must be smooth and effortless in their display of the proper amount of hustle to properly emulate the swag of hustle and flow. What saves the film from being just another badly made hood flick, is terrence howard. If youre a financial planner, i think it is fair to charge for advice. The character wears his hair slicked back in a pressandcurl.
Street hustler and lowgrade pimp djay howard spends his time selling sexy nola taryn manning to clients so that he can support pregnant girlfriend shug taraji henson, but his sleazy lifestyle leaves him feeling hollow and unfulfilled. D, i can tell when youre messing with my head, because i let you, because sometimes my. When he meets up with an old friend who is now in the recording industry, hes inspired to turn his life around and uses his criminal life as an inspiration to create rap music. Still tippin its a mans world remix nicole wray 18. A combination of the terms hustle and flow that, when possessed and fused correctly, creates a distinct, undeniable swag. Brewer worked in a number of highlevel corporate positions for matson navigation company, culminating in the. Finally, the hustle and flow script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the craig brewer movie with terrence howard, ludacris, and anthony anderson. Authenticity means everything in hiphop, because if a rapper isnt speaking the truth about who he is and where hes from, then hes basically vanilla ice, desperately spinning his gangsta roots on the mean streets of suburban dallas.
Objectively, this transfer had some problems, but since all seemed to be intentional, it worked well as a whole. Inspired by the viral new york magazine article, hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their wall street clients. With constance wu, jennifer lopez, julia stiles, mette towley. Djay terrence howard is a pimp living day to day on the tough streets of memphis, tennessee. I am so glad craig cast an actor and not a rapper to play the lead. More importantly, in keeping the connection between film and soundtrack as tight as possible, a couple tracks performed by actor terrence howard as hustle and flow. Pushing 40, hes tired of the life hes living and dreams of something greater. Just because you got the bacon, lettuce, and tomato dont mean im gonna give you my toast. Im here trying to squeeze a dollar out of a dime, and i aint even got a. Terrence howard stars as a memphis hustler and pimp who faces his aspiration to become a rapper. He never leaves the house without a long white tank top hugging his rangy trunk. Sometimes you never really see an actor until the right roles bring him into focus.