SynthiaRose said:

Gatdamn that Mekhi is so so so so so fine!!!!! Oh that smile of his drives me wild!!

Harlepolis said:

DEFINITELY!

LondonStyle said:

::Sit your 5 dollar ass down before I make change!::

I agree

SynthiaRose said:

Gatdamn that Mekhi is so so so so so fine!!!!! Oh that smile of his drives me wild!!

missfee said:

In Soul Food, yeah. But lately dude been looking kinda ROUGH!!!

SCNDLS said:

Remember those dreads in 8 Mile

I like that Mekhi Phife idea for playing James Brown. He's actually the right kinda age to be playing him.

MrSoulpower said:

With Eddie being the obvious choice, I wonder if Spike felt that there would be too much of a comedic connection if Eddie played it. Eddie and that imitation is so linked to SNL and his routines that I can imagine the audience giggling even through the most dramatic parts because its ingrained in our memories. And if one line even remotely is reminiscent of something Eddie’s previously done it’s over. Wesley in this character is fresh slate.

bboy87 said:

No way that is Kevin Hooks.....

http://www.imdb.com/media.../nm0393661
[Edited 1/27/09 12:56pm]

Graycap23 said:

That's a local Rapper from here in Philly named "Gillie Da Kid" who ghost wrote for Lil' Wayne and the rest of the Cash Money crew a few years back.
[Edited 1/27/09 21:48pm]

Abdul said:

Then why does it look like he just wiped a slew of powder cocaine from off the top of his upper lip?

Cinnie said:

you just want him to embarrass himself

ehuffnsd said:

She'll try to play one of his wives

EXCLUSIVE: Spike Lee To Use James Brown’s Real Voice — Not Wesley Snipes’ — For Biopic

Published by Brian Warmoth on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 11:23 am.
James Brown is the lone Godfather of Soul, and even if he looks a lot like Wesley Snipes in Spike Lee’s upcoming biopic, Lee wants to make sure there’s one recognizable voice coming through the microphone when the legendary figure appears on-screen.

“We’re doing it together – it’s going to happen,” Lee told MTV News in an exclusive interview at the Sundance Film Festival this week. The Oscar nominated director of “Do the Right Thing” and “Inside Man” lavished praise on Snipes. “He’s my man,” Lee said; but when it comes to the vocals on Brown’s classic tracks like “I Got You (I Feel Good)” and “Get Up Offa That Thing,” expect to hear the authentic voice of James Brown being dubbed in.

“I want to hear James Brown’s voice,” the director said. “That’s just my personal taste.”

He’s not the first filmmaker to take the dubbing route in a musical biopic. Taylor Hackford dubbed Ray Charles’ original voice over Jamie Foxx in “Ray.”

“I know Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Walk the Line,’ he did some of the singing,” Lee said, breaking down the decision. “I’m a purist,” he explained.

Lee and Paramount grabbed Snipes to play Brown in 2007. The project came together shortly after Brown died in 2006 of congested heart failure. Snipes’ big-screen energy summoning Brown’s near mythological stage presence will obviously carry a hefty punch. You have to feel the demands being place on Snipes, though, just to physically imitate James Brown to the point of syncing with his vocals. That task alone should make “Demolition Man” feel like a jog through through Park City, Utah, by contrast.

http://moviesblog.mtv.com...or-biopic/

Somebody needs to ask that fool why he didn't pay his taxes.

Y'all are worried about the wrong stuff.
Yeah, the dancing will be a challenge, but what about the speaking parts...




...(I know i'm wrong)

Should get Eddie to play him.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

What about Leo, he already has a knack for playing musicians like Little Richard, David Ruffin and Eddie Kang Junior?

But, on the real, Eddie Griffin would have been perfect about 12 years ago ...

Its congestive heart failure, not congested heart failure.

bboy87 said:

Not if she has anything to do with it.