"House Party" is a classic cult flick and an excellent document of late-Eighties/early-Nineties hip-hop music and style.

The movie is never anything less than entertaining, and often laugh-out-loud funny.

People may have forgotten the hip hop duo Kid 'n Play, who were among the first to bring rap to a younger and less hardcore audience, a la Will Smith. This is unfair: they were fine rappers, and even decent actors. Surprisingly though, "House Party" is the Kid show. Play doesn't make as much of an impression.

There are few wonders to behold as impressive as Kid's geometrically perfect high-top fade hairdo. I would love to see how a hairdresser pulls that off.

It's interesting that the only white characters in the movie are authority figures: a principal and two sort-of racist cops. But that's also just another reason to love it; how many majority African American movies have there been, before or since?

House Party (1990) is a movie I recently watched again for the first time in a long time on Netflix. The storyline focuses on a group of best friends in high school that plan on throwing a house party. They will need to thwart some school bullies, parents and other challenges if they hope to throw a legendary process and attract the hunnies...

This movie is directed by Reginald Hudlin (Boomerang) and stars Christopher Reid (Class Act), Christopher Martin (Class Act), Martin Lawrence (Bad Boys), Tisha Campbell (Martin), Robin Harris (Bebe's Kids) and Clifton Powell (Rush Hour).

The soundtrack, attire, slang and circumstances in this are legendary. The cast delivers awesome performances. Martin Lawrence was hilarious in this and I also loved the guy with the bullies that had the crazy voice. The high school conversations and circumstances were fun and Robin Harris was excellent as the father. The magic of the storyline and characters creates a high rewatch value in an Animal House kind of way.

Overall this is an iconic movie that is an absolute must see. I would score this an 8/10 and strongly recommend it.

Another older movie I should've kept in the memory banks, it was so much better there. Now that I have watched it again I can't believe how wack it was. Kid n' Play cannot act and the plot was lousy. Furthermore, it wasn't a good showcase of the talents of Robin Harris, John Witherspoon, and Martin Lawrence.

The only thing good about the movie was the rap battle between Kid n Play. They weren't the best lyricists, but they did a good job in the battle scene.

1990 was the beginning of the golden era of hip hop and you could see and hear the conversion. Scratching, beatboxing, and gold chains were a thing of the past-- the beats, the chords, and the lyrics were starting to get more sophisticated. The clothes they were wearing in the movie though... those were bufugly back then. Those outfits weren't indicative of the 90's really except maybe the clothes worn by Tisha Campbell and A.J. Johnson. Kid n' Play were hot for a minute and they cashed in on their short lived success. They had a more upbeat party time brand of hip hop which caught on. Kid n' Play, like most artists in the music industry, were better at music than they were at movies.