Slam (1998)
Slam tells the story of Ray Joshua, an original, gifted young MC trapped in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City. Unable to find a job, Ray copes with the despair and poverty of his neighborhood by using his wits and verbal talent. Written by Offline Publicist Young Ray Joshua lives in the Washington, DC, district known as Dodge City, which is dominated by gang wars. One day he is arrested when his drug dealer is gunned down while talking to him. He is put to prison where two rival gangs, Thug Life and the Union, want to recruit him as a member. A new digital restoration from a 35mm interpositive made in collaboration between Sundance Institute, the Academy Film Archive, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
The movie Slam, released in 1998, features 25 songs from artists like Esthero, DJ Spooky, Earth Wind & Fire and The Charlie Daniels Band. What is your favorite song from Slam?
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Songs from Slam
- What's Your Name
- Country Livin' (The World I Know)
- Esthero
- Time Is Running Out
- Galactic Funk
- DJ Spooky
- Sex, Money & Drugs
- Earth Wind & Fire
- Phase Interlude
- DJ Spooky
- Thug Poetry
- The Charlie Daniels Band
- I Dare You
- Love Unlimited
- Anansi Abstrakt
- DJ Spooky
- Epilogue (Processed Digital Feedback)
- DJ Spooky
- Paid in Full
- Hologrammic Dub
- DJ Spooky
- Prologue (The DuChamp Effect)
- DJ Spooky
- Primary Inversion
- DJ Spooky
- Take a Walk in My Shoes
- Flipmode Squad featuring Busta Rhymes , Rampage , Spliff Starr (as Spliffstar),
- I Can See
- Tekitha & Cappadonna
- Feel My Gat Blow
- Mobb Deep
- Hey
- Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest
- Sellin' D.O.P.E. (Drugs Oppress People Everyday)
- Dead Prez
- Ain't No Stoppin'
- Brass Construction
- Nihilismus Dub
- DJ Spooky
- The Terran of Alpha Centauri Year 2794
- DJ Spooky
- The Park
- The Blackbyrds
- High Density
- DJ Spooky
- Juba
- DJ Spooky
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