Thursday, 3 September 2020

Strictly Business

You, a square: wow, Gunplay naming himself Don Logan after Ben Kingsley's character in Sexy Beast was a true World's Colliding moment.

Me, a connoisseur: son, Wiz Khalifa made a song that, from its title to its sample, was a homage to a specific scene in Danny Dyer's one good movie The Business.


Wiz Khalifa - The Kid Frankie
(From Kush & Orange Juice mixtape; 2010)



Much like Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, The Business is a Mockney crime movie that's loathable in theory but stupidly enjoyable in reality. A good chunk of its appeal comes from the lead actor's clobber, but that's true of many a movie innit? Do The Right Thing has The Shoes™, The Business has The Shorts™.


Hands up if The Kid Frankie is your fave single from Kush & Orange Juice.

Now keep 'em there if it's your fave Wiz single full stop.

8 comments:

  1. Smoke Chambers is up there too.

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  2. That's probably my fave Wiz song. Wasn't a single though, unfortunately.

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  3. Yeh lock stock is good tbh n snatch had it's moments but man o man I'd successfully avoided seeing any of Richie's later art til the past six months where I saw both rocknrolla n the gentleman n Jesus christ he's easily far far worse than eg the Danny dyer Denise Van houten film.

    I hope hell's got a place for Fred Perry burberry lil bit whoa lil bit whey mockney gangsta auteurs

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  4. S/o the cockney lad from the Armando isnnucci roster who was in snatch who was sampled in that one headbussaz song

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  5. I have a soft spot for this film.

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  6. I bought a Fred Perry longsleeve earlier this year 😃

    Denise Van Outen was in Neighbours recently playing the mam of Jason Donovan's IRL daughter. G.O.A.T TV show.

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  7. Nah doesn't count unless it's a polo w matching flat cap

    Denise the new Marilyn from home n away/emmerdale

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  8. I quite like Human Traffic lol.

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