It's hard out here for a pimp
It's Hard out Here for a Pimp is a hip-hop song by Three 6 Mafia and Cedric "Frayser Boy" Coleman . The rap song was written for the film Hustle & Flow . At the 2006 Academy Awards , it won the Academy Award for Best Movie Song .
publication
While the song was sung in the film and on the soundtrack of "Djay" ( Terrence Howard ) with Taraji P. Henson as background, members of Three 6 Mafia sang it on Oscar night 2006 with Taraji P. Henson as background singer. This performance was the first hip-hop performance at the Oscars.
A slightly different version was released by Three 6 Mafia as a bonus track for the album Most Known Unknown . It's a version by Three 6 Mafia featuring Paula Campbell .
background
When Craig Brewer wrote the script for Hustle & Flow , Hollywood studio bosses suggested West Coast rap artists. But he had dirty south rap on his mind. Only when he won John Singleton as producer could this be implemented. Singleton won Three 6 Mafia to write the soundtrack. It's hard out here for a pimp was created here. The song and film were a major breakthrough for Dirty South hip hop. It was also the first time a hip-hop group won an Oscar and only the second hip-hop song to win an Oscar after Eminem's Lose Yourself from 8 Mile .
reception
The 2006 Oscar win was considered a big surprise. Sometimes it is criticized that the movie songs from Brokeback Mountain were unjustifiably not nominated. It was criticized in terms of content that this Academy Awards once again portrayed African Americans as "ignorant, hypersexual, subservient, or criminal". Rolando Rodriguez wrote for the Houston Press that It's Hard out Here for a Pimp was his choice to musically define the first decade of the 21st century.
Honors
- Oscar the song won the Oscar in the category Best Original Song against In the Deep from LA Crash by Michael Becker , Kathleen York and Travelin 'Thru from Transamerica by Dolly Parton . It was the first time since 1988 that only three songs were nominated.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Three 6 Mafia Ready To Make Oscar History , Billboard March 3, 2006.
- ↑ Bonus tracks for Most Known Unknown on Allmusic .
- ↑ a b c d Jason Guerrasio, The inside story of Three 6 Mafia's historic Oscars win that shocked everyone 10 years ago , Buisiness Insider from February 23, 2016.
- ↑ songfacts.com
- ↑ Andrew Carden, Oscar Flashback: Best Original Songs of the late 2000s, including 'Falling Slowly,' 'Jai Ho' , Gold Derby, December 31, 2018.
- ↑ Ashton R. Lattimore, It's Hard Out There , The Harvard Crimson, March 8, 2006.
- ↑ Rolando Rodriguez, It Was Hard Out Here For A Pimp. Latino Rap Made It Easier to Deal with the Decade , Houston Press December 23, 2009.
- ↑ Helen AS Popkin, 'It's Hard Out Here' for a good Oscar song today.com dated February 26, 2006.