I watched this movie when it first premiere in 2001. Afterward, I thought it was pretty dumb and didn't do anything but was 2 hours. Fast forward a couple of decades, and I did some reading on the background of the movie. Knowing that Singleton wrote the part of Jody for Tupac Shakur, and his untimely death resulted in Tyrese Gibson ultimately landing the role, the performance he gave was amazing, as Tupac was a gifted artist. This movie may not ever make it into the Library of Congress, but it is an underrated movie for sure and went unappreciated, in my opinion, and I'm not blameless in that. Singleton wrote and directed a great movie. Can't quite call it a masterpiece, but great, nonetheless.
