BUPPY LOVE
Just as the shoot-em-up hip-hop movies of the early 90’s were starting to wear thin, there came a new genre, showing the lives and loves of American’s Black middle class, who all had upscale lives, successful careers, beautiful homes and who’s only concern was their complicated love lives.

28 Mo Better Blues 1990
Mo' Better Blues is a sexy stylish jazz musical was directed by Spike Lee and starred Denzel Washington, and Wesley Snipes, It follows a period in the life of a fictional jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (played by Denzel Washington) as a series of bad decisions result in his jeopardizing both his relationships and his playing career. The film focuses on themes of friendship, loyalty, honesty, cause-and-effect and ultimately salvation.
The soundtrack to the film was composed and played by Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard but also featured the jazz/rap hybrid Jazz Thing by rap duo Gangstarr.

29 Boomerang - 1992
After his career hit a slump at the end of the 80’s, Eddie Murphy moved with the times and hit gold again with this Black romantic comedy, directed by Reginald Hudlin. Eddie Murphy stars as Marcus Graham, a hotshot advertising executive who also happens to be an insatiable womanizer and male chauvinist. But his lifestyle of serial womanising is thrown off balance when caught between his new boss Jacqueline, played by Robin Givens, and the nice girl next door played by Halle Berry. As well as employing an all Black cast Murphy also moved with the times by utilising a slamming soundtrack that featured songs by Boyz II Men, and Toni Braxton, and was executively produced by Babyface.

30 Waiting to Exhale - 1995
During the late 80’s and early 90’s, the Black male cinema going audience had plenty to keep them returning to their local picture houses, but the Black female audiences were still feeling neglected, with roles for Black female actors confined to being the male hero’s love interest. Still, they had the novels of Terry McMillian to keep them entertained. Then someone had the bright idea of putting one of her novels up on the screen. Waiting to Exhale starred Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and Lela Rochon and was adapted from the novel of the same name by Terry McMillan. The story centers on four female friends living in the Phoenix, Arizona area and their relationships with men and one another. All of them are "holding their breath" until the day they can feel comfortable in a committed relationship with a man.
The original music score was composed by ladies choice Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

31 Love Jones 1997
Rather than hip-hop or R&B the musical backdrop here was Jazz and spoken word poetry. Once Halle Berry had left Black movies to enteer the mainstream, Nia Long took her place as the actress of choice to play those girl-next door roles. Larenz Tate plays the spoken word artists who pursues her. Isaiah Washington, Bill Bellamy, and Lisa Nicole Carson lead the supporting cast.

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Soul Food 1997
Soul Food is told through the eyes of 11-year-old Ahmad (Hammond), follows the trials of the Joseph family, a close-knit Chicago family that gets together to have Sunday dinner every week, with plenty of soul food to go around. Featuring an ensemble cast, the film stars Vanessa L. Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, and Mekhi Phifer. The film centers on the trials of an extended African-American family, held together by longstanding family traditions which begin to fade as serious problems take center. Moral of the story ? The family that eats Soul Food together, stays together.

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