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Beanie Sigel, Victor 'Noreaga' Santiago, Damon Dash, Michael Bentt, Omillio Sparks ... see more see more... , Oschino , Freeway , Young Gunz , Mariah Carey , Omahrya , Kevin Campbell , Tim Gallin , Sade , Jeff Ward , Bernard Hopkins , Sha Ling Ling , James C. Lawrence , The Barry Sisters , Roselyn Sanchez , Von the Dog , Sundy Carter , Nicole Wray , Peter Denim , Cesar De León , Cam'ron , Capone , Adam "Blue" Moreno , Derrick Simmons , Tim House , Chance Kelly , Angie Martinez , Michelle Listenbee Brown , Russell Jones , Kanye West , Lil' Cease , FOX , Bo Kaprall , Kenneth "Omillio Sparks" Johnson , Chris Young , Neef of Young Gunz , Chauncey "Loon" Haukins , Omahyra , Juelz Santana , Jimmy Jones , Duan Grant , Jamal "Fame" Grinnage , Billy Danzenie , Omahyra Mota , Derron "Smokey" Edington , Rob Stapelton , Ronald "Winky" Wright , Big Face Gary , Shawn Arnold , Bobby Dash , Boola , Tiana , Damon Dash II , Quasim Pressley , Shakur Al Din Barry , Siddiq Cornish , Amir Grant , Steven Derry , Virginia Torres , Joe Sherman , Sal , Carlo D'Amore , Rene Ojeda , Damien Achilles , Muse Abdullah , Bobby Beckles , Seymour Hewitt , Nik P. Jeternika , Richardson Desil , Ted Landers , Lawrence Evans , Christopher Ries , Hanif Muhammed , Ol' Dirty Bastard , Victor N.O.R.E. , Santiago

Hip-hop mogul Damon Dash wrote, directed, and stars in this hard-hitting examination of life in the criminal underground of a great city. Three different crime bosses are locked in a battle over the d... read more read more...rug trade in Philadelphia. New York transplant Dame (Damon Dash) and his umbrella crew command a powerful network that controls the city's dope traffic, but he has two bitter rivals who both oversee competing gangs from behind bars -- Beans (Beanie Siegel), Philly-born leader of the once-dominant ABM Crime Syndicate, and Loco (Noreaga), a slick street hustler from Miami who has the bankroll to finance a powerful operation. As these three men and their underlings scramble for money and power, another player is quietly consolidating his forces and rising up against them. State Property 2: Philly Streets also features supporting performances from Mariah Carey, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Cam'ron, and a handful of other hip-hop and R&B stars. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Damon Dash

Release Date: April 13, 2005

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DVD Release Date: July 12, 2005

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  • October 8, 2007
    Wack Beyond Words
  • April 5, 2007
    Absolute garbage. Racist, offensive, mysoginistic glorification of the drug life and murder. This movie is inexcusable and complete trash, with not a single redeeming quality. It is escencially a commercial for the image rap has been selling for the past 15 or so years: selling d... read morerugs is cool, killing people is cool, prison is cool, women are bitches, white people are stupid and hate black people, latinos are stupid and hate black people, asians are stupid and hate black people, and whenever confronted about your actions, just saying "I done what I hads to do ta gets paid" is more than enough.

    I was very much NOT surprised to find out it was produced in-house by the rap label Roc-A-Fella. It is little more than a rap song fantasy that was poorly shot, acted, directed and then released on DVD.
  • February 2, 2007
    This movie was great because it was so bad and they were really trying their best. All in all, if you get past the shitty acting and the sometimes retched dialog, it had a really cool story line, though it didn't coinside with the original.

Critic Reviews


Stephen Whitty
April 14, 2005
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

Seeing two truly rich characters battling for supremacy can have the power of a symphony. Seeing two posses of dull thugs blasting away at each other has all the appeal of a CD single with a skip. Full Review

David Hiltbrand
April 14, 2005
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer

Dash can't decide whether he's making New Jack City or Friday.

Michael Rechtshaffen
April 14, 2005
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter

You mean there was a State Property 1?

Terry Lawson
April 14, 2005
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Dash's film is less the stuff cults are made of than fantasies. Full Review

Ronnie Scheib
April 13, 2005
Ronnie Scheib, Variety

Slicker, funnier and more professional than its predecessor. Full Review

Neil Drumming
April 13, 2005
Neil Drumming, Entertainment Weekly

No more three-dimensional than your average brand-name-laden hip-hop video. Full Review

A.O. Scott
April 13, 2005
A.O. Scott, New York Times

This brutal chronicle of heavily armed drug dealers is best appreciated (or disdained) as a raw, bracing expression of the spirit of capitalism. Full Review

Kyle Smith
April 13, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post

You may call the film blingsploitation but its fun-loving hoodlums know who's fooling whom.

Elizabeth Weitzman
April 13, 2005
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

At least Dash corralled every artist he knew into playing cameo roles, so bored or confused fans can bide their time star-spotting the likes of Mariah Carey, Kanye West and Angie Martinez. Full Review

Laura Sinagra
April 12, 2005
Laura Sinagra, Village Voice

Attempts at real ruggish posturing -- like that de rigueur sideways-gatted, full-body-exposure firing stance -- are just plain laughable. Full Review

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    • Baby Boy: We in the whole for 90...D, you aint moving!
    • Beans: A.B.M. Crew: All Bout Money

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