Quotes About New Jack City

'New Jack City' was a perfect marriage of music and film. They used a lot of musicians: myself, Christopher Williams. People that were popular because of their music were given the chance to act. And the soundtrack was incredible.

When we started shooting New Jack City in April of 1990, I wasn't nervous anymore; I was fucking scared. Chris Rock was, too. We had a lot of heavy, dramatic scenes to pull off and we were both feeling the pressure.

Chris Rock often says I was an uncredited codirector on New Jack City. It wasn't really codirecting, but when we were shooting, I sometimes wore the hat of technical advisor for those little street details.