The story of Friday making this list begins with the hiatus between posts in this part of the "Rave & Favorite Five" series, which also begins with the movie that it replaced. Ever since my mother took me and my brother to see it in the spring of 1990, I have been a huge fan of House Party. Between the fashion, the music, the dances, the rhymes, the slang and even the comedy, I thought it was one of the best movies at capturing the height of the New Jack Swing era of R&B and hip-hop culture. However, as I attempted to write my post about it as the original No. 4 spot holder, I wasn't feeling what I was writing because I kept battling myself over whether House Party should be on my list or Friday--another movie that I went with my mother and brother to see as well as another one of my "brothers". In figuring out my dilemma, one of my dear, dear friends posed a simple question: "Which movie do you think is more complete between the two?" Once I sat and thought about it, the choice became simple and my trepidation was resolved: I couldn't have a "Rave & Favorite Five" about movies without Friday. I actually thought about bumping out Blade Runner for House Party, but Blade Runner is just way too epic to get axed. Now that the backstory is complete, it's time for the main event: five things that make Friday the sureshot...
