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The movie was the east coast answer to Breakin' , which displayed the east coast style of Break Dancing , DJ ing and Graffiti with a mild social undertone. Some of the plotline was based on the graffiti documentary Style Wars . Most visibly, the villain character ''Spit'' in Beat Street was lifted from the way the real-life graffiti artist ''Cap'' was portrayed in Style Wars .


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  • A scene from the movie is sampled on the Intro to Nas 's album, '' Illmatic .''



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