You Got Served

You Got Served is a 2004 drama film written and directed by Chris Stokes, manager of its stars, recording artist Marques Houston and the members of boy band B2K. The plot concerns a group of dancers, who take part in a street dancing competition. It was released by Columbia Pictures' Screen Gems division on January 30, 2004, during the Super Bowl XXXVIII weekend and was produced by Marcus Morton, Cassius Weathersby, Billy Pollina.

David (Omarion) and Elgin (Marques Houston) lead a promising unstoppable streetdancing crew in Los Angeles, California who participate in street dancing battles at a warehouse owned by a local club owner, Mr. Rad (Steve Harvey). Mr. Rad is highly respected and is looked at as a father-figure or mentor. The film opens up with their crew battling another crew led by Vick (Raz-B). Their crew wins and Vick's crew get very disappointed, thinking they should have won. After the battle, David and Elgin go to a club to deliver drugs for a drug lord named Emerald (Michael Taliferro) in order to get money for the battles. When David and Elgin are challenged by Wade (Christopher Jones), a rich kid from Orange County for five thousand dollars, they think it's easy money. Wade and his best friend, Max (Robert Hoffman) meet Elgin at a park. Elgin tells them that his crew will batlle their crew next Saturday night, but Wade and Max think that Elgin's crew are not good enough to battle them at night. Very furious, Elgin accepts their offer. Realizing that he and David only have half of the money, Elgin decides to borrow money from his grandmother. Before the battle begins, Mr. Rad announces that he has a new friend named Mr. Chuck, a police officer from the LAPD, joining as a guest referee. He also announces that there will be no fighting during the battle. Sonny (Young Rome), a member from David and Elgin's crew shows up and the crew are shocked to realize that he has joined Wade's crew. They are also shocked to realize that Sonny has sold them out by performing their moves for Wade's crew. David and Elgin's crew try desperately to make a comeback, but it doesn't work and Wade's crew becomes undefeatable. Suddenly, a fight breaks out in the middle of the battle between the two crews and Mr. Rad and Mr. Chuck break it up. The crowd applauds for Wade's crew and David and Elgin become furious that they have lost for the first time. Elgin tries to tell Mr. Rad that Wade and his crew stole their moves, but Wade, crowing over his success, delivers the titular line, "You're just mad... 'cause tonight you suckas got served!" David and Elgin's crew leaves very angry. Meanwhile, David and Liyah (Jennifer Freeman), Elgin's sister, are falling in love. David picks her up from work and they go to a restaurant. While playing basketball with Vick, Elgin gets a cell phone call from Emerald telling him that he wants them to come earlier to do their job. Elgin tries to call David immediately, but before David can take Elgin's call, Liyah turns off his phone, leaving Elgin to do the job himself. While delivering the items, Elgin gets beaten up and robbed by some hoods. David gets a call telling him that Elgin is in the hospital and he and Liyah rush over. Consequently, Elgin gets very angry at David for attempting to hook up with his sister when he should have been taking care of business, and is also annoyed at his sister for trying to stick up for David. Elgin is also worried, since he owes Emerald money to cover for the loss of his goods. Both split up and form their own crews, but neither is as good as on their own as they are combined. Elgin forbids Liyah to see David, ignoring the fact that she and David want to help him. Rico (J-Boog) tells David and Elgin about the "Big Bounce," a $50,000 dance competition purportedly sponsored by MTV which will provide the winning crew the opportunity to perform in a Lil' Kim video. Elgin sees this as a good way to pay back Emerald and his grandmother. Attempts to bring Elgin and David together, particularly by Liyah, are fruitless, and twice they nearly come to blows and have to be separated. At the "Big Bounce" competition, Elgin's crew beats David's crew in the semi-finals. Very crushed, David goes to a restaurant where Liyah and Beautifull (Meagan Good), Liyah's best friend, meet him. Rashann (Lil' Fizz) showes up tells them that Lil' Saint (Malcolm David Kelley), the youngest member of the crew, was shot during a drive-by shooting. They rush over to the hospitial to check on him. After a few minutes, a doctor tells the gang that Lil' Saint died a few hours ago. Rico, the one who took care of Lil' Saint, becomes very sad. The next day, Rico goes over to Elgin's house and tells him that they should reunite the crew in honor of Lil' Saint. David arrives a few minutes later and is told the same thing, but he and Elgin disagree. Elgin's crew, going by the name, "The Lil' Saints", shows up to the finals of the "Big Bounce" competition. Wade Robson and Lil' Kim host the competition. The finals begin, but when they announce the winner, they discover there is a tie between "The Lil' Saints" and "Wade's Crew". Both crews disagree to tie with each other. Lil' Kim gets advice from Mr. Rad, who declares a battle competition, "straight hood," with no rules, even allowing other people to join the battling crews. Rico, Rashann and Oscar, a former member of the crew join in. David walks up to Elgin and asks to let him battle with his crew. Elgin accepts, which ends their fued, reunites them and their crew. They battle Wade's crew, dedicating the battle to Lil' Saint. They succesfully win the battle and the $50,000 prize and Elgin accepts David's relationship with Liyah. Wade and Max walk up to them, very upset, saying that it was not fair them to lose against them. David replies with, "Ya'll just mad, 'cause today, you suckas got served" They shout the "You Got Served" line in retaliation to Wade after he claims the battle settled nothing. The film ends with the partisan crowd, elated, begins chanting "Served! Served! Served! Served!" getting louder and faster, while the crew cheers for their victory.

Casting:

* Marques Houston - Elgin
* Omari Grandberry - David
* Jarell Houston - Rico
* De'Mario Thornton - Vick
* Dreux Pierre Frederic - Rashann
* Jennifer Freeman - Liyah
* Meagan Good - Beautifull
* Steve Harvey - Mr. Rad
* Christopher Jones - Wade
* Robert Hoffman - Max
* Malcolm David Kelley - Lil' Saint
* Wade Robson - Himself
* Lil' Kim - Herself
* Alani Vasquez - Herself
* Michael Taliferro - Emerald

Soundtrack:

mainly music by B2K, but also Marques Houston, and many others. There were some profanities in the soundtrack such as "Streets Is Callin'" but did not receive a PA label. The soundtrack was released on December 23, 2003. Also, there was a release of a music video for B2K's single "Badaboom" featuring Fabolous and Marques Houston was the guest appearance. The music video contains B2K and Fabolous in a female club while showing the "You Got Served" movie shots.