The casting of Orlando Jones as dr. Lee was pure genius

Doctor Lee was low key a beast on every instrument goddam

"You have to learn to follow before you can lead Mr Miles " such a cold line

This is why I love the Drumline movies!!not just because I love playing percussion, but it emphasizes a lot on teamwork, self discipline, hard work! never tolerating with ego, hard headedness. ONE BAND ONE SOUND

Say what you will about this movie whether you’re a drummer or not. Dr Lee was an amazing teacher, conductor, and leader. A lot of coaches need to do this. Basically tell your star player “I don’t care how good you are. If you’re not a team player, step up or get out.”

This movie is so underrated. One of my favorite movies.

"You have to learn how to follow before you could lead" That's a powerful quote

What I love is that it shows Dr. Lee has an understanding in all areas of music. Even percussion based instruments.

"You Have to learn to Follow before you can Lead!"

Dr. Lee is pure respect! He gives it, and earned it!

One Band.... One Sound..... Always loved that motto

For everyone that doesn't get what happened its devin not following lead of the band. He caught on to the simple cadence and when it was his time he played it but if you pay attention Devin was aggressive and ultimately paces faster than Shawn. While Devin showing he could out play shawn, that was a clear takeaway that Devin hadn't yet brought into the concept of "one band one sound." As you can see when Dr Lee called him out on it, even tho it was performing the same cadence. It wasn't about his coordination and if he could walk and do it . But now that he to his successor had to become a follower thus humbling himself. A simple step in a direction forced him to submit to a lead. This is why Dr Lee told him directly "you have to learn to follow before you can lead Mr Miles."

Devon's first mess up was coming outside with all black on while everyone else was wearing white t-shirts!

When one of us is late we are ALL late. When one of us looks and sounds bad WE ALL look and sound bad.

This was such a great movie. Something postive. I was in drumline in high school @ paschal high school in Fort Worth texas. Good memories. This movie let me know it was cool to be in drumline and not listen to any haters. Glad I was in drumline. Gave birth to me making music. Much love.

The fact that Orlando was just as talented as miles says a lot

THE KID FROM EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS LOOKS LIKE DR.LEE.

Man this movie a classic

One band one sound

I always thought Dr. Lee was the most interesting character in the movie, and that Jones gave the best performance. (Comedians make great actors.)

I remember watching this from a bootleg theater copy in 2002 ... maybe 2003. Makes me get the itch again and I can’t even play an instrument!!! But boy ... this movie still gets me hype (like I can actually do something all these years later - ha!) One lesson I’ve learned is humility first, skill second, and pride ... harness it and let pride fuel the humility. You can always learn something from everyone. If you try to outperform someone ... even if you win, you still lose.

I was in elementary school in 2002 when this first came out and it inspired me to be in band. Fast forward in H.S. 2006-2010 I decided to be a color guard in band. We were a HBCU band style but we also did UIL just as great as we did show band. How Dr.Lee was is exactly how my Band director was in H.S. RIH Ronald Thornton🙏🏽😢Mighty Eagle Band Willowridge H.S.

2nd drumline movie was nothing like this. Words of wisdom in this movie taught us all something 💯

Earnest and Deedra were the highlight of side characters. They really fell in love with one another 😂😂 and I was here for it

The guy that played the coach deserves a award for his performance

Our high school band had a saying, "If you're on time, you're late."

3:44 he was deadass wrong for doing homegirl like that😂😂

Now I want 10 laps from all those who are not their roommates mother LMAO

This came out when I was 12. I watched this DVD every night for months on my PlayStation 2... back when gaming was simple pop in a disc a play ...Boom!

Life lessons!!! These quotes has stuck with me since High School, when my marching band went to go see this is the theatre!!!

Always remember this: playing the drums, it's like making love. But you can't be looking down there, seeing what's going on, trying to get the flow right.

The "follow before you can lead " scene. Love it. That's what happens when you go up against The Grandmaster lol.

This was one of the best movies Nick Cannon did,coming from the hood to Atlanta Ga historic HBCU to play drums was powerful

The guy that play Dr.Lee is a great actor. Idk why people don’t notice.

Today was my second day of band camp. What I love is we all become a family. You really are gonna look out for your fellow drumline.

When I first saw this..I was surprised Dr. Lee could play the drums so well. None of my band directors could drum worth shit..they all played horns lol..

instead of drummers pointing out the painful flaws in the movie. You should appreciate them doing a movie to focus on drum lines. The casual veiwer wont notice these flaws. Remember, they are holding an audience and need some entertainment, to make it sound cool, by possibly over hyping it. could they have done better? yes. But these are actors not drummers

I don’t think anyone understands how powerful this scene is

Yes. We all need to learn that. You have to learn to follow. Before you can lead. This was great. Thanks for sharing. God bless.

Straight classic bruh ..man i feel old lol

True Wisdom passed down from the Master to a student. A student that is naturally advanced but has not the proper direction and experience which can get himself to fail or self destruct.

This is another one of my favorite scenes in this movie!!!!! DR. LEE SAID!!!! “You have to learn to follow before you can lead!”❤ Dr Lee also said “If you can’t read music you can’t be on my field!” 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

GREAT MOVIE.......:) MY SISTER BAND IN 2004, EASTERN WAYNE HS, GOLDSBORO NC, WON STATE CHAMPIONS...THEY PLAYED THIS DRUMLINE THEME AT HOMECOMING...THE WHOLE CROWD WENT CRAZY.... :) AWESOME

Im not his mother sir 😀

This is one of my favorite movies growing up (one band one sound )

How could you not like this movie?

"you know how it is when you hittin that spot right, dont ya girl." LMFAO

The girl with braids in the 🥁 section looking gorgeous. 😬😍🦉

Those guys are really going to be good friends when this practice is done. A year later he will help him in the next generation drumline.

Why hasn’t Orlando Brown gotten bigger roles?? Nick Cannons career took off while Orlando did 7up commercials. Underrated actor.

That bass though when Devon & Sean looked at each other before their challenge 😂

such a great movie!! having grown up playing snare drum in a drum corps, (DCI-Garfield Cadets, now called, The Cadets '79-'84), this movie reminded me of so many good memories and the important life learning lessons that helped prepare me for life out of high school...this movie does a great job teaching that teamwork, discipline, and attitude are vital to reaching goals...the drum battles in this movie are insanely awesome too! 💯💥✌🥁🎵🎶

I’m not gonna lie the hot comb part was funny

devin had a ego wen Dr. Lee kicked him off the lineup he humbled himself

Hey it's Marcus from Smart Guy!!!

Still love this movie

It takes motivation for a marching band to become stronger

don't see how he looked like a "jackass". he still schooled one of the drum masters of that staff in front of people. that was the most goonish thing i've seen.

When I made the dance team in the band when I was in high school in 2003 I watched this movie every day lol i was too hyped!!

It is a flat out joke that 181 people didn't like this movie 🎥 what a masterpiece

i'm 15 and this movie was an inspiration for every percussionist i know thats my age and we reenact the "dont look down" scene all the time. i wonder if anyone else does that

It doesn´t matter how good you say you are, it doesn´t matter how easy or not the music is in this movie, NEWSFLASH they`re actors, they act, not musicians. The moral of the story is that in a group, of anykind, band, work, school, anything, you have to be able to sacrifice the needs of the individual for the needs and common good of the group.

Good morning...good morning to music. I love that motivation

2020 and I still watch this scenes.

How did he make Sean look bad!? Sean challenge him! Sean couldn't beat the rookie!!! Lol Sean made himself look bad!

This is my kind of movie! Drumline isn't just about the "ohhh hit sticks on a hard surface hehe"! It's about the discipline, the dedication, determination, teamwork, and shows that marching is NOT EASY.

One of my fave movie of all time!

"If your on time you're late, If you're 5 minutes early you're on time."

Still love that version of "When The Saints Go Marching In" ... That trumpet player had skills

Drumline is very amazing in the marching band

This movie was my childhood

As a drumcore brat, I really loved this movie

Devon wearing all black in the beginning signifies he's the black sheep I think

This movie has such a hard-on for itself.

ONE BAND!!! ONE SOUND!!!

4:49 Oh damn I dropped my stick!... 4:54 Oh wait, no I didn't. lol gotta love movie editing sometimes hahaha

Shawn made himself look like a jackass. It took the dr to set him straight. " Every student can sometimes out smart the master. " Ramon Martinez

My childhood dawg 💯

Such an underrated movie

*ONE bAND, ONE SOUND*

Was he supposed to drop his sticks on purpose in order for him not to look like a jackass?

LISTEN TO THIS VERY WISE WORDS!!! ESPECIALLY FOR WORK!!!

I love the way this character teaches us That one must learn That in the end we all must learn to follow In order to be a successful leader This character teaches us that we are one Yessssssssssssss Together we rise New feel I likeeeee

Still watching this in 2019

I wish they would have allowed me to write PART 2 to this. It would have been lit!!

ONE BAND, ONE SOUND When one of us is late, WE'RE ALL LATE! When one of us looks or sounds bad, WE ALL LOOK AND SOUND BAD!

I remember that day when Atlanta a&t won the bet southern classic in a drum battle. 🤘

even though this band is a show band, it still revolves around the same theme that every school faces. we all get criticized by our students, we all get told we need "new" songs, and finally we are asked why we arent as good as another school's band. Instead of focusing on just stand tunes and entertainment, this movie portrays just how important the marching show is. Dr. Lee said so himself that he looks forward to educate before getting to entertain. show bands are ok, but i prefer DCI style.

this is such a good movie

People seem to forget that both Sean and Devon are polar opposites of one another. Devon's a cocky little shit, I don't think people quite get that. Sean too had an attitude problem but of a different sort. Both Devon and Sean thought that they were the best. In Devon's case, it's because he was sought after by Doctor Lee and eventually become a P1 which was unheard of for a freshman. Devon figured that everyone would bow to his superior skill within the band; however, it's like Sean pointed out later on: "When you're out there, they don't hear YOU. They hear the BAND." Through this, and Sean's own development, Devon becomes less cocky and learns how to be part of the team. In fact, you see it during the finals of the contest as Morris Brown's drummer starts tapping on Devon's drum and Devon barely reacts (clinching his sticks aside) compared to earlier when Devon provoked a fight on the football field when he started tapping on someone else's drum. Sean's problem came from the fact that his ego was inflated due to his position within the group as a section leader. Sean believed that he was the best of the best and then here comes some little freshman who has a consistent attitude problem and is admittedly very talented. But Sean's problem comes from his authority as a section leader. Given that becoming a section leader takes a lot of dedication and work, it's easy to see how Sean could forget that he was once where the freshmen were. In fact, Doctor Lee even called out Sean during a private conversation where he asserted that Sean felt intimidated by Devon's abilities as a drummer instead of trying to help Devon where he needed it. Sean eventually learns to become more relaxed in his approach and actually mentors Devon and shows Devon the value of learning how to read music.

Imma still watch drumline in 2019

A lot of valuable lessons in this movie.

Coltrane, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, and Ew&F... mmmm

Sweet jesus, Dr. Lee's traditional grip technique is awful. Look at that cocked wrist! That's a recipe for pain.

One band one sound was the theme to my Junior and Senior Year(s) of Marching band!!!

This made me want to attend an HBCU and ..... I DID👏🏾 just remembered Jason weaver the GOAT 90s love

As a guy I wouldn’t want to be looking at homeboy while thinking about ‘making love and handling my business’ 😂😂3:22

What if devon beat the 2nd challenge lol

Love that song...

I definitely agree what Dr. Lee is saying