3) Episode Titles
Hip-hop music obviously plays a huge role in setting the tone and ambiance of Luke Cage, with multiple tracks playing each episode – generally through the singers at Cottonmouth’s club, Harlem’s Paradise. In fact, music is such a core part of the show that each episode title is taken from a track by Gang Starr.
Here’s the full list of titles:
“Moment of Truth”
“Code of the Streets”
“Who’s Gonna Take the Weight?”
“Step in the Arena”
“Just to Get a Rep”
“Suckas Need Bodyguards”
“Manifest”
“Blowin’ Up the Spot”
“DWYCK”
“Take it Personal”
“Now You’re Mine”
“Soliloquy of Chaos”
“You Know My Steez”
“I wanted the 13 episodes to feel like an album,” said creator and showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker, about the motif. “Like when Prince put out an album, you would shut things out and listen to the whole thing. But now, with TV, you binge watch.”