Freestyle - The Art of Rhyme | Tupac Shakur, Mos Def | Well researched, comprehensive...

Freestyle - The Art of Rhyme | Tupac Shakur, Mos Def | Freestyle The Art of Rhyme

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	Freestyle - The Art of Rhyme Tupac Shakur, Mos Def Palm Pictures / Umvd, 2005 average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Freestyle makes for the ideal double-bill with Scratch, Doug Pray's fine film about the art of the DJ. Kevin Fitzgerald looks instead at the MC, specifically those who make their rhymes up on the spot, like a slam poet or jazz vocalist adding new flavor to an old standard. Unlike Scratch or The Freshest Kids, an exploration of b-boy culture, Freestyle doesn't explain or trace the history of a form as much as celebrate it. In other words, the focus is more on the practitioners of the present, despite some valuable commentary from Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan of the legendary Last Poets, on circles and battles, and some inspiring footage of a 17-year-old Biggie Smalls (the Notorious B.I.G.) cutting loose in Bed-Stuy. Other notable participants include Common, Black Thought (the Roots) Chali Tuna (Jurassic 5), Mikah 9 (Freestyle Fellowship), and Mos Def (Black Star). --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Well researched, comprehensive documentary on an aspect of Hip-Hop culture

There are very few documentaries that compare to this one, and certainly one of the two (the other being 5 Sides of a Coin) that truley go indept into the art and purpose of this aspect in hip hop culture, remain visually and audio stimulating and keep all the excess jargon and rubbish out.

Interviews with some of Hip Hops most prolific and controversial members, both in mainstream and street/underground infamy show the more innocent, raw side of freestyling which is seldom seen. Moments such as interviews with supernatural, Otherwise and Craig G are examples of this.

I would probably suggest this for school teachers and parents who didnt get the chance to really grow up with hip hop or rap as such a pragmatic part of their lives and see where the roots of it come from, and to be able to distinguish the difference between freestyling in its truest form, and the commercial bullsh*it that comes out of corporate record labels.

Check the other doco i've listed for an overall view of hip hop as a culture, and not just simply a genre of music---> 5 Sides of a Coin

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Freestyle The Art of Rhyme

This is a great DVD. A must for any true Hip-Hop lovers!

hiphop at its best

a household item for all real hiphop fans.it has covered all the elements of hiphop to the core.it's truelly a fantastic classic dvd for all hiphop heads.

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