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Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)
Directed by Kevin Fitzgerald
Overview
From neighborhood ciphers to the most notorious MC battles, “Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme” captures the electrifying energy of improvisational hip-hop—the rarely recorded art form of rhyming spontaneously. Like preachers and jazz solos, freestyles exist only in the moment, a modern-day incarnation of the African-American storytelling tradition. Shot over a period of more than seven years, it is already an underground cult film in the hip-hop world. The film systematically debunks the false image put out by record companies that hip-hop culture is violent or money-obsessed. Instead, it lets real hip-hop artists, known and unknown, weave their story out of a passionate mix of language, politics, and spirituality.
Rated R | Length 71 minutes
Actors
Muhammad Ali | Planet Asia | Bahamadia | Akim Funk Buddah | Eluard Burt | Myo Campbell | John Coltrane | Darkleaf | Yasiin Bey | Kirby Dominant | Kool Herc | Debi Mazar | The Notorious B.I.G. | Tupac Amaru Shakur | Boots Riley | Robert Garcia