Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
R
by Various Artists
Hip Hop didn't invent anything. Hip Hop reinvented everything
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 51 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 18, 2012
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Featured: | Melle Mel | |
| Directed by | Ice-T | |
| Director of Photography: | Jeremy Hewson | |
| Hosted by | KRS-One, Bun B, Kanye West, B-Real, Afrika Bambaataa, Ras Kass, Ice Cube, Royce Da 5'9", WC, Grandmaster Caz, Immortal Technique, Salt, Melle Mel, MC Lyte, Chino XL, Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, Lord Finesse, Chuck D, Eminem, Joe Budden, Kool Keith, Marley Marl, Ice-T, Darryl McDaniels, Lord Jamar, Dr. Dre, Raekwon & Common |
Entertainment Reviews:
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In its structure and delivery, the documentary seems to have been constructed like a well-written rap song. It has a rigid focus on the central premise but allows the filmmaker and his interviewees to riff around the subject.
Sight and Sound
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is poised to school a whole new generation of fans with insights from some of their favorite artists. Loaded with a capella on-camera performances and a soundtrack of killer beats...
Hollywood Reporter
Rating: 3/5 --
It's an insider's celebration of the form, studded with straight-to-camera rhymesmithery from its best practitioners.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
Rating: 4/5 --
The film is educative, entertaining, in almost all senses a blast. Your body is left in your seat while your soul is blown to the back of the auditorium.
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Financial Times
Rap confirms the art of the form from the inside. Only time can sort out the rest.
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Village Voice
Rating: 3/5 --
There's no faulting the lyrical excellence on display. These guys are legends for a reason.
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Time Out
What they don't talk about, on Ice-T's specific instructions, are the moral, social and psychological aspects of the art, and there's little on how rap relates to other forms of black music such as jazz, gospel or the blues.
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Observer (UK)
Product Description:
Join legendary rapper Ice T on a guided journey into the heart and soul of hip hop music as he travels from coast to coast, interviewing some of the most inspired and creative artists ever to step up to the mic. Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, KRS-ONE, Nas, MOS DEF, Afrika Bambaataa, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, RUN DMC, and a host of other artists reflect on the evolution of hip-hop, and the artists who have helped turn it into a global phenomenon.
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- Sales Rank: 47,016
- UPC: 883476081540
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