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Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)

ALL 04/14/2000 (en) Documentary, Music 71 Min
  • Release
    04/14/2000
  • Production
    Organic Films, Bowery Films
  • Rotten tomato
    69%
  • Original title
    Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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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.

  1. Kevin Fitzgerald

    Director

  2. Story



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Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000) 71 Min

ALL 04/14/2000 (en)
Documentary, Music
  • Release 04/14/2000
  • Production
    Organic Films, Bowery Films
  • Original title Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Kevin Fitzgerald

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Paul Devlin, Rachel Raimist, Isaac Solotaroff

    Editor

  4. Joey Anuff, Paul Devlin, Henry Alex Rubin

    Producer



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