71'
2000-04-14
6.9
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.
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- Budget: 0
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- Revenue: 0
- List of countries:
- United States of America
- List of languages:
- English
- List of companies:
- Organic Films
- Bowery Films
- Vote Count: 13
- Popularity: 0.9503
- Status: Released
- Original title:Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
