Film · 2000 · Belgesel, Müzik

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

Yönetmen

Kevin Fitzgerald

Süre

71 dk

Oyuncular

Muhammad Ali, Planet Asia, Bahamadia, Akim Funk Buddah, Eluard Burt, Myo Campbell, John Coltrane, Darkleaf

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.