Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
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- Michael Rapaport
Summary
Michael Rapaport's documentary on A Tribe Called Quest, shot during their 2008 Rock the Bells reunion tour. The film traces the group's Native Tongues origins, classic-album run and the long tension between Q-Tip and Phife Dawg. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
Hip-hop relevance
The definitive screen account of one of hip-hop's most influential groups and a primary source on Phife Dawg's life before his 2016 death. Generated public friction with the group around editorial choices, itself a useful artifact of how hip-hop biographies get negotiated.
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