Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap
dir. ice-t
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Summary
Ice-T's directorial debut, a documentary built around long-form interviews with MCs about the craft of writing and performing rap. Subjects include Chuck D, Dr. Dre, Eminem, KRS-One, Nas, Rakim, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Q-Tip, Kool G Rap, Kool Moe Dee and Run-DMC. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Hip-hop relevance
One of the rare hip-hop docs structured around technique rather than biography — emphasizing flow, breath control, rhyme schemes and on-the-spot freestyle. Functions as a curated oral history of the writer's craft from many of the form's defining MCs.
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