Beats, Rhymes & Life – Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows this innovative and influential band to this day.

Beats, Rhymes & Life (2011)
Director: Michael Rapaport
Stars: Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Genre: Documentary, Music
Country: United States
Language: English
Also Known As: Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Release Date: January 22, 2011 (Sundance Film Festival)

Synopsis:
BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST is a documentary film directed by Michael Rapaport about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history. Having released five gold and platinum selling albums within eight years, A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significant musical groups in recent history, and regarded as iconic pioneers of hip hop. The band’s sudden break-up in 1998 shocked the industry and saddened the scores of fans, whose appetite for the group’s innovative musical stylings never seems to diminish.

A hard-core fan himself, Rapaport sets out on tour with A Tribe Called Quest in 2008, when they reunited to perform sold-out concerts across the country, almost ten years after the release of their last album, The Love Movement. As he travels with the band members (Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi White), Rapaport captures the story of how tenuous their relationship has become, when mounting tensions erupt backstage during a show in San Francisco, we get a behind-the-scenes look at their journey and contributions as a band.

Rarely heard stories from New York’s legendary DJ Red Alert, Native Tongues members like Monie Love, the Jungle Brothers, Busta Rhymes, and De La Soul bring an intimacy to the days when young artists discovered the freedom of artistic expression, while rejecting the confines of gangster rap and negative stereotypes.

The film includes interviews from the Beastie Boys, Kanye West, Pharrell, Mos Def, Santigold, Monie Love, Pete Rock, Large Professor, De La Soul, The Jungle Brothers and Common, all of whom attribute some combination of love, respect, and inspiration drawn from the legacy of A Tribe Called Quest.

Reviews:
„If you grew up with rap and were a fan when Tribe was in their prime, you absolutely will not want to miss this. I had to hold back the tears as I revisited those special times of my youth. Being a rap fan and beat maker since the 80’s, I now know who was the man behind the productions of their first three legendary(understatement) albums, as the credits on their records always attributed production to the Tribe itself and not one person(that person is Q-Tip). Not that Ali is not also an incredible musician and producer in his own right as evidenced in his post-Tribe super group Lucy Pearl and other production works. As for Phife, you’ll just have to see his remarkable story for yourself…

Many times our most celebrated creative heroes end up on a downward self destructive path and fall from grace, or they refuse to leave behind their formulas and habits at a detriment to their growth and their health, but these guys are champions in life, they are all leading rewarding lives doing some unexpected things, yet still make time to go on tour together. The time during which rap music was truly GREAT was short lived, maybe just a couple years….and it flashed past in the blink of an eye. This documentary will take you there, so much so you won’t want to come back!

BTW I really, really, REALLY hope this isn’t the last of Michael Rapaport’s documentaries on Hip-Hop, clearly he is the man for the job.”
– written by „dutchbeats” on IMDb.com

Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Croatia Beat, Rime & Život: A Tribe Called Quest(Festival Title)
Finland Beats, rhymes & life
Germany Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
Hungary Ritmus, rím és élet – A Tribe Called Quest
Japan ビーツ、ライムズ・アンド・ライフ　ア・トライブ・コールド・クエストの旅(Japanese)
Russia Биты, рифмы и жизнь: Путешествия группы A Tribe Called Quest
United Kingdom Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
United States Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

····················································································

SUPPORT US!
✘ Membership – https://bit.ly/44ORoBA

#documentaries #music #tribecalledquest

····················································································

COPYRIGHT: All of the films published by us are legally licensed. We have acquired the rights (at least for specific territories) from the rightholders by contract. If you have questions please send an email to: info[at]amogo.de, Amogo Networx – The AVOD Channel Network, www.amogo-networx.com.