In these Days of Maybachs and Bently’s, canary yellow diamonds and platinum chains, it seems that a lot of people are forgetting about the art involved in hip hop. That’s where Kevin Fitzgerald aka Dj Organic steps in. He’s put together an amazing documentary dedicated to the art of freestyling. Freestyle: The Art Of Rhyme explores the art form’s history, rules, legendary MC Battles, taboos, social impact, and previously inexamined dementions of freestyling as spiritual and community based art form.
Documenting the freestyle scene from the early 1980’s through to present day, FREESTYLE features a who’s who list of seminal hip hop figures including:
Mos Def, Black Thought, Bahamadia, Freestyle Fellowship, ?uestlove, MC Supernatural, Graig G, Pharoahe Monch, Medusa, Akim Funk Buddha, Planet Asia, Otherwize, Juice, Wordsworth, Lord Finesse, Living Legends, Jurassic 5, Boots Riley of the Coup, Darkleaf, Divine Styler, The Last Poets and more.
I got a chance to see the film and I really liked the fact that it doesn’t focus only on New York, it goes into great detail on how the freestyle scene started in California aswell.
The Film will be available in stores soon. Check out www.organicfilms.com for more info.
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“the best award winning and critically acclaimed underground hip hop documentary film ever made”
