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HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes (Documentary)

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Fraxxx:
Just watched this and found it to be pretty interesting. Chuck D is still unfuckwitable. 8)



"Sparking dialogue on hip-hop and its declarations on gender, HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes provides thoughtful insight from intelligent, divergent voices including rap artists, industry executives, rap fans and social critics from inside and outside the hip-hop generation. The film includes interviews with famous rappers such as Mos Def, Fat Joe, Chuck D and Jadakiss and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons; along with commentary from Michael Eric Dyson, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Kevin Powell and Sarah Jones and interviews with young women at Spelman College, a historically black school and one of the nation's leading liberal arts institutions.

The film also explores such pressing issues as women and violence in rap music, representations of manhood in hip-hop culture, what today's rap lyrics reveal to their listeners and homoeroticism in hip-hop. A "loving critique" from a self-proclaimed "hip-hop head," HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes discloses the complex intersection of culture, commerce and gender through on-the-street interviews with aspiring rappers and fans at hip-hop events throughout the country."

TraceOneInfinite:
Looks dope, I'm going to check this out in a few days

TraceOneInfinite:
I watched some of it... thought it was wack, because the discussion was mostly about wack hip-hop fans, it wasn't on some real hip-hop documentary tip.  

M Dogg™:
I'd like to see a documentary on Hip-Hop and the 5 Percenters. I will watch this one soon.

I brought in Dr. Ebony Utley to my college last week, the work she has done connecting Hip-Hop and Religion is just amazing. And the crazy thing is she is only 32 years old. But man, she knows her stuff.

Fraxxx:

--- Quote from: Infinite African Westcoastin 2012 and 13' on February 04, 2013, 05:16:20 PM ---I watched some of it... thought it was wack, because the discussion was mostly about wack hip-hop fans, it wasn't on some real hip-hop documentary tip.  

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I don't even know what you mean by that. The thing touches exactly on the subjects it says in the text. Did you at least manage to get through the first 5 minutes?  :grumpy:

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