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| BEATS,
RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST |
Year: 2011
USA: Sony Pictures Classics
Cast: Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jarobi White
Director: Michael Rapaport
Country: USA
USA: 95 mins
USA Rated: R for language
USA Release Date: 8 July 2011 (Limited Release)
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Synopsis
Directed by Michael Rapaport, the documentary is 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.
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