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This documentary focuses less on the music and more on the personality clashes and in-group tensions to great, compelling effect. Read critic reviews
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011, Documentary/Music, 1h 37m
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Actor Michael Rapaport examines the music of the 1990s hip-hop group as well as the conflicts that drove the band members apart.
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Rating: R (Language)
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Genre: Documentary, Music
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Original Language: English
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Director: Michael Rapaport
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Producer: Robert Benavides, Debra Koffler
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Writer: Michael Rapaport
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
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Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
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Production Co: Rival Pictures, Beats, Rhymes and Fights Productions LLC
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If you're a huge fan of Tribe you will wet your pants watching this. If you're just a regular hip-hop fan like me it's aight, fun enough. You get a playful, frank, intimate look into their origins, rise, and fall, and into the relationships between the members and particularly the tension between the brilliant, messianic, somewhat oblivious Q-Tip and the headstrong, straight-talking, more human and relatable Phife Dawg, whose close childhood friendship and complementary talents generate much of the energy and vibe of the band, but whose irreconcilable differences ultimately lead to the demise of the group.
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A well-rounded, even documentary that provides the viewer with some insight to how people sometimes spawn dissension from what seems like nothing. There's nothing mindblowing here, but it's definitely an interesting watch, even if you're not a fan. You just might have a bit more appreciation for the contributions of the group to hip hop if you are.
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If you're a fan, this is a must see.
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What I liked most was that rather than spend most of the film having other artists and critics talk about their work and why it was so influential and important (although there is some of that), they instead decided to focus on the group dynamic which produces some rather candid discussion about some of the serious personal problems they have with one another.
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