Their production shaped the landscape of hip-hop ... See full summary », Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton is a feature-length documentary about avant-garde Los Angeles-based record label Stones Throw Records. Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rappaport did an awesome job of profiling one the greatest groups in Hip-Hop history, ATCQ. Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2012. I cried when phif wife was a donor, she was his earth angel. Explains some of the tensions leading up to the unfortunate break up of the band. This is it! Anonymous. The end of their good times begins with their last two: 1996's 'Beats,Rhymes,and Life' and 1998's 'The Love Movement'. Donate. I remember playing the low end theory cassette tape back to back all the time. Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2014. "​, "Its hip-hop social workers teach students to work through trauma by expressing themselves through music, and even teach them to produce and record albums. As for Phife, you'll just have to see his remarkable story for yourself...Speaking of Ali, one thing that really stayed with me, his statement about the spiritual and creative benefit of moving on, trying something new, not forgetting the past but working towards the future. To your immediate left is a stage and like the rest of the room, it is being renovated by practitioners, peer mentors, and artists of all ages."​. Fire it up. Q-Tip, he's a wizard for the group which he collected all the jazz records, funk, i'm like "wow" i was so impressed. "People's Instinctive Travels..." is a good old fashioned playful music speaks into our ears. Beats, Rhymes & Life was made by actor Michael Rapaport who is a lifelong Hip Hop fan. Ups & downs of A Tribe Called Quest but most importantly how they kept the spirit going, Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2020. However, it seems that they just glanced over the involvement of Ali Shaheed and Jarobi. MC and journalist Shad Kabango meets with Hip-Hop's biggest stars to retrace how Hip-Hop became the world's most popular music, but realizes that Hip-Hop's true legacy is something much more profound. When they step into the rap game, the stakes are really high. Copyright © 2020 Beat Rhymes and Life Inc. I have had to import this as unfortunately there still isnt a UK release here at the moment, but boy was it worth it. It's the real story of artists/musicians who go through the creative and business process of fame together. Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2016. Looking for some great streaming picks? Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation. You don't have to love ATCQ to like/love this doc. 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. Midnight Marauders were the best work of their life around. Great documentary, great MUSICAL documentary that would have piqued my interest even if i wasn't into Tribe in that i love all genres of music period. Great doc. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Tip is the master of the group, but I rather give props to Phife Dawg, that almost draw me to tears when he's dealing with diabetes and his health issues and it was so personally interested to see him living his life thanks to his wife. I really enjoyed learning more about ATCQ - I love them even more after watching! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2015. This doc takes you through the history of real friendships and the real life drama that happens in between, when coping with health, emotions, egos and the core of what ATCQ is/was...FRIENDSHIP, A TRIBE. Beats, Rhymes and Life : The Travels Of ATCQ 是在优酷播出的娱乐高清视频,于2011-10-02 14:19:35上线。视频内容简介:Beats, Rhymes and Life : The Travels Of ATCQ This documentary was made just as it seemed like A Tribe Called Quest was coming apart, again, after a re-union. A portrait of one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as A Tribe Called Quest. I loved this documentary. Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2012. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows this innovative and influential band to this day. YO! 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. 18 months later, ATCQ is fully back in the works. When I saw the footage of 2008 Rock the Bells Tour when they was beefing, it make me realizing this can't be working out because Q-Tip wasn't there for Phife because he dirt him off with interviews that made Phife really upset though. Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998.