Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)


  • Genre: Documentary, Music
  • Release Date: 2000-04-14
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 11min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Organic Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Kevin Fitzgerald
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Summary

From neighborhood ciphers to the most notorious MC battles, "Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme" captures the electrifying energy of improvisational hip-hop--the rarely recorded art form of rhyming spontaneously. Like preachers and jazz solos, freestyles exist only in the moment, a modern-day incarnation of the African-American storytelling tradition. Shot over a period of more than seven years, it is already an underground cult film in the hip-hop world. The film systematically debunks the false image put out by record companies that hip-hop culture is violent or money-obsessed. Instead, it lets real hip-hop artists, known and unknown, weave their story out of a passionate mix of language, politics, and spirituality.

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  • Planet Asia

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  • Bahamadia

    as Herself
  • Akim Funk Buddah

    as Himself
  • Eluard Burt

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  • Myo Campbell

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  • John Coltrane

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  • Darkleaf

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  • Yasiin Bey

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  • Kirby Dominant

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  • DJ Kool Herc

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  • Debi Mazar

    as Herself (archive footage)
  • The Notorious B.I.G.

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  • Tupac Shakur

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  • Boots Riley

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  • Bobbito Garcia

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Sound Freestyle Fellowship Music
Sound Omid Walizadeh Music
Production Henry Alex Rubin Producer
Sound Darkleaf Music
Production Brad Abramson Executive Producer
Production Paul Devlin Producer
Directing Kevin Fitzgerald Director
Production Joey Anuff Producer
Production Youree Henley Line Producer
Sound DJ Organic Music
Production Ann Berger Co-Executive Producer
Editing Paul Devlin Editor
Editing Rachel Raimist Editor
Editing Isaac Solotaroff Editor
Crew Todd Hickey Cinematography
Crew Daniel Kozman Cinematography

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