A Tribe Called Quest Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 18, 2011
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Featured: | Michael Rapaport, Mary J. Blige, De La Soul, Mos Def, Ghostface Killah, Ludacris & Beastie Boys | |
| Directed by | Michael Rapaport | |
| Composition by | Madlib | |
| Subject: | A Tribe Called Quest | |
| Director of Photography: | Robert Benavides | |
| Hosted by | Mike D, Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Prince Paul, Jarobi White, Adam Horovitz, Pharrell Williams, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, DJ Red Alert, Pete Rock, Busta Rhymes, Common, Large Professor & Barry Weiss |
Entertainment Reviews:
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3 stars out of 4 -- [A] compelling look at the group's inner workings...
Washington Post
BEATS is a welcome blast of '90s nostalgia, taking us back to a time -- and a sound -- that pulsates with optimism. -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly
[I]t might have been nice if the documentary had worked a bit harder to find a real internal narrative.
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Trespass
An exploration of the history of a New York hip-hop collective, the documentary BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST captures a sense of the shared bonds and joys of music-making...
Los Angeles Times
It's this tension -- between the joyful nostalgia for the group's glory days and these spikier present-day predicaments -- that captures perfectly the essence of what A Tribe Called Quest always represented: beats, rhymes and life.
Sight and Sound
Rating: B --
The movie gets the beats and rhymes down pat, but the life part is a little messy. Oh well, two out of three ain't bad.
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Detroit News
Rating: 3/4 --
Rapaport, clearly a fan, is able to capture both the ongoing love and the tension within the band.
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Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Product Description:
Actor Michael Rapaport turns documentary filmmaker with this look at the turbulent career of progressive New York hip-hop outfit A Tribe Called Quest. Interviews with such fans and contemporaries as the Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Ludacris, Kanye West, and Common reveal how the group helped steer collective hip-hop consciousness in an exciting new direction by combining divergent styles and penning positive lyrics before deciding to call it quits back in 1998. Additional interviews with members Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip, and Phife Dawg during their 2008 reunion tour offer added insight into their glory days as hip-hop pioneers, and life after A Tribe Called Quest.
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