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Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)

Music Documentary
Release Date: 2000, April 14
Directors: Kevin Fitzgerald
Countries: United States of America
Production: Organic Films, Bowery Films
Cast: Debi Mazar, Myo Campbell, Yasiin Bey, Muhammad Ali, John Coltrane, Planet Asia, Bahamadia, Akim Funk Buddah, Eluard Burt, Kirby Dominant

Overview:

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.