Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
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.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Kevin Fitzgerald
Actors: Akim Funk Buddah, Bahamadia, Darkleaf, Eluard Burt, John Coltrane, Kirby Dominant, Muhammad Ali, Myo Campbell, Planet Asia, Yasiin Bey
Country: USA
