Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 3,014 VOTES · DIR. Michael Rapaport
Overview
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 Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,693 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:40 Phife Dawg: I can't ever put a finger on Q-Tip
00:06:28 I have known Q-Tip since we were about 2 years old.
00:10:26 I introduced him to Tip, then he had met Ali in high school
00:15:34 Banging on the tables.
00:19:31 constantly considering someone else.
00:23:52 before this, did you really know what life was?
00:27:49 Bonita Applebum you gotta put me on
00:31:44 Like, I'm really hardcore into it.
00:35:54 and you could be different and be celebrated.
00:39:58 Both: back in the days when I was a teenager
00:43:29 The yin and yang of those two, that to me was the perfect marriage.
00:47:19 Especially this past tour because I didn't know how my body
00:50:59 Phife Dawg: I couldn't even move. You know what I'm saying? Barely.
00:54:53 But that's what made the uniqueness of that music.
00:59:30 That was, like, one of the last, to me...
01:03:18 Barry hung up. We had an argument or whatever.
01:07:41 Deisha: I just try to tell him that he needs to just make peace with Tip
01:12:09 My blood pressure's dropping
01:16:27 I never had a problem with him. I really didn't.
01:21:17 Yo.
01:25:49 You have to give people, to a degree, what they ask for
01:30:22 but, um, no time for talk what?
01:33:55 What's going on? I am 9th Wonder.
01:37:09 listen to the mission listen, miss, as I do work
Cast & Characters
Mary J. Blige
Self
Common
Self
Q-Tip
Self
Michael Rapaport
Self
Phife Dawg
Self
Yasiin Bey
Self
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Self
Adam Horovitz
Self
Michael Diamond
Self
Ludacris
Self
Adam Yauch
Self
Pharrell Williams
Self
Ghostface Killah
Self
Pete Rock
Self
Questlove
Self
Jarobi White
Self
Busta Rhymes
Self
Freddy Rodríguez
Self
Too $hort
Self
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,693
Dialogue density17.5 lines / min
First line00:00:40
Final line01:37:09
Production Record
DirectorMichael Rapaport
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,014
Factoids
Rating source
IMDb rating preserved from the supplied subtitle archive; it may differ from the current IMDb rating.
Local subtitle archive