Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
2012 · 106 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 3,642 VOTES · DIR. Ice-T, Andy Baybutt
Overview
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.
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00:02:07 The art of rap is the first Ice-T film
00:06:55 no horn, no drum
00:11:19 ♪ I shoulda been long gone ♪
00:15:50 ♪ I'm coming, I'm coming ♪
00:20:11 Like when I hear, um, sexual healing
00:25:03 Right. Spiritually.
00:29:44 How the fuck are we making poetry out of this broken english?
00:34:08 Everything... everybody just can't come off the head
00:39:01 ♪ Push, push, push it, push it ♪
00:43:13 ♪ It's time to stop trying to fight and ♪
00:47:56 Done!
00:52:34 but you can't be mad, 'cause you know you ain't been there, Nah.
00:56:33 ♪ Dispossessed native tongue ♪
01:00:45 My mind, 24/7
01:05:00 ♪ When was the last time that you heard ♪
01:09:10 and dre gives a nigga a notebook and says, "what you got?"
01:13:31 we gotta be as good as those guys, you know.
01:18:03 Um, there was... It was an mc cypher
01:22:33 ♪ I'm on you, I got that truly godlike ♪
01:26:42 Oh, shit. Like...
01:30:32 and then I'll start lip syncing like...
01:34:59 What would be the first lesson you teach him
01:39:15 ♪ Motherfuckers want to know the herbs and spices ♪
01:43:58 ♪ Show you how it's supposed to be ♪