Freestyle - The Art Of Rhyme (DVD)

...jazz musicians discuss how the freestyle developed from pastors and preachers who use to just improvise talkin to the people about god and relate the stories of the bible to everyday life. It then moves on to the beginning of hip hop, dj kool herc etc. as crazy legs (a legendary breakdancer and hip hop pioneer speaks on the whole movement).

The dvd then moves on to the art that is freestyling, after that short introduction, it goes ...
...or the art of of freestyle or just hip hop as a whole because this documentary displays perfectly the gittyness of real hip hop and people in the projects not only of new york but also l.a the bay area and various locations all over the US that developed their own unique style and reputation of 'the art of rhyme'  ... more

This is a great doc for anyone looking for a alot of hardcore real street rhyming clips, with very talented young men (and women i will add) that have perfected thier craft of rhyming of the top of the dome (head).

First of all the doc takes us way back as old jazz musicians discuss how the freestyle developed from pastors and preachers who use to just improvise talkin to the people about god and relate the stories of the bible to everyday life. It then moves on to the beginning of hip hop, dj kool herc etc. as crazy legs (a legendary breakdancer and hip hop pioneer speaks on the whole movement).

The dvd then moves on to the art that is freestyling, after that short introduction, it goes on to give us some GREAT extremely rare footage of freestyling in its element, the street. You may think if a rapper was that talented , he would be famous, but your most definately wrong (ha ha yes mos def does feature in this doc) these kids and men are so intelligent with their english skills i was left with my mouth hanging down a god 4 or 5 times when watching this. The wittyness originality rhyme flow and language are what fresstyle is all about and as the people within the doc will explain if you aint got none of the above or your rhymes are written then you best stay the hell away coz the crowd will sniff you out like a piece of poo in they shoe.

Some of the mcee's featured where not that big when this documentary came about but you've most probably heard from alot of them now, they include, black thought of 'the roots' who has one of the coolest parts in the doc in my opinion whereby he is down and alley (where a wall behind has been allowed to be graffitied on so writers are all behind him) as one of his 'roots' companions (?uestion) shouts out random objects colours or anything around him while black though proceeds to rhyme atleast a paragraph about these things, and this is just amazing to see because you know you've gotta be a quick thinker to pull this off.
other guests are mos def (a little before he blew up, nice to see him on the street) paraoahe monch, mc supernatural (one of the best if not the best freestyler ever, he began reading the dictonary and the rhyming dictionary at a young age and has been killin people in battles ever since seriously this cat can rhyme about anything) it also shows the story of his epic battles with craig g,jurassic 5 , the last poets and lord finesse among many many more.

So finally i would suggest buying this dvd if you are looking to learn the art of freestyling or even rapping , because it will give you a good idea of how much work you have to put in and the kinds of things you will need to do, though this is by no means a 'how to' instructional dvd even though you will learn alot.
But i would definately suggest you buy if you enjoy rap or the art of of freestyle or just hip hop as a whole because this documentary displays perfectly the gittyness of real hip hop and people in the projects not only of new york but also l.a the bay area and various locations all over the US that developed their own unique style and reputation of 'the art of rhyme' 

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