Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

Release date : 2000-04-14

Production country :

United States of America

Production company :

Organic Films,

Bowery Films

Status : Released

Durasi : 71 Min.

Popularity : 2.853

6.9

Total Vote : 10

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.