This movie highlights Hip Hop as a movement, a culture that includes b girls, b boys, MCs, rappers etc. After watching this movie you definitely will understand that Hip Hop is not just rap but it's a revolution composed of girls, boys, women and men that portray their struggles and happy times through various forms of art.
Throughout the movie, director and retired rapper, Ice T, speaks to various popular hip hop artists.The dialogue and the style of the documentary is raw and unedited. Each artist explains their craft through and the process they go through to create masterpieces. The individual conversations gives you personal incite to the rapper's mind. Ice T also make the decision of including a rap from each of those individuals specifically about how they feel about hip hop. I appreciate the personal accounts and antidotes that contribute to the movie as a whole.
What also stood out to me about the documentary was its transitional effects. While transitioning to each artist; cityscape ,bird's eye view, footage is shown. While traveling over the cityscape, acapella rap is recited. The spoken word without instrumental forces you to listen to the lyrics and interpret them in such the way that the artist intended.
Though a little lengthy, this is a really good view for audiences interested in the pop culture of hip hop. But just as the movie says, if you don't understand hip hop then you will not relate nor appreciate this movie.The diversity of the artists brings together their central messages about hip hop and what it takes to write a rap and what it takes to perfect its craft.
