Directors: Ice T, Andy Baybutt. Actors: Ice T, Ice Cube, Afrika Bambaataa, Eminem. Details: US / 106mins (15A). Co-directed and presented by Ice T, Something...
Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap investigates how MCs and rappers go about their rhymes minus music backing. Opening with Brand Nubian's Lord Jamar first foray into rapping , Ice T moves from New York to Detroit to LA and everywhere in between to interview gods of the scene.
Where it works best is when Ice T explores how the art of MCing came about and why, when skilled black musicians ruled in soul, blues and jazz, have black people stopped playing instruments. Some venture that they weren't allowed so, as Lord Jamar says, 'we turned the record player into an instrument.' Some interviewees are guarded about the craft, still wary of looking cool in front of the camera, but for the most part Ice T finds the guys in good form.
Where it works least is when grand sweeping statements are made: 'Hip hop didn't invent anything but it reinvented everything,' which isn't saying anything. Nas bemoans the lack of respect hip-hop and rapping gets. No respect? Isn't it a hip hop culture we're in? Didn't the president of the United States reference Jay Z on live television? Come on, Nas. Come on now.
Originality is what every MC strives for, and it's the one piece of advice that's all here offer. With every MC of the boasting nature, though, wouldn't originality be the opposite of that? To that end, I like to introduce my alter ego, MC Modest. I hope my debut album, I Ain't All That, will reach the heady heights of number 12 in the charts and will include the minor hit singles I Rock Da Mic and Your Lyrics Are Better Than Mine .
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