Thursday, May 24, 2012

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap review


What better way to study the art of rap than to have Ice-T as your guide through all the rhymes and beats of this enormous musical genre.  Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap invites rap historians and casual listeners to delve into the DNA of hip-hop.  Director Ice-T interviews his rap cohorts, and the footage is jaw dropping.  Eminem details how rap saved his life.  Kanye rips into a vicious rhyme.  Dre remembers Tupac.  Though no attention is given to Atlanta or the emerging hip-hop underground (OFWGKTA, A$AP Rocky, El-P to name a few), the documentary successfully taps into select artists’ minds and into the roots of this enigmatic art form. 

No comments:

Post a Comment