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.
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Muhammad Ali as Himself
Planet Asia as Himself
Bahamadia as Herself
Akim Funk Buddah as Himself
Eluard Burt as Himself
Myo Campbell as Himself
John Coltrane as Himself
Darkleaf as Himself
Yasiin Bey as Himself
Kirby Dominant as Himself
DJ Kool Herc as
Debi Mazar as Herself (archive footage)
The Notorious B.I.G. as
Tupac Shakur as
Boots Riley as Himself
Bobbito Garcia as Himself
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